bookmark_borderHave You Heard (the Big Bang?)

Writing and Recording "Have You Heard?"
Writing and Recording “Have You Heard?”

Have You Heard the Big Bang Music Video.mp4

Have You Heard the Big Bang? .mp3

LYRICS
Don’t let the gravitational pull
Pull the wool
Over your eyes

Big bang!
Surprise

Now, here’s the thang
Though not quite in grasp of your fingers
It still lingers

The way Big Bang behaves…
Primordial gravitational waves
I mean, it’s worthy of a primal scream

Yeeha! Big bang!

NASA's Big Bang
NASA’s Big Bang

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song is about the discovery of The Big Bang. (Big Bang animation courtesy of NASA)

Chords — Em FM7
Em7
Em7(11)

136 Beats Per Minute / Fast Ballad

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Lifterupper
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSing Along

LYRICS
If you don’t like what you’re hearin’
Would you rather be deaf?
Maybe you’re better off doin’
What you do best

Can you write a song?
How about do a dance?
If you could sing, that’d be just the thing
Sing, along

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D
Dm7 DmM7

Vocals start low bass and rise, rise, rise

120 Beats Per Minute / Hard Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Yamaha PSR-740 Keyboard and  microKorg Synthesizer

From the album Lifterupper
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTime And Space Continuum

Time And Space Continuum Music Video.mp4

Time And Space Continuum.mp3

LYRICS
Um,
This is a test
Of the here and now
Time and space
Continuum

Is this human race
Somehow
At rest

Time we passed the past
Hope our present lasts
To our future success

What satisfaction
If just a fraction
Civilization

Some elimination
Of starvation
And, degradation
Some elevation
Of realization
And, appreciation

Video Shoot
Video Shoot

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D#sus4 C#sus4 D#m

152 Beats Per Minute / Alternative Club Dance

Daniel — Vocals, Yamaha PSR-740 Synth, microKorg Synth, Electric Guitar (played simultaneously)

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderA Lifetime

A Lifetime Music Video.mp4

A Lifetime.mp3

LYRICS
I wonder
Where do all the lives go
When you die
Where do all the lives go
Do you know?

Clap of thunder
In the blink of an eye
There’ll be no more I
Where does the life go
Do you know?

I sure pray this sole soul
Lands in the promised land
A promise is a promise
How can you miss?

Video Still From *A Lifetime*
Video Still From *A Lifetime*

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm
Dm Bm7b5 G7 Bdim Dm
(guitar tuned to Dm)

135 Beats Per Minute / 4/4 Blues

Daniel — Vocals, Yamaha PSR-740 Synth, microKorg Synth, Electric Guitar (played simultaneously)

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCalliope Through A Kaleidoscope

Calliope Through A Kaleidoscope Video.mp4

Calliope Through A Kaleidoscope.mp3

LYRICS
Seeing life through a kaleidoscope
While riding a calliope
No naysayers. Nope.
Just the uplift of what a heart can see

Will you grab brass rings… one, two, three?
Through the kaleidoscope, I see there’s plenty
Ya, ya, ya, it’s our lucky day
Let the calliope music play

The horse goes up and down
As we spin around
In a happy whirl
Wearing heart-on-sleeve
It’s easy to believe
Successive overlapping layers form a pearl
Grasping brass rings
We see the alchemy of turning brass to gold
As the future of our generation is told (Unfold)
And, to calliope music everyone sings

Calliope Through A Kaleidoscope Video Shoot
Calliope Through A Kaleidoscope Video Shoot

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C Cm C7 Csus

135 Beats Per Minute / 4/4 Blues

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Way It Is

The Way It Is Music Video.mp4

The Way It Is.mp3

LYRICS
When your soda-pop has lost it’s fiz
Maybe it’s time to give
When you know you’ll fail the pop quiz
Maybe it’s time to live

That’s just the way it is
Do you want heart or show biz
That’s just the way it is

Don’t let your life loose spice
Maybe it’s time to give
When it comes to fun, don’t think twice
Maybe it’s time to live

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em D
Em D G C

Daniel — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (at the same time)

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAt The Same Time (Pop Ballad #3)

At The Same Time Music Video.mp4

At The Same Time.mp3

LYRICS
I’m not sure if this is a valid ballad
At the same time
I pray the rhyme
Will stand the test of I’m

If one thing about a ballad is true
It probably has to do
With the love of love
If push comes to shove
This ballad’s ’bout love

Simultaneously
At the same time
In harmony
Harminglessity
The test of I’m

In The Recording Studio
In The Recording Studio

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em
Em/Am Em/C
Em7(11)
Em(9)

78 Beats Per Minute / Pop Ballad #3

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Acoustic Guitar (at the same time)

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSomehow

Somehow Music Video.mp4

Somehow.mp3

LYRICS
We might gain insight?

The time is now
And, the time is right
Somehow
Will will come from might

While time is near
And, we are now
Somehow
Goodwill overcomes fear

Somehow Songwriting Session
Somehow Songwriting Session

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E E7 Esus4

140 Beats Per Minute / Rock Shuffle

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric Guitar

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLies Within

Lies Within Music Video.mp4

Lies Within.mp3

LYRICS
I’ve been looking in the eyes
I’ve been looking in the I’s
I’ve been looking in the soles
I’ve been looking in the souls
The love that lies within
Can surely win

Deceptive, hate lies
Held captive, love lies within
Reactive, love tries
To escape
Friction tape
Unwrappin’
It’s about letting the love out

Writing and Recording *Lies Within*
Writing and Recording *Lies Within*

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Am C Em

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderUnbelievable

Unbelievable.mp3

LYRICS
Unbelievable
I’m in shock
Is it more than talk
If it’s something they do for kicks…
That’s sick
Surely we’re capable
Of a believable miracle

Wish it were believable
That humankind was capable
Of peace, love and understanding
But, once again
I’m left standing
In the reign

Sorry it the rhyme puts a strain on the brain
On the other hand, it’s about time

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F Bb
F Bb G F

176 Beats Per Minute / Rock and Roll with a Reggae Groove

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLoving You

Loving You Music Video.mp4

Loving You.mp3

LYRICS
I’m loving you
Not only that
But all you do

When I think of what you’ve done
It’s second to none
When I think of what we can do
It takes on a whole new/knew view

Recording Studio
Recording Studio

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F#m F#

128 Beats Per Minute / Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric Guitar

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat Love Can Do

What Love Can Do Music Video.mp4

What Love Can Do.mp3

LYRICS
Like the sun behind the clouds
The love we know will break through
Unveil the shrouds
Let the love do what love can do

Like the reef at low tide
The love we know will break through
De-sub-side
Let the love do what love can do

Ride, ride, ride
The wave
Let love behave

*Loving You* Songwriting
*Loving You* Songwriting

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em

Em Am C
Em E

120 Beats Per Minute / Hard Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric Guitar

From the album Larger Than Live
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderReally Reeling

Really Reeling.mp3

LYRICS
I think I’m feeling
That reality
Really
Reeling

In entirety

I feel I’m thinking
Sur-reality
Really
Reeling

In entirety

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Ebm Ab

90 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Sprung
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTears Of Liquid Sunshine

Tears Of Liquid Sunshine Music Video.mp4

Tears Of Liquid Sunshine.mp3

LYRICS
Tears of liquid sunshine
Look so fine
Running down your cheek
Tears of liquid sunshine
Look so fine
I can’t even speak

Ileana
Ahh…
To bring spring

As you sprout
You bring nature out
Ileana
Then, flower
And, we’ve got the power
The power of our
Nature
For sure… ensure endure

ABOUT THIS SONG

Ileana Cosânzeana is a figure in Romanian mythology. This mythological personage is represented as a beautiful good-natured princess. In Romanian folklore, Ileana is the original concept of feminine beauty, the most beautiful amongst the fairies: her eyes look like the sun, her body is like the sea and her garments are made of flowers. Pearls and gold flow out of her mouth when she sings. She is also said to use her power of white magic to heal or revive. Ileana Cosânzeana signifies the most poetic imagination of Romanian genius. She impersonates the beauty, the youth, and the angelic soul, in one word the perfection of humanity. She is a mythical character with supernatural powers and with symbolic features. Ileana Cosânzeana succeeds in defeating the evil forces only because she is very brave, smart, modest and diligent. In some tales “Ileana Cosânzeana” was the fairy of flowers spring, a fairy that puts the perfume into every flower, but she has the facility to take it back. The elves love her, as do the flowers; even the wind loves Ileana, but he can never catch her. In the myth, she is a beautiful princess who is kidnapped by the Zmeu, or Kite, who locks her in his castle and waits for her to give in to his marriage proposal. She is saved by Făt-Frumos, who is analogous to Prince Charming. Făt-Frumos is tested by many trials as he makes his way to Ileana Cosânzeana. Finally, he fights the Zmeu, beats him, and frees Ileana Cosânzeana. They both live happily ever after. — Wikipedia

In the Studio for *Tears Of Liquid Sunshine*
In the Studio for *Tears Of Liquid Sunshine*

Chords — C C addF
Am Am addF
D Am C Am

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Sprung
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThat Something

That Something Music Video.mp4

That Something.mp3

LYRICS
Ain’t that something
Trying to add up that sum thing
When 1 + 1 = none for me
That kind-of math is not funny

Ain’t that something
Trying to add up that sum thing
When 1 + 1 = something odd
A jaw-dropping “Oh My God!”

Can I hear a man
Can I hear amen

Entice social justice
That’d be nice…
Social justice

That Something Recording Session
That Something Recording Session

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F Dm Faug F
F B F C7 F

88 Beats Per Minute / Swing Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Sprung
By Daniel Brouse