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Revolution

Posted on April 29, 2015May 1, 2015 by admin

Coversong originally made famous by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney

    A                                   D
You say you want a revolution, well you know
                          A
We all want to change the world
                                          D
You tell me that it's evolution, well you know
                          E7
We all want to change the world

Bm                      E
but when you talk about destruction
Bm                          G     A  F#   E
don't you know that you can count me out

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x

E
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/beatles/275428.html ]
    A                                     D
You say you got a real solution, well you know
                         A
We'd all love to see the plan
                                        D
You ask me for a contribution, well you know
                        E7
We're all doing what we can

Bm                        E
But if you want money for minds that hate
Bm                                G    A  F#  E
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x

E

    A                                            D
You say you'll change the constitution, well you know
                           A
We all want to change your head
                                           D
You tell me it's the institution, well you know
                            E7
You better free your mind instead

Bm                                 E
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
Bm                                  G  A  F#  E
You ain't gonna make it with anyone any  how 

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x
  A
Alright

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by the riots in Baltimore, MD.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
Rick Reinhart — Bass, Vocals

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Lies of the Beautiful People

Posted on April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 by admin

Coversong originally performed and made famous by Sixx:A.M.
Written by Nikki Sixx, James Michael, DJ Ashba, John 5

Lies of the Beautiful People ReMix.mp3

[intro] Em  
 
E  
Well this ain't no sideshow this is the great unknown  
                      C  
This is the poison we take Yeah  
E  
Outside the velvet rope standing there all alone  
                        C  
Are the grotesque and ashamed Yeah  
 
     E                                 C  
Well if you think real beauty's on the outside  
              Am               E  
Well that's a far cry From the truth  
E                         C  
Maybe all the information you received  
                Am                     E  
Well you should not believe There's no proof  
 
[chorus]  
E         Bm       D       A  
Save yourself from all the lies of the beautiful people  
E      Bm      D            A  
  It's time to run from the lies of the beautiful people  
 
[int] E  
 
E  
I feel so traumatized Doped up and televised  
                      C  
Life can be cruel and insane  
E  
But we've got these ugly scars On our infected hearts  
                       C  
Maybe it's time for a change  
 
     E                                 C  
Well if you think real beauty's on the outside  
              Am               E  
Well that's a far cry From the truth  
E                         C  
Maybe all the information you received  
                Am                     E  
Well you should not believe There's no proof  
 
[chorus]  
E         Bm       D       A  
Save yourself from all the lies of the beautiful people  
E      Bm      D            A  
  It's time to run from the lies of the beautiful people  
 
[solo] E  
       C A/C# D B  
 
 
[chorus]  
E         Bm       D       A  
Save yourself from all the lies of the beautiful people  
E      Bm      D            A  
  It's time to run from the lies of the beautiful people  
E         Bm       D       A  
Save yourself from all the lies of the beautiful people  
E      Bm      D            A  
  It's time to run from the lies of the beautiful people  
 
[outro] E   
        D#

ABOUT THE SONG
This coversong was inspired by the rioting in Baltimore, MD. The people rising up against violence with violence seemed too ironic… too hypocritical. So, the rioters posing to be on TV made me think of this song (for they are The Beautiful People.)

Daniel — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (Martin), Electric Guitar (Ibanez with floating tremolo), Organ, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Reggae Marching Band

Posted on April 28, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
We’re in step
To the promised land
In a marching band
A reggae… funky reggae marching band

Pick up a flute or pickup a lute
A mandolin or violin
Pick up whatever you can get into

We’re getting in step
Left right it’s alright
Left right left right
We left left right
Left left for right
We’re getting in step
With a reggae marching band

In step to thee promised land
If you want to joins hands
Hand in hand in step to the promised land
This marching reggae band
This reggae marching band

Reggae Marching Band.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
G G7

116 Beats Per Minute / Ska

A 1-track stereo live and extemporaneous sound recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller, Computer, Midi Software

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Baltimore

Posted on April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
All this riotin’ and lootin’
Doin’ nothing but pollutin’
Your solution
Undermine your revolution

Son, had you begun in Ferguson?
Watch the gore for sure in Baltimore

You can’t hate hate unless you partake
You can’t take part with what’s at stake
When you behave all irate… at any rate

There’s a moral lack when you strike back
At others not involved in your attack
Doesn’t matter whether they’re a shade of grey, white or black
It’s just a matter of fact
That ain’t no way to act

Is it any wonder they wanna put you in a cage
The way you behave all in a rage
You’re more likely to engage as a sage
Put a The End to that book… and look to a blank page

All this riotin’ and lootin’
Doin’ nothing but pollutin’
Your solution
Undermine your revolution

Watch the gore for sure in Baltimore?
No more! No more!

Baltimore Soundtrack.mp3

Baltimore Alternative Version.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Ab Ebm / F#
Db
Absus4

118 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

A 1-track stereo live and extemporaneous sound recording.

The pictures in the video are believed to be public domain photos from all of Baltimore’s famous riots.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller, Computer, Midi Software

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Intuition

Posted on April 23, 2015April 26, 2015 by admin

Intuition Soundtrack.mp3

LYRICS
In to it
Gonna get in to it
Intuition

Get in to it
With intuition
Get in to it
With intuition

It’s kind-of like a premonition
Not really a superstition
Get into it
Intuition
You feel it in your gut
There will be no if, and, or, but

Get in to it
Get into
Intuition

When you know
You know
When you know you know
You feel the flow
Get to know know
When you’ve got in the flow
Let yourself go

EXTENDED VERSION with ADDITIONAL LYRICS
Intuition Extended Version.mp3

Get in to it
With intuition
Get in to it
With intuition

It’s kind-of like a premonition
With very little… maybe no…
Superstition
Get into it
Intuition
In the shell of a nut
You’ll feel it in your gut
There will be no if, and, or, but
You’ll feel it in your gut

Got to get into it
Intuition

(Keyboard Jam)

Intuition
When you get to know know you know the flow
You go, you go, you go
You within the flow

See the me inside of me
I get into it… in to intuition
It’s kind-of like a premonition
With very little superstition
From the gut
No if, and, or, but

Intuition Philly Music Video.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Em / B
Em7 Am

120 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

A 1-track stereo live and extemporaneous sound recording. (Done with intuition)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller, Computer, Midi Software

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Fragile Capsule

Posted on April 22, 2015April 23, 2015 by admin

Fragile Capsule.mp3

LYRICS
A fight to the finish
In our fragile space capsule
A race to The End of the human race
Living to diminish
Our fragile space capsule
Modern Age rage flailing in disgrace

Happy birthday (Hey, hey, hey)
Dear ole Earthday (Hey, hey, hey)

Right on!
Get positive on negative ions
May the atmosphere of our sphere
Scatter blue your sky
… and make you feel high

Happy birthday (Hey, hey, hey)
Dear ole Earthday (Hey, hey, hey)

Can you see yourself floating in the sea
I confess the weightlessness is bliss
Crave the rave of riding on a wave

Happy birthday (Hey, hey, hey)
Dear ole Earthday (Hey, hey, hey)

Do you know the feeling of a rainbow
Synesthesia like anesthesia from the dread
Flourish and nourish your head

Happy birthday (Hey, hey, hey)
Dear ole Earthday (Hey, hey, hey)

ABOUT THE SONG
C Am
E C

106 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller, Computer, Midi Software

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Conspira-see

Posted on December 11, 2014 by admin

Conspira-see.mp3

LYRICS
Perhaps some sort-of bumble going on in the jungle
When I looked at the end of my arm
I could see a mirror looking back at me
Ohhh, I think I get it
The conspiracy is me
1,2,3
A conspiracy of me
Ohhh, yeah… I’m starting to see
The conspiracy is me
The conspiracy in me
What the difference between you and me
And we
If you’re talking about the conspiracy in me

ABOUT THE SONG
Dm Dm7 DmM7 Dmadd9 Dmb5/ Reggae 2 90 Beats Per Minute

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Production And Engineering — Live 1-track stereo recording. Casio WK-3500, MicroKorg, Alesis controller/laptop/Korg software, DigiTech vocal effects, clean vocals through a Sennheiser microphone, Beringer mixboard and Tascam digital recorder.

From the album Jungled
by Daniel Brouse

Jungled

Posted on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 by admin

Into The Jungle.mp3

Jungled.mp3

Album notes for the yet to be completed concept album… haa… sorry, I mumble about the bungle of The Jungle.

Look up to the sky… please tell me
It’s a mumble
Why’d we bungle the jungle?

oh you ask oh why they foul the sky
they mumble why they fouled the jungle
look up to the sky
what do you see
please tell me

It’s a mumble why the bungle of the jungle
You mumble why you bumble the jungle?

—-

The bungle
The jungle
When I ask people why you foul the sky
’cause I wonder why
It’s just a mumble
Why bungle the jungle
When you look into the sky
Does it make you want to cry
Does it make you wonder why

When I was why
When you ask why
When we ask why
There’s a stumble on the words
A mumble of words
Why the bungled jungle
Destruction
From your construction
Of your mumbled bumbled ways

Twhat did you say
I C’nt hear you

——————–

soundcheck
starts with instrumental F# ambient atmosphere… F# F#m … Daug… and… when we kick in, it’s reggae at 80 beats per minute

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Jungled
by Daniel Brouse

The Party

Posted on November 13, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Check, check…
Check this out
This is a song
It’s the soundcheck for the song
That we’re hoping to call “the party”
It’s a ska tune at 128 beats per minute

We’re working with this new Vox effects… pedal thing… we got it kinda for free at Sam Ash… it’s called the Vox Tone Lab… and it’s like C

If you wanna be free… the boogie… and, just doesn’t do it for we

Children going round and round

It’s getting down, down, down
To me
To me

Once we put the other further
Less and less will suffer
I can feel you….
And, you can, too
Then, you can see
You contribute to me
And, I to you, too

And, we sing in harmony

Once we see harmony
Harm no me

When you get down to the bass
The bass in the lower space

The bass takes over the lower space

The mid’s in middle
Not much of a riddle
Once the pieces fall together
(Feels natural)

Don’t ask why
Don’t let the middle pass by

And, the high
For you and I

When you get down to the bass
The basics
Of the music
Don’t let the high pass by
Once you get down to the basics
Of the music
It’s not a riddle of the middle
The basics of the music

The Party.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C

128 Beats Per Minute / Ska

It was originally titled the Party because of political parties… but, I forgot that part once the soundcheck started. I liked the soundcheck enough to just keep it. Anyway, it’s more about getting the parts of music together rather than governments. What the heck, feel free to take it either way.

Made In America (USA)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers… new Vox Tonelab on one of the vocal mics (live simultaneous 1-track stereo recording)

From the album Atmos-fear
by Daniel Brouse

Good And Ready

Posted on November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
If you’re feelin’ good n’ ready
We’ll try to keep the rhythm steady
Creating a brand new beat
If you’re feelin’ good n’ ready
We’ll try to keep the rhythm steady
A beat to get ’em off their seat

If you’re feelin’ good n’ ready
We’ll try to keep the rhythm steady
With a groove to make ’em move
If you’re feelin’ good n’ ready
We’ll try to keep the rhythm steady
Move as though nothing to prove

If you’re feelin’ good n’ ready
We’ll try to keep the rhythm steady
Creating a brand new beat
If you’re feelin’ good n’ ready
We’ll try to keep the rhythm steady
A beat to get ’em on their feet

Good And Ready Part 4.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em G A (Bass)
Esus4 (Keys)

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

Daniel — Vocals, Bass, Keyboard and Synthesizer

From the album A Nick Of Time
by Daniel Brouse

Living On The Moon

Posted on October 20, 2014October 21, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Would you consider me a loon
If I insist we’re living on the moon
Can’t I see that’s lunacy?
Yet we won’t believe in reality

The Earth’s getting hot, hot, hot
Before you know it, we’ll be not
It’s not surprising
The temperatures rising
Is all logic forgot?
What kind-of ticket have we bought

Time we take some giant steps
To our balance there are checks
Yup, giant steps are what we take
If we could only awake
Yup, giant steps are what we take
Leaps and bounds from the fake

Living On The Moon.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Ab/C Eb

142 Beats Per Minute / Reggae (with some inspiration from the Police song “Walking On The Moon”)

The song is about the human race not taking responsibility for global warning and other “real life” man-made atrocities… while getting all wrapped up in make-believe and conspiracies.

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

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Dawning Of The Day
by Daniel Brouse

EDBm

Posted on July 15, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
If you feel like you’re going to be diminished
Bdim
Don’t be diminished

Be a minor for a heart of gold
You can be a major influence on peace, love and understanding

You don’t need to be diminished
Bdim

Be the minor for the hearts of gold
You can be a major influence in peace, love and understanding

But don’t be diminished

EDM
EDBm
EDM
EDBm

If you feel like you’re going to be diminished
Just lift a finger and Bm… be a minor for hearts of gold
Be a major influence in understanding

EDBm Music Video.mp4

EDBm EDM.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

Chords — Bdim Bm B
E D Bm

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Nuance Of Nuisance
by Daniel Brouse

Midst Of A Mist

Posted on June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Starlog: in a fog
In the midst of a mist
Stardate: a twist of fate
Time to clear the mind of the unkind
Let no fear come to mind

In the midst of a mist
Clarity of charity missed
Time we find a way to kind

For the angry… for the pissed
Please consider this
How ya gonna get happiness to coexist?

Better off to assist
Take it off your waiting list
Step up and enlist

Love to get Her in a tryst
Clear the head of “resist”
Get Her in a love tryst
(Out of the midst of this mist)

[God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Jam]

Midst Of A Mist Reggae Music Video.mp4

Midst Of A Mist.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em intro
Am
G Am
C
F#m G Am

112 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Festival-all
By Daniel Brouse

Grave Mistake

Posted on June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
You thought that one day you’d save
It’s just one day closer to your grave
I hope it’s not a grave… mistake

Mama told you… you had to learn how to behave
And you’re just step… one step closer to your grave
… one day closer to your grave

(Jam)

Do you want to be on the lathe
Everyday a little more shave, shave, shave
As you get one day closer to your grave
Could be a grave mistake

Think that you want to save, save, save, save
Save the day?
One step closer to your grave
So what?
Don’t let it drive you nuts

One day closer
One day closer to your….

(Bass Jam)

Less you become your own slave
You’ve only got so many days to behave
And you’re the slave of how you behave
You’re just one day closer to your grave
One day closer… to your grave
Don’t let it be a grave mistake
Don’t let your life… don’t let it take, take, take
Your life away
Livin’ every day
No regret that it’s closer
Never forget one day closer
To your grave
It would be a grave mistake

(Piano Jam)

Grave Mistake.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Em7 Emadd9

116 Beats Per Minute / Ska

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Festival-all
By Daniel Brouse

Act Your Age?

Posted on June 10, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
It’s an age old question
When are you going to act your age?

If the phrase causes outrage
It’s not a matter of biding time
’till you become a sage
You don’t ever, ever have to act your age
You don’t need to turn the page

Who want’s to grow old together
I’d rather grow old never
So if that phrase causes outrage
You never have to act your age

Sure it’s a must
We’re all going to turn to dust
But until that time… I’m…
Going to live it up

Who wants to act their age
Except maybe if you are two
Once you get to be about three
You realize I’m me
By the time you reach four
You don’t wanna grow old no more
Once your five… just glad to be alive

If you’re living life in beige (time for color)
And you can’t even bare the days
Gotta stop acting your age
In fact, you should have outrage
How you ever gonna become a sage
Open the door… unlock your cage
Time to be. Set yourself free.
Come on, come on dance with me

Everything is beautiful through the eyes of innocence
As you were once

If you take my advice, you’ll do it twice
Alright!

The sea is turning different colors for me
The see is turning different colors for me

Act Your Age.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C
C G Em Dm C

124 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Festival-all
By Daniel Brouse