bookmark_borderThe Voices

The voices within want let out
Listen with your heart
(If you want to) hear what it’s about
Reach out to your inner voice
Exercise your reason of choice

The voices within are calling you, calling you
The voices within are whispering, whispering
The voices within are calling you, calling you
Let me out, let me out, let me out!

The voices within want let out
Join in with your part
Form a choir and start

The voices within are calling you, calling you

The Voices .mp3 (free music downloads)

ABOUT THE SONG
The song was written and recorded in Ambler and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Daniel – guitar, vocals, finger snapping

Capo 3
G / Em
with an added slide

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPushing Up Days Ease

Pusing Up Daisies .mp3 (free music downloads)

I was driving by Ryan Dunn’s final stop… when this song came to me:

Who woulda thunk

I’d find my glory

Pushin’ up day’s ease?

Dandelions and daffodils

The only things footin’ my bills

Jesus, I’m pushing up daisies

The life I drunk

Is my story

While in heaven

The task I’m given

Is pushing up daisies

Nope. I can’t be lazy

Too late to be crazy

So, won’t ya please

Bring me a daisy

I’ll push it up for you

Sprouting life into view

May I bring you a dream scene

You might have thought me dead

Instead… let it be said:

I’m just laying about these trees

Praying for yor’ day’s ease

ABOUT THE SONG
I’m happy to say, I got to know Ryan Dunn. This song came to me through the spirit that remains. Now, that Spring has come to the place where is life came to an end… the burn and scar are healing. And, it’s a funny thing about spring… how life sprouts up. So, while I was attempting to identify with the spirit… a humorous point-of-view came through… about how he lives on and hopes to push up some daisies for us. Ya, know? Have a holiday on him… a Spring Break… a few days ease 🙂

Written and recorded in West Chester Borough and West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — guitar, vocals, piano (with added whistling and tomfoolery by special request)
Blues variations.
E
E / G / E / A / E
E / B / G / A / E

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGet On!

Get On! .MP3 (free music download)

LYRICS
Get on! Get on!
It’s time to get on with it
Come on. Get on.
Join the ride. Enjoy life a bit.

Come on and get a lift
Jump up and down like you’ll never quit
Roll down a hillside
Raise your arms like a roller coaster ride

Get on! Get on!
Lovin’ livin’ every minute
Come on. Get on.
Livin’ lovin’ every moment

ABOUT THE SONG
A 6-track recording (stereo guitar, stereo vocals and 2 mono vocal backing vocals)
Written and recorded in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It was a beautiful sunny day bringing in Spring. I hoped to convey the message.

Capo 2 (F#)
A / E
A / D
A / G

From the album The Beatless Sense Mongers 2012
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Day

The Day Part 2 .MP3 (free music download)
From the album The Beatless Sense Mongers 2012

I’ve known you a longtime
Until you call me, mine
I’ve known you a longtime
You’ve committed just about every crime

Now our co-sign is dying
No, no… you ain’t no friend of mine

You’ve done me wrong
I’m done singing that song
Ya know I prayed for the day
Now, I’m happy to say.
This is the day.
(Horray)

I’ve been putting
Putting in time
I’ve been trying
Trying!

On my spirit you love to dine
Making me wince… making me whine
Fo’ sure, ya know
Ya ain’t no friend of mine
Nooo, you ain’t no friend of mine

No, you ain’t no friend of mine

ABOUT THE SONG
Blues based.
A 7 track recording produced in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

E / A
E / B / A
E / B / G / A

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFree (So, This Is)

An original song by The Beatless Sense Mongers

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA

The concept of freedom
Is hard to grasp
If you’re not free
(And, never have been)
It stands to reason

Hitting home at last
… once through the gate
Pouring from every pore
(For evermore)
You’re free
(Happy to be)
Wealthy in liberty
(Free!)
You’re able to be

Having been a victory virgin
Never before across the finish line
The feeling sinks in
“Freedom is mine!”

I have to tell ya
The taste is sweet
… like no other treat
A desert from the dessert
I’m not talkin’ ’bout democracy
Rather the absence of hypocrisy
From see to smiling see

Happy to be
Free

Free (So, This Is) .MP3 [Free Song Download]

Dm C9
Dm G9
Am9 C9

by Daniel Brouse
Written and recorded at Independence Mall, Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell in historic Philadelphia.

bookmark_borderBonemeal

1. Looky Lookie Lookey
Lookie there
As you sit and stare
About yourself
[voices sing: Sittin’ on them bones]

Chorus
From them bones
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Gonna rise up

2. Looky Lookie Lookey
Lookie there
As you go about
Seeking your wealth
[voices sing: Standin’ on them bones]

bonemeal.mp3

Bonemeal Webpage

ABOUT THE SONG
The song was written and recorded on Independence Mall, Philadelphia and West Chester, Pennsylvania. The words came about due to the fact that I was sitting on top of their bones looking for inspiration. Oh, yeah… and, it has to do with The Book Of Daniel “Many of those whose bodies are dead and buried will rise up….” Zombies, dude… for real.

Am / Cm
Am / Fm

by Daniel

bookmark_borderIn America

It’s a great day in America
Yet, another great day in America
Not like flecks of mica
No, not fool’s gold

You can be anything you want
Before growing old
In America

You can be the President
Of the United States
Or fly a ship
To the moon
Or, be a philanthropist
Of conscious states

Jump, skip or flip

The pursuit of happiness
Is none too soon…
In America

Info. and Free Music Video

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLove Spell

Christmas In Love Park, Philadelphia, PA
Christmas In Love Park, Philadelphia, PA

I went to the City of Brotherly Love,
And, asked ’em,
“How do you spell love?”

They replied,
L. Ooooo V E,
With a lopsided Oh.

I went to God Almighty Above,
And, asked her,
“If you were to conjure up a spell,
well… what would it be?”
She replied with an angel’s sigh,
“The spell is love.”

Please sing it with me,
“Love spell,
L. Ooooo V. E.,
With a lopsided Oh.”

Beats the devil outta hell,
L.O.V.E. spell

All yell,
“Love spell,
L. Ooooo V. E.,
With a lopsided Oh.”

The Love Park Sculpture in Center City, Philadelphia, PA
The Love Park Sculpture in Center City, Philadelphia, PA

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 3
G / D / A (3 times)
G / D / E
E / A

The song was written and recorded at Love Park, Philadelphia; Ambler; and Fort Washington State Park, Pennsylvania. The sound was mixed at Guitar Center in Plymouth Meeting. The video was mixed at Starbucks on the corner of Broad and Pine Streets, Philly (where I found *Chocolate Star* Dennis painting and playing the Key-tar.) The video was uploaded and published while driving up Ridge Avenue (to an open jam in Roxborough). All on Sunday, February 19, 2012.

Free MP3 and MP4 Music Video Downloads

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGrohl School Rock n’ Roll

ABOUT
This song was inspired by Dave Grohl’s 2012 Grammy Acceptance Speech… and, was ecorded in a makeshift home-studio using an 8-track recorder.

Dave Grohl’s Rock n’ Roll School .MP3

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters on stage in Philadelphia November 2011

LYRICS

Dave,
Please save the day.
Hey!

Can you teach us to play?
Can you meet us half way?
Can you reach us… all the way?

“It comes from here.” (point to your heart)
It comes from hear. (point to your mind)

Ole school Grohl
Taping in the garage
Ole school Grohl
No music mirage
Ole school Grohl

Dave,
Please save the day.
Hey!

Will you help us today?
Will you lead the way…
Show us how to plaaaaaay.
How to play a show…
The spirit in music you know.

No fool fighters
Dave Grohl sighters

DAVE GROHL’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Accepting the award, Grohl said, “To me, this award means a lot because it shows the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do…It’s not about being perfect, it’s not about sounding absolutely correct, it’s not about what goes on in a computer. It’s about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].”

Later, Dave went on to say, “To me the biggest advantage of going analog is the restrictions that it implies, which gets you to perform in a way that you’re actually being a human being. We thought about heart and performance. And I would rather people not tune their vocals, I would rather people not grid their drums.”

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Song

I thought I would show you what I was talking about,
So, here it is kid….

You don’t want it all,
But, you don’t want it all,
To pass you by,
bye-bye.

Music is not about telling everyone else how you feel.
Music is about helping everyone else feel the way you feel.

Have you no sense of intimacy?

Music is about helping everyone feel what you are saying.

Do you remember when,
You asked me why all the Crayon’s,
In the Crayon box,
Looked the same as you?

After all,
Camouflage is a weird concept in space.

After all,
I’m just a person trying to express myself.
Why would you want to step on that?

Do you ever look outside of your self?
Do you ever look outside yourself?

It’s not that I’m the sickest puppy,
In the litter.

How do I know?
I looked in your blindspot.

What happens when you wait,
Until someone can’t wait,
To go to the bathroom?

Shit happens.

What if there was so much noise,
That nobody could hear my song?

Sometimes noise is a good camouflage.
Sometimes it is not.

I’m not that interested in how you fit into the game…
Rather, that you are a game piece.

Where do all those anarchists go?
That bookstore on South Street?

Oh, yes,
The Wooden Shoe.

Can you tell a Fox,
He swells like his own hole?

Ask Rupert Murdoch.

Have you no sense,
Of intimacy?

It’s funny,
When you try to stop,
A laughing-box from laughing.

Kleenex,
Or, tissue,
Who cares?
Will God bless you?

Doy you,
Yourself,
Know a genius,
When you look one,
In the I?

There are only so many people,
That hold a guitar…
Or, magnifying glass.

Chasing the string of a balloon.

There aren’t that many fish,
That can swim in the sea.
Shall I throw you back?

bookmark_borderTrigger Finger

MP3 Trigger Finger ReMix 3

You put the finger….
On the trigger….
Don’t you figure….
Pulling the trigger….
Called for the grave digger….
It’s not a gun….
That makes life undone….

A pistol….
Does not control….
The aiming angle….
A rifle….
Does not spiral….
Out of control….

Only a human….
Can be inhumane….
A gun is not crazy….
Nor sane….

When only facts remain….
With the angels refrain….

Don’t blame it on the thumb….
Not the vertebrate….
On whether we’re predators….
Or pray….

It is our ability….
To recognize….
Our consciouses….
That makes murder….
Immoral….
Immoral for all….
Beings….

Be it the jawbone of an ass….
Or showers of Zyklon B gas….
Bullet, hatchet or guillotine….
Lethal injection to noose….
It takes a human on the loose…
It takes a human….
To make it obscene….

The being brings meaning….
The being brings meaning….
The being brings meaning….

The being brings meaning….

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by Daniel Brouse as part of the Twenty-twelve Music Experiment

ABOUT THE SONG
The song is about morals and ethics. Only humans have morals and ethics. By definition, a gun can not be evil.

INSTRUMENTATION
Humans, using tools as instruments, turned thoughts into music:
e-machine Laptop, DubStep Studio, Tanseon Voice Synthesizer, Samson Mixboard, Micro-Korg, Casio wk3500 Keyboard, Sennheiser Microphone, DigiTech RP3 (for vocal effects) and a Tascam DR-03 Digital Recorder.

Based on the B chord.

bookmark_borderWith Love And Rage

The Song *With Love And Rage*

We’ve entered an age
In need of our sage
From the year nothing
Spring…
To be our savior
Bringing blankets to the shivering
Bringing food to those hungering
Medical attention to any needing aiding

We pray
Please don’t take that away
With love and rage
Occupy the savage age
X’s and O’s
The hero from year zero

About the Song *With Love And Rage* .mp4 Video

High Definition Pictures

Written at Occupy Philadelphia by Daniel Brouse

Christmas Music

bookmark_borderChildish Behavior

As it’s told
Turn to cold
The winter did

Never too old
Learn to fold
Back into the kid
The child you once were

The rest of your life
Just a blur

Back to Mother Nature
Your wife

Under the star
The child you are
Back from afar
The child you are

The trumpets blare
Now you’re aware
Of the child you are

The bells ring true
Of the child in you
Of the child you are

Lyrics and About the song *Childish* .mp4 Video
Practice Attempt of Childish .mp4 Music Video
The Song *Childish Behavior* in Love Park .mp4 Music Video

Written in Love Park, Philadelphia, PA by Daniel Brouse

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