bookmark_borderCopulation

Songwriting And Recording
Songwriting And Recording

LYRICS
A copulation population explosion
Policed by the copulation cop
You better not get caught
Who’s on top?

Naughty to be naked? Not.
We’re born with what we got

A copulation population induction
Irrational about reproduction
Going to great strides to hide our hide
Thin skin over exposed skin

Naughty to be naked? Not.
We’re born with what we got

A copulation population revolution
Going to turn the bed on it’s head
Tired of being told what we ought
Time to stand up for laying down… let the fight be fought

Naughty to be naked? Not.
We’re born with what we got

Copulation Music Video.mp4

Copulation.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C Cm CmM7

130 Beats Per Minute / Heavy Metal

Inspired by this news story:

First act of sexual intercourse ‘was done sideways, square-dance style’
Fossils of 380m-year-old lake-dwelling placoderms point to bony, L-shaped male organ and female ‘cheese-grater’ genitals, scientists say

Written and recorded West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Dawning Of The Day
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStuck

Stuck Music Video.mp4

Stuck.mp3

LYRICS
Is your thumb stuck up your….
But,
You didn’t know
You have to let go
Is your hand stuck in the cookie jar
What,
You didn’t know
Ya gotta let go

Because sometimes
Freedom chimes
Because sometimes
Freedom rhymes
Can set you free
Let you be
Help you to see
Certainly
Certainty

Stuck Recording Session
Stuck Recording Session

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F#
F# F#m

140 Beats Per Minute / Heavy Metal

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar

From the album Brace Yourself
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMind On You

Mind On You Music Video.mp4

Mind On You.mp3

LYRICS
From the first time I laid mind on you
I knew the epiphany was true
Then, it was plain and simple as to what to do

What to do
Keep my mind on you

One with you
Won with you

The third eye cast out a glance
On the essence of romance
Starting in essence an adrenaline dance
Heart struck with cupid’s lance

Mind On You Recording Session
Mind On You Recording Session

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E
A G E
E G E

156 Beats Per Minute / Blues Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric Guitar

Written and recorded in the United States of America.

From the album Hierarchy Of Needs
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTurn Of The Season

Turn Of The Season Music Video.mp4

Turn Of The Season.mp3

Songwriting And Recording
Songwriting And Recording

LYRICS
Float to the top
Pray the bottom doesn’t drop
Rise to the top
Thee who tries
Reaps the crop

It’s the turn of the season
Return to yearn for reason

Must sow to reap
All the while time will creep
When in too deep
Muster the faith and leap

It’s the turn of the season
Return to yearn for reason

Rise to the top
Thee who tries
Reaps the crop
Must sow to reap
All the while time will creep
All the while time will keep
(creep, keep, creep)

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm
F Dm

150 Beats Per Minute / Heavy Metal

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Turn Of Season
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDiagnosis

Diagnosis.mp3

LYRICS
What is your diagnosis?
Am I going to die?

It’s called the human condition
The fatality of mortality — certainty

Oh, why?
This life I will miss

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D C#sus4

142 Beats Per Minute / Heavy Metal

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album In Deep
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHeavy Metals

Heavy Metals Music Video.mp4

Heavy Metals.mp3

LYRICS
What do you think?
Some molybdenum and zinc
Sorry, I’m a bit dumb
About molybdenum
A little mental
About heavy metal

What about
Iron and cobalt?
Jeeze… not to mention
Copper and manganese
Trying to figure out
Heavy metal’s participation
(Clap your hands and stomp your feet
Nibble on a heavy metal treat)

Trying to figure out
What’s heavy metal’s fault
Let’s see…
Lead and mercury
Got a tune the tuna
Or, it can kill ya
Hard to tell
When heavy turns to death metal hell
And, it will kill, kill, kill

ABOUT THIS SONG

Living organisms require varying amounts of “heavy metals”. Iron, cobalt, copper, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc are required by humans. Excessive levels can be damaging to the organism. Other heavy metals such as mercury, plutonium, and lead are toxic metals and their accumulation over time in the bodies of animals can cause serious illness. Certain elements that are normally toxic are, for certain organisms or under certain conditions, beneficial. Examples include vanadium, tungsten, and even cadmium.

Heavy metal toxicity can result in damaged or reduced mental and central nervous function, lower energy levels, and damage to blood composition, lungs, kidneys, liver, and other vital organs. Long-term exposure may result in slowly progressing physical, muscular, and neurological degenerative processes that mimic Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, and multiple sclerosis. Allergies are not uncommon, and repeated long-term contact with some metals (or their compounds) may cause cancer.
— Wikipedia

Do not eat:

  • Shark
  • Swordfish
  • King Mackerel
  • Tilefish

Nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of mercury… some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child’s developing nervous system. The risks from mercury in fish and shellfish depend on the amount of fish and shellfish eaten and the levels of mercury in the fish and shellfish.
— The FDA of the United States of America

Iron is needed for blood; however, men can build up toxic levels of iron as they grow older.

More Food For Thought

Chords — E EaddG

140 Beats Per Minute / Heavy Metal

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Guitar

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Mass for the Dark Matter
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderExtreme

Music Video *Extreme*
Music Video *Extreme*

Extreme Music Video.mp4

Extreme.mp3

LYRICS
The scene I’m seeing — extreme
Obscene… we’d let it get to this point
Whose regret… the point of no return

Polar vortex hex on the East
Brave the heat wave on the West
At least…
Someone suggest, “Try our best!”

From what I’ve seen — extreme
I mean… talk about a butt joint
Someone shout, “Before the edge, turn!”

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song is about extreme weather events and human induced climate change. The day it was written and recorded the East and West coasts of the USA where acting bi-polar. The East was getting hammered with a snowstorm and polar vortex… while the West was on fire in a heat wave.

Chords — Em Em7

Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album In that case….
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOn Your Mark

On Your Mark.mp3

LYRICS
What are you waiting for?
If you wait much more
They’ll likely realize
You’ll lose the element of surprise

What are you waiting for?
If you wait much more
You’ll have missed the moment to seize
So, pleeeeeeeeeease

What are you waiting for?
If you wait much more
An activist
Will have turned pacifist
Lack of action
Due to procrastination

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F# F#m
Guitar — Capo 2 hammer on/off Em

146 beats per minute / Rock with bass set to drums

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric / Acoustic Guitar (all instruments played simultaneously in an extemporaneous fashion)

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderShout!

Making the Video for Shout!
Making the Video for Shout!

Shout! (Video).mp4

Shout!.mp3

LYRICS
So Joshua son of Nun
Had to get the job done
Had to get the battle won

It came to be found
… just turn up the sound

They found… just turn up the sound

Blow trumpets
Show rhythm
Now our battle hymn, “Shout!” x6

And the walls came tumbling down

Make a joyful noise
All the earth
Break forth into joyous song

“trumpet sound;
lute and flute
tambourine and dance;
strings and pipe
sounding cymbals;
no, no… with loud clashing cymbals!

play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy
And they sang a new song

suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace

the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy”

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E G E
A D A E
D A E

Made in America (West Chester, Chester County, PA, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

The song is based on these bible verses:

Joshua 5:13-6:27

6 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout!”

Psalm 98:4 ESV
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! …

1 Chronicles 15:16
David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song

Job 38:7 ESV
When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Revelation 5:11 ESV
Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

Luke 2:13-14 ESV
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

bookmark_borderThe Sting

I saw a plain wrapper
Conducting a caper

Songwriting in West Chester, PA
Songwriting in West Chester, PA

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
A C

Made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

While I was writing this song, I noticed some strange activities going on around me. There was a plain clothes detective, an old man and what appeared to be a prostitute. The police officer walked past me and around the corner. The prostitute got out of her car and into the car with the old man. After they drove off, the detective re-appeared from around the corner and drove the prostitute’s car away.

From the album Obverse Reverse Verses
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAngels Parade

LYRICS
The angels march
Angelic parade
Start the search
End the charade

Seven trumpets herald
To call to all
Four beasts repeat, “holy, holy, holy”
No need to be afraid
The beasts are on a leash
What would you trade
For the best seat?

Angels on parade
March to a different beat

Lalalalalala

The stranglehold on the reptile
Low and behold the angels are on parade
Hooray!
All the while the reptile has surrendered today
The angels render
The reptiles surrender

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 3
D A Em Em G Em
C Em Em C A
A E

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Revelation 4
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

From an album that offers two versions of each song — Country/Americana and Progressive Rock: Obverse Reverse Verses
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderA Better Mouse Trap

LYRICS
There’s a panic in the house
The lady saw a mouse
Now, everyone’s beating a path to her door
With a better mouse trap then ever before
So, the mouse can’t get in
Every crack and cranny they’re fillin’
When you hear the lady shout,
“What are you doing?

What was I thinking
Givin’ up my liberty without blinking
Must have been sleeping
A thief-in-the-night stealing dreaming

There’s a panic in this land
Politicians don’t understand
That people fearing terror get irate
Don’t let ’em turn it into a police state

Chorus

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am Am9 Am7(9)
Dm9
Am G Am

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

From an album that offers two versions of each song… Country/Americana and Progressive Rock — Obverse Reverse Verses
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRazor Face

Razor Face Songewriting
Razor Face Songwriting

LYRICS
You have a mouth that’s a razor
Your words cut to the very core
You a real trail blazer
Never cease to amaze Her

Look, God! No hands
Or, maybe it’s that no one understands?

You have a tongue that’s a laser
Your words seeing what’s in store
You have the touch of a taser
Your love shocks the sinister

Chorus

You have the touch of a Taser
Your ideas shock the sinister
They don’t know what’s going on… for sure

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em Dsus
Em D A Em
B Dsus
B D A Em

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

From the album that is half Country and half Progressive Rock — Dr. Jackal and Mr. Rawhide
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderChasing Your Own Tail

LYRICS
If you’re craving something really funny
Just look around you
There’s people chasing money
It’s expensive, too

Come to think of it I’ll make that bet
You know exactly where it’s at

As if it were simple as honey
Dripping with dew
It might be real funny
If they only knew

Come to think of it… who need suggest
Deep down inside you know what’s really best

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — A D A E A

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

From the album that is half Country and half Progressive Rock — Dr. Jackal and Mr. Rawhide
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Promise

LYRICS
Though the poles aren’t the goal
We still don’t want to meet in the middle
Through our goals we’ll fulfill
The cat and the fiddle… hey diddle diddle

Have you ever been told
You’re a little too bold
That “your initiative
Of give, give, give
Just won’t take
In this world of ours”
If so shake
Their hatred horrors

Chorus

Please don’t compromise
The promise’s rise
None too soon
The cow jumps over the moon

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am Em

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

It’s about the coming of a new age.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

From the album that is half Country and half Progressive Rock — Dr. Jackal and Mr. Rawhide
By Daniel Brouse