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LYRICS
I suppose you are composed of a star
The energy that has become me
Sounds bizarre but it’s from that star
So, I’m wondering
How far to the nearest star?
E E7 86 BPM / Bebop n’ Dubstep
1-track stereo recording; all instruments played simultaneously
Vocals, Keyboards (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals) along with an electric guitar (going through Boss/Roland effects.)
LYRICS
The water is slowly spinning round and round.
Heading, heading ever, forever down.
I hope I don’t get sucked, quite right in….
Quite, right in. Quite, right in.
… not quite yet.
Forever walking round the paths,
Trying to find my way out.
Forever walking round the paths,
I will never get out….
Of the labyrinth… of the labyrinth… of the labyrinth… of the labyrinth….
What are you afraid of in the labyrinth?
Under my bed
In my head
Bad guys
In disguise
But, I know…
That if we try…
Try to use our mind’s eye,
We can make the walls come,
Tubmlin’ down.
(Walls all around.)
Walls of the labyrinth come tumblin’ down.
Walls come tumbling down.
The walls come tumbling down,
all around… all around… all around… all around.
ABOUT THE SONG
by Daniel Brouse
The song was originally written for my children. Before going to bed, we would sing. The song starts with one of my childhood fears — being sucked down the drain. Each time we played the song I would pause in the middle… and ask them what they were afraid of. Then, we conquered their fears.
The idea was incorporated in the world’s first interactive music album The Labyrinth
Inspiration came from David Bowie’s “The Labyrinth” and Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”.
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Am Am7 Am9 Am+f / E Am
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
From the album MMXVI
LYRICS
Did you know you had skin so thin
The light can shine right though you
Translucent, isn’t it?
Light feel alright
You can feel alright
Go into the light
Face the light
Embrace the light
Feelin’ alright
Skin so thin it can pass right through you
Let out
Let it in
Skin so thin
I think I’m gonna begin
Letting the light in
Just realized my skin is so thin
I can see right through me
The light will pass right through you, too
Translucent, isn’t it?
A special present
Heaven sent
Let the light in
Your thin skin
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F#m F# C# D#
Rhythm: 142 BPM / Fast Big Band and Gospel Shuffle
Recording: digital 2-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Korg software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
The secret to life is living
The secret to living is life
It’s not much of a secret
When you’re six feet under… buried… dead
Maybe you were misgiven
Mistaken life for livin’
Embracing strife and grievin’
Save!
Go to the grave
With no regret
While above… wonder… varied… feed your head
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em / C Am Em
Rhythm: 134 BPM / Digi Rock and Country Shuffle
Recording: digital 3-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse
INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E F#
Rhythm: 136 BPM / Ambient #1 and US Ballad
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
From the album Metamorphic Rocks
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Heatwave’s here babe
Need something to keep you cool
Summertime sears babe
Please don’t play the fool
I’ve got just the solution
The nectar of love’s potion
Come over here! Let me take you in
Temperature’s soaring
Need something to keep you cool
Your nape is luring
Please don’t make me the fool
I’ve got just the solution
The nectar of love’s potion
Come over here so you can take me in
The water’s just right
Need something to keep you cool
We can rock it all night
Swimming in love’s pool
I’ve got just the solution
The nectar of love’s potion
Take off your clothes… start diving in
Heatwave (Solution Potion) Video.mp4
Heatwave Solution Potion Mix.mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
E Em+Bb
E A G
A E
B A G E
Daniel — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drum Machine
From the album Some-her-time
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Are we just scratching the surface
Or, are we already in too deep?
If we could only let the knowledge seep
Into our heart
Into our mind
Into our soul
Maybe we could cut down on the human toll
I don’t want to be the troll of your body
But it’s easy see
But if that’s what you’re calling me
Are we just scratching the surface
Are we in too deep
I believe the temperature is rising
It’s really not surprising
Not the slightest bit
Now it won’t quit
Need more proof
It’s going through the roof
The only problem… our race can’t adapt to living in space
’cause we trashed this place
ABOUT THE SONG
E E7 G
134 BPM / Rock
A song inspired by human induced climate change. Since most of the energy is going into the ocean, many people are fooled by the Earth’s surface temperature.
A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer
From the album Pie In The Sky
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
At night you can see the light
Coming down the track
Better move back
’cause that’s an impressive locomotive
Impressive loco motive
Better move back
Coming down the track
If you go head-to-head with a loco motive
You’d better use your brain when it comes to the train (of thought)
Better move back
The train will squash your brain
You’d better move back
From the track
I See The Light Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Em Em7
140 BPM / Rock Shuffle
A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer
From the album Observe Absurd
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Pick up your battle axe
Head on to the battle field
Where the reality is found
Of your battle wound
Chorus
Let out your battle cry
“We’re all gonna die!”
Does it matter why?
Doesn’t matter why?
Pay up you due tax
On your illegal yield
Less, when “The Book” is unbound
Your fate will be doomed
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Esus A7
G D A7
Trance
A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer
From the album Observe Absurd
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
You, you rebel-rouser
You push buttons (Yes, you do)
More than life’s browser
Finger in the eye (I) of the gluttons
Yes, you, you rebel-rouser
Attempt to arouse
A fashion of compassion
Revolution revelation
Get people up to their ears
In up in arms
Until actualization of fears
Yields to concern for alarms
ABOUT THE SONG
F Bb
F C Bb F
127 Beat Per Minute / 16 Beat
Daniel — Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controllers and a Computer
From the album Enlarged To Show Texture
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
A mule
A mule
Do you think I am stubborn as…
A mule
Perhaps played as the fool
Maybe not the sharpest tool
But when it comes to wrong and right
Damn right I’ll put up a fight
Like an ass
I’ll be stubborn as…
A mule
A dog before food will drool
Just how long to be cruel
When it comes to the moral rule
I’m prepared for the final duel
Like an ass
I’ll be stubborn as…
A mule
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — B E
E A D E
B E
A B E
114 Beats Per Minute / Heavy Metal Rhythm
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Vox, Keyboards and Synthesizers (live simultaneous 1-track stereo recording)
From the album ToneLab
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Baby, I saw you dancing out of the corner of my eye
I don’t know why
The way you sway to the beat
Is a heavenly feat
The kind of woman my mother’d love to meet
Mum’s the word on our rendezvous backseat
Girl
Unfurl
Baby, I thought of chancing you out of the corner of my mouth
Say, “Hey! You’re stealth.”
The way you sway to the beat
Is a heavenly feat
The kind of woman my mother’d love to meet
Mum’s the word on our faux pas discrete
Girl
Unfurl
Say, “Hey! Soul feast.”
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E
A
A G A G
E A
Bm A G E
Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Synthesizers
From the album Knew Zoo
By Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Is your zept inept?
The Zept Department
Is apt to reconfigure it
The Zept Department
For reconfigurement
Turn it inside out
Reversible
Without a doubt
Turn it upside down
Remarkable!
Become renown
The zept leapt
A leap to the top of the heap
Time crept
A seep until asleep
Give your zept some pep
Perpetuate while they others slept
ABOUT THIS SONG
The song is about a made-up word. Zept refers to something that has been Led Zeppelin-ized, such as, a song that has been influenced by Led Zeppelin.
Chords — F#
174 Beats Per Minute / Rock & Roll
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
From the album Zept
By Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Prince for President
With Ted Nugent on the ticket… too
Prince for President
Or would that make him King?
(Wouldn’t that be something)
President Prince on the far left
VP Nugent on the far right
In a head-to-head musical fight
The slogan that will reign their campaign:
“Put an end to political theft
… with deft!”
Out with the daft and in with the deft!
A monarchy in our destiny
Prince For President Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D D7 F#dim
C
Bb D
140 Beats Per Minute / Bebop
Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric Guitar
From the album Jambalee
By Daniel Brouse
Increase Beats Per Minute Music Video.mp4
LYRICS
Can we speed things up a little bit
Please, can we?
Of course we’re on a collision course
Plain to see
Inevitable collateral damage from the hit
Unfortunately, includes me
But, even worse…
Includes all of us
No sense in slowing down
Seize or freeze
Wear the devil’s crown
Cease to be
Can we hurry things up a bit
Please, can we?
Get a divorce from this collision course
Ohhhh humanity
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E E7
E G
130 –> 155 Beats Per Minute (BPM) / 4/4 Blues
Daniel — Simultaneous Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Free Radical
By Daniel Brouse