children’s music – ExperiMental Music

LYRICS
1,2,3,4
1,2,3,4
1,2,3,4
Counting out in music
Let’s play and play some more
Starting in the morning
The rooster counts its crow
Waking us to counting
Letting us all know
Moving us to getting…
Getting up and go!

5,6,7,8
5,6,7,8
5,6,7,8
We’re counting out some more
Till we dissipate the wait
Then, all afternoon
We’re counting out the time
Bell can’t ring to soon
Dismissal bell chime
Counting the days till June
And playing all summertime

9,10 again
9,10 again
9,10 again
Going to keep on counting
Till you tell me when to end
Later in the evening
Crickets start the counting
Till I should be sleeping
The sunlight starts dimming
But I want to keep on counting
Count on counting on playing

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Going to keep on counting
Till you tell me when to end

1,2,3,4 (Counting.mp3)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Children’s Music
Chords: E F G A / A / E A
Recording: digital 14-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Childish
by Daniel Brouse

Jump Up

Posted on January 14, 2017January 14, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Jump up! Leap forward
Jump up! Leap toward
Jump up! Leap forward
Leaping forward toward tomorrow
Yesterday keeps creepin’ in

Jump up! Leap forward
Jump up! Leap toward
Jump up! Leap forward
Leaping forward toward tomorrow
While we have today to play, hey!

Jump up! Leap forward
Jump up! Leap toward
Jump up! Leap forward
Running headlong toward tomorrow
Yesterday comes near, again

Jump Up.mp4

Jump Up.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Children’s Music
Chords: E / E G A
Recording: digital 16-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Childish
by Daniel Brouse

You Can Do

Posted on January 3, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
He puts his pants on one leg at a time
Just like you
Pulls up one sock then the other one, too
Just like you
He even had to learn to tie his shoe
Just like you

You can be what you want to be
Just ask me
Practice doing what you want to do
Try and see
What you can do!

You can run the fastest race
You can go into outer space
Jump in the deep-end and learn to swim
Pic a sport and to onto win
Pick up a guitar and start to play
Give it a try… it’s the only way

You Can Do.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Children’s Music
Chords: E A D G E / E G D A E
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Childish
by Daniel Brouse

Play The Game

Posted on December 20, 2016 by admin

LYRICS
Line ’em up 3-in-a-row
Tic Tac Toe
Forward… backward
There you go
Tic Tac Toe

Line ’em up 5-in-a-row
That’s bingo! Bingo!
Upward… downward
To or fro
That’s bingo! Bingo!

Set ’em up (28) all in a row
Domino
No grudge over a little nudge?
Watch them go
Domino
Oh nooooo…
There they go
You know
Domino

Play The Game.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A G / B E A / E A
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar
From the album Childish
by Daniel Brouse

Dance Reflex

Posted on September 11, 2016 by admin

LYRICS
There’s nothing much more that I enjoy
(Then) making you jump for joy

Moving ’round jumping up and down
Like a Mexican jumping bean
Making a smile out of any frown
Happier human being

There’s nothing much more that I enjoy
(Then) making you jump for joy

Getting down while twirling ’round
Like a pinwheel in the breeze
With moves to make you ballroom bound
A dance reflex… like a sneeze

There’s nothing much more that I enjoy
(Then) making you jump for joy

Making you move around
Jumping up and down

Dance Reflex.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: G C D / C G
Recording: live

Vocals, Martin Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets. Recorded in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Inspired by the children that have a dance reflex while I’m writing music.

From the album Gay Church

Ant Onym

Posted on August 26, 2016August 27, 2016 by admin

LYRICS
A little ant said, “Look at me.
I can be what I want to be.
Think positively.”
The little ant said to me
Thinking positively

Covered his head with a piece of bread
Moving ahead he turned and said
“Do the mind over matter vibration splatter.
Then, share your essence through your presence.”
Thinking positively
Be what I can be

I’ll never forget as he disappeared into the sunset
With a wave and a wink, he made me think
When he said, “Son, you can be like me.”
Be what you want to be
Thinking positively

Ant Onym.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E A / B A E
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Vocals, Guitar

From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse

A Day in the Park

Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Come out of the dark
Meet me in the park
We’ll frolic, dance and play
In the light all day
And, when the sun does set
We won’t be done yet
Gaining insight into the night

Let’s shift out of park
Into drive… embark
We’ll frolic, dance and play
In the light all day

Chorus

Come out on a lark
Imagination spark
We’ll frolic, dance and play
In the light all day

Chorus

A Day at the Park.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E A
B7 A E A

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

Monkey Around

Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
There’s a monkey in the circus
And he’s dressed like us
There’s a monkey in the circus
And he walks like us
There’s a monkey in the circus
Reminds us of us
(a little too much like us)

There’s a lion in the zoo
Thinks he’s king of us, too
There’s a lion in the zoo
But he’s caged like us, too
There’s a lion in the zoo
Are we lying to ourselves, too?

There’s a man in our home
So we’re not alone
There’s a man in our home
Saying it ain’t ours to own
There’s a man in our home
Turns out I’m his clone
There’s a man in our home
Guess I’m not alone

Monkey Around.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E
G A E
E
A G E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

All the Live-long Day

Posted on September 12, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Dinah’s in the kitchen
She’s really cookin’
I’ve come to learn
She’s gotta horn
And I’d say
She’ll blow it all day
All the live-long day

Yeah, Dinah was born
To blow that horn
Ya know she’s itchin’
In that kitchen
And I’d say
She’ll blow it all day
All the live-long day

All the Live-long Day.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D7/D6 A7
G7 Em A7

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Faux-horn

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

Who Do You Think You Are? (Lady? Bug!)

Posted on August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Have you ventured too far
“Who do you think you are?”

Lady? Bug! Lady? Bug!
Fly away home
Lady? Bug! Lady? Bug!
Leave them alone

Will you push them too far
Forcing them to fly
Will you push them too far
’till they say bye-bye

Chorus

Now you’ll take your own test
In your empty-nest-ness
Baby’s grown and flown
Now you’re on your own

Chorus

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F D
A C G D

Written and recorded at Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Inspired by a lady screaming at her kids, “Who do you think you are?”

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Some-her-time
by Daniel Brouse

Lighthearted

Posted on March 18, 2015March 19, 2015 by admin

Lighthearted Music Video.mp4

Lighthearted.mp3

LYRICS
If you want off to a good start
Get yourself a bright light-heart
Lighthearted

Easy way to help the human race
Putting a smile upon your face
Lighthearted

Lamenting gloom parted
Lighthearted started
Lighthearted

Please, before you are departed
Don’t let your love go uncharted
Lighthearted

ABOUT THE SONG
C Am
C G Am
Am G

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Whistling

From the album Flaming Napalm Globs
by Daniel Brouse

In One Ear

Posted on February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
It goes in one ear and right out the other
You growing tatters in there?
It goes in one ear and right out the other
Or, are you unaware
Do you even care
If it’s in error

It goes in one ear and right out the other
Hear what’s goin’ on here?
Sister, brother…
Friends and neighbors lend me an ear
It’s very clear
Truth’s drawing near

In One Ear.mp3

In One Ear Music Video.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
D G
G A

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Animal Nature
by Daniel “MacDonald-Armstrong-Irvine” Brouse

Sly Fox

Posted on February 12, 2015February 13, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
What do you know about that?
Sly fox writes the rules in the rabbit habitat

Chorus
As for man, do you know
What is our part (2) All if and but (3) If he even tries
In Mother Nature’s traveling sideshow
How far will we all go
Astray at heart (2) With glutton gut (3) With mesmerize eyes
In Mother Nature’s traveling sideshow

What do you know about that?
The King Of Beasts takes least compared to our feast

Chorus

What do you know about that?
The vulture only fine dines on the afterdeath of culture

Chorus

Sly Fox Music Video.mp4

Sly Fox.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A
A C A
C E A

This song was inspired by a fox living in the backyard, the rabbit that use to live in the backyard… and, a turkey vulture flying overhead. (We don’t have a lion. I just added that in for fun.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Animal Nature
by Daniel Brouse

Non-lexical Vocables

Posted on February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Do, Re, Me
Fa, so, la, ti

Take a nonsense syllable
Make it something musical
Start with your heart
Make it something meaningful

ob la di ob la da
coo coo ca choo

yeah, yeah, yeah
La de da
Scat and all that

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Hey! heigh-Ho

La, la, la
Gaga singing Bla Bla Bla
Ba ba ba baby

Non-lexical vocables
Sing nonsense syllables

Non-lexical Vocables Music Video.mp4

Non-lexical Vocables.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 4
C D E
E A
Bm7 A E

Non-lexical vocables in music

Non-lexical vocables, which may be mixed with meaningful text, are a form of nonsense syllable used in a wide variety of music. A common English example would be “la la la”.

Non-lexical vocables are used in Blackfoot music and other Native American music, Pygmy music, the music of the Maldives and Irish Music, Highland Scots music. Vocables frequently act as formal markers, indicating the beginning and end of phrases, sections or songs themselves, and also as onomatopoeic references, cueing devices, and other purposes. — Wikipedia

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Egosystem
by Daniel Brouse

Tag: children’s music

1, 2, 3… Go!

Aurora

1,2,3,4 (Counting)

Jump Up

You Can Do

Play The Game

Dance Reflex

Ant Onym

A Day in the Park

Monkey Around

All the Live-long Day

Who Do You Think You Are? (Lady? Bug!)

Lighthearted

In One Ear

Sly Fox

Non-lexical Vocables