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bookmark_borderDreams (I’ll Never See)

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Dreams (I’ll Never See).mp3

Coversong originally made famous by the Allman Brothers and Molly Hatchet
Written by Gregg Allman

G/D              D     G/D         D     
  Just one more morning, I had to wake up with the blues
G/D             D             G/D          D      
 Pulled myself out of bed yeah, put on my walking shoes
G/D               D          G/D                     D      
 Climbed up on a hilltop, Baby, to see what I could see, yeah
G/D                          D        G/D               D      
  The whole world's falling down, Babe, right down in front of me
                  G                    F                     E7-9
'Cause I've been hung up on all them dreams, I'm never gonna see 
C                  Bb                             A7-9  
 Lord help me Babe, dreams get the best of me, yeah

Pull myself together, and put on a new face yeah
Climb down from the hilltop, Baby, Lord get back in the race
'Cause I've got dreams, I've got my dreams to remember, Lord yeah
I've got dreams, yeah I've got my dreams, to remember, Lord yeah
                  G           F                          E7-9
'Cause I've been hung up on dreams I'm never gonna see yeah
C                 Bb                              A7-9
 Lord help me babe, dreams get the best of me, yes
(jam)
Pulled myself together, put on a new face, yeah
Climbed down from the hilltop, Baby, Lord get back in the race
'Cause I've got dreams, I've got my dreams to remember, Lord yeah
I've got dreams, yeah I've got my dreams, to remember, Lord yes
               G                    F     
And I've been hung up on all them dreams, 
                        E7-9
I'm never gonna see yes, no babe, no Babe
C                 Bb                              A7-9
 Lord help me babe, dreams get the best of me, yes,    alright
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ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Southern Folk Rock
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderYou’re No Good

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“You’re No Good” is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It has since been covered by many artists, including charting versions by Betty Everett in 1963, The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1964, and Linda Ronstadt in 1975, whose version was a number 1 hit in the United States.

Am         D   Am             D
Feeling better now that we're through  
Am         D          Am        D
Feeling better 'cause I'm over you
    F          G         C      
I learned my lesson, it left a scar
Am     D            F     E
Now I see how you really are

          Am                  D     
You're no good     You're no good   
           Am          D        Am    D
You're no good  Baby you're no good
           Am     D
I'm gonna say it again
          Am              D    
You're no good  You're no good 
You're no good  Baby you're no good

I broke a heart that's gentle and true
Well I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
[Chorus] Instrumental Jam 
Gsus2 F / F   G   C  Am  D  F  E

            Am      D             Am      D
I'm telling you now baby and I'm going my way
   Am              D                 Am       D
Forget about you baby 'cause I'm leaving to stay

You’re No Good.mp3

DR0000_6445-Youre-No-Good.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderEnvision

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LYRICS
If we envision the vision
Of what we want to do
Envision the vision is mission
To make the dream come true

If we just tune our attitude
From be flat (Bb) to see natural (C♮)
There will be enough soul food
To satisfy us all

If we just take the time
To see the reason in the rhyme
It will be natural (B♮) to see sharp (C#)
Floating like a butterfly… happy as a lark

Live it in your mind’s eye
From slow motion into overdrive
It’s easy to give ‘er a try
Delivers the reason for being alive

Envision.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Drop D tuning — Em Em7 D D9 / C Em Am (add Bb, B♮ and C#)
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderA Buzzard Is Two-faced

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A Buzzard Is Two-faced
A Buzzard Is Two-faced

LYRICS
[I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee
Won’t my Mama be so proud of me]
A buzzard is two-faced
Their drink is laced
The politician, again?
You bet he can
(Crooked politician)
The tainted drink you consume
Designated mental tomb
What do you mean?
Obscene… at the Inn and no room?
At the “in” and no room
Better let it out
Be it scream… be it shout
Let there be no doubt
Better let it out
Be it word… be it rhyme
Now is the time
Pre-post-prime
Prime time

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about being brainwashed, drinking tainted Kool-aid and seeing mirages in Washington DC.

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A#M7aug F# D#m7 160 BPM Rock & Roll #2 / Heavy Metal
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

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bookmark_borderRun ’round The Sun

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The Milky Way
The Milky Way

LYRICS
Suckling the nipples of the Milky Way
Singing spirituals of a better day
Through the nectar of stardust, we weigh
Through the dust to dust, we will return someday

A snake eating it’s own tail
Talk about an epic fail
Want to write a better tale
Into the galaxy we sail

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a blackhole and sucked up inside her
Making more mortality a blur (more mortality)

Just for fun run ’round the sun
As we make our way
So our mass may pass
Into the future past

Run ’round The Sun.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

To say “we are stardust” may be a cliche, but it’s an undeniable fact that most of the essential elements of life are made in stars.

“For the first time, we can now study the distribution of elements across our Galaxy,” says Sten Hasselquist of New Mexico State University. “The elements we measure include the atoms that make up 97% of the mass of the human body.”

The new results come from a catalog of more than 150,000 stars; for each star, it includes the amount of each of almost two dozen chemical elements. The new catalog includes all of the so-called “CHNOPS elements” – carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur – known to be the building blocks of all life on Earth. This is the first time that measurements of all of the CHNOPS elements have been made for such a large number of stars.
— Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS/APOGEE) / January 5, 2017

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: C Em Cm / 104 BPM
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderKarma Comeback

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Karma Comeback.mp3

LYRICS
Rock through glass
Come to pass
Gonna kick ya in the ass
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

Tell a lie
Don’t know why
Gonna haunt you till you die
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

Make a threat
Better bet
Gonna end in regret
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

Jaw jabber
Backstabber
Wanna be a cadaver?
(No! I wanna continue on life’s endeavor)
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E Em7 / D A D A D A E

Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Piano

Written in West Chester, PA about the corners of Gay and Church Streets.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderLoom Boom

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LYRICS
Loom BOOM!
What was it that you wanted?
Make room
Egos are over flaunted
The lowering of the boom
Can happen none to soon
The more I realize
The less the surprise

Loom BOOM! What is it you want to do?
Got broom… is it time to clean the zoo?
Loom BOOM! Where is it you want to go?
Zoom zoom… round and round if you don’t know
Loom BOOM! Who is it you want to see?
Soul groom… what it is that I can be
Loom BOOM! When is it you want to start?
Doom boom… let’s blow if up with our heart

Loom Boom.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A D G / G D A

A song about dropping love bombs… looming till it turns to booming.

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderRising Star

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LYRICS
A pinprick in the night
A sliver of starlight
Then quick… with the millionth pinprick
Can’t count all the lights in sight
You know… when the horizon starts to glow
It won’t be long till dawn’s daylight
You know your star is rising
Cock’s crow… sunrise… good morning
Good news: good knews
Is coming our way
Who knows… no no’s
A-OK

Rising Star.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A C / E C A / C A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPermit To Carry

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Busking Permit
Busking Permit

LYRICS
I got a permit to carry my axe
Now going out and have some attacks
Allowed to sing and dance some, too
Now the question is, “How about you?”
Got your permit?
We’ll get lit!
Got your permit?
Let’s get lit!
Got your permit?
Come get lit!
Got your permit?
Get you permit
You better make it quick

Do some magic that’s really slick
Rabbit from a hat… or slight-of-hand trick
I might recite while fire juggling
Thespian, asked again, “Are you acting?”

I might read what I write
Then play it right into the night
Draw with chalk on the sidewalk
Now I’ve a permit, they can’t balk
Got your permit?
We’ll get lit!
Got your permit
Let’s get lit!
Got your permit?
Get you permit
You better make it quick

Permit To Carry (Video).mp4

Permit To Carry / West Chester, Pennsylvania.mp3

Permit To Carry Live.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about an unconstitutional law that makes performance art a crime in West Chester, Pennsylvania. You must have a permit to do any of the following:
acting, singing, playing musical instruments, pantomime, juggling, magic, dancing, reading, puppetry, sidewalk art (working with non-permanent, water-soluble media, i.e., chalk, pastels, or watercolors directly on the pavement), and reciting.

The West Chester “Footloose” Ordinance

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A B7
Vocals, Guitar
Alternative version includes electric piano and electric slide guitar
Written and recorded West Chester, Pennsylvania
From the album Gay Church

Alternative Version

bookmark_borderConveyed Consciousness

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A Tribute to Ikutaro Kakehashi
I happened to be in the midst of recording a MIDI based album when I learned of the passing of Ikutaro Kakehashi:

Ikutaro Kakehashi (梯 郁太郎 Kakehashi Ikutarō  7 February 1930 – 1 April 2017) was an engineer, an entrepreneur, and the founder of Ace Tone, Roland Corporation and ATV, Japanese manufacturers of electronic musical instruments. He was known for his role in the development of Ace Tone and Roland drum machines and the MIDI standard.

Synthesizers
Synthesizers

An album by The Electric Slugs.

Keyboard
Keyboard
MIDI Setup
MIDI Setup

The album Conveyed Consciousness.
Instrumentation: MicroKorg, MiniNova, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, Kurzweil 88Mx, Ableton Alesis Software, Alesis Vortex, Alesis iO2, Roland VS-1680, Behringer Midi Foot Controller

bookmark_borderIn A Mind

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In A Mind.mp3

LYRICS
In a mind down in the gutter
Pick it up and feel better
Being kind sure does matter
Me as debtee or debtor?
Waiting at the pearly gates
Don’t wanna be a faster regretter
Is my will free or is it fate’s
Name in The book letter-for-letter?

In line on their judgement day
Will I be searching for words to say
Don’t want it all to end that way
Want to go feet first… no debts to pay

On the fence at heaven’s gate
Don’t want to teeter ‘fore St. Peter
Repent offense ‘fore it’s too late
Wanna be in time with the master’s meter
[Sir Vent your servant]

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: riff-efg G A B7 / E G A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhen You Fall In Love

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LYRICS
What do you get when you fall in love?
Achin’ and shakin’ is what I’m thinking of
Finding I’m pining
Longing too long
Don’t need reminding
… livin’ a blues song

What do you get when you fall in love?
Quackin’ heart breakin’ is what I’m thinking of
What do you get when you fall in love?
Makin’ no mistakin’ is what I’m thinking of
What do you get when you fall in love?
Stakin’ breathtakin’ is what I’m thinking of

When You Fall In Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Love Song
Chords: E A G E / C A / B7 E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderElectroconvulsive Therapy

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shocking!
INSTRUMENTAL

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em Em7(11) Em9 D6
Rhythm: 152 Techno Mod
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFreedom Train

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LYRICS
Pulling out of the station
Headin’ down the track
No need to bother lookin’ back
If you are out there ahead
Don’t look over your shoulder
Lessons you learn growin’ older

I better pay attention
Or I might miss my stop
Pay attention… stay on top
Or find the end-of-the-line
No! Please not that… It’s not my time
I tell ya doctor, “I feel fine!”

Glass half-full of satisfaction
On my way to saturation
Cup overflows with jubilation
When every day’s a celebration
Thankful for all of creation
Reaching self-realization
Pulling into my destination

Freedom Train.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E A B7
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFollow The Bouncing Ball

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LYRICS
Follow the bouncing ball
It’s a sing-along for all
The Bouncing Ball Ball
Be you picker be you grinner
Leave a glass slipper
Following The Bouncing Ball Ball

Follow the bouncing ball
Dance, twirl, sprawl
The Bouncing Ball Ball
Enormous for us all
Enormous with us all
The Bouncing Ball Ball

By chance would care to dance
Dip full? We’ll enthrall
I’ll catch you… you won’t fall
At The Bouncing Ball Ball

Carriage-pumpkin uninstall
Stroke of midnight call
Better get back to your house
Before your ride turns to mouse

Follow The Bouncing Ball.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: AM7 A E Abdim / D A C E / C E
Digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church