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bookmark_borderWhat’s Today’s Date?

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Summertime… and the livinin’ is…

Easy livin’ and I’ve been forgiven

What’s today’s date?

[Verse 1]
It’s getting close to summer
I’m ready to go (I’m ready, you know)
Summer vacation
Ready for the rest (and relaxation)

[Chorus]
Holiday! (Can’t come soon enough)
Holiday! (Try n’ hang tough)
[Break]
Holiday,
Is coming our way

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Drum Fills]

[Verse 2]
Can hardly wait, anticipate
What’s today’s date? (I just can’t wait!)
Summer vacation
Ready for the best (action-ation)

[Chorus]
Holiday! (Can’t come soon enough)
Holiday! (Try n’ hang tough)
[Break]
Holiday,
Is coming our way

[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills, Bass]

[Verse 3]
Going to ski, going to swim
Oh, yes I am (Chance of rain slim)
Summer vacation
Put ‘er to the test (No stagnation)

[Chorus]
Holiday! (Can’t come soon enough)
Holiday! (Try n’ hang tough)
[Break]
Holiday,
Is coming our way

[Outro]
Holiday! (Can’t come soon enough)
Holiday! (Try n’ hang tough)

[End]

From the album “Nowadays” by The Beatless Sense Mongers

MegaEpix Enormous

bookmark_borderSpring, Sprang, Sprung

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LYRICS
Spring, sprang, sprung
Spring’s come undone
In yet another bummer
Forget about the summer
Just around the bend
Drawing to it’s end

Spring, sprang, sprung
Better make amends
For the Fall
The time of all times
Is going down, down, down
Just around the bend
Drawing to it’s end

Spring, sprang, sprung
Another year older
Another grade higher
As seasons get colder
Watching time transpire
Just around the bend
Drawing to it’s end

Riff: Bbsus4 hammer on F
Chords: F Bbsus4 / Cm F / C7 Bb F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards (Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderRoundabout

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LYRICS
Roundabout
In and round and down and out
Roundabout
Or, in and out to get down?
Round… about
Get down
Get out
Roundabout

Summer changes season
Seems without reason
Number changes calendar
September
October
November
December, r, r, r, r

Roundabout Guitar Loop Video .mp4

Roundabout Part I Video.mp4

Roundabout Part III.mp3

Chords: E / D A E / E A C E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Organ, Electric Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderFall Back

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LYRICS
Long days are winding down
Season’s packing… leaving town
Cold’s comin’
Enjoyin’ while we can
Fall back we’ll spring forward again

Days grow shorter day-by-day
Feels as though they’ll fade away
Cold’s comin’
Enjoyin’ while we can
Fall back we’ll spring forward again

Last breath of summer breeze
Brings a hint of winter tease
Cold’s comin’
Enjoyin’ while we can
Fall back we’ll spring forward again

Chords: C Em G D / G Em C D / D9 D+g
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderFool For Summer

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LYRICS
Can you ever get enough summer fun
Why’s it always feel time’s on the run
Some sort-of rule
About going to school
Guess at heart I’m just a summertime fool
The kids grow up and leave the nest
But surely I digress
Those that think it’s best
Well, they’ve got the wrong address

Can you ever get enough summer fun
Why’s it always feel time’s on the run
Parents go irate
Over a certain date
If it was up to me, wouldn’t hesitate
To say, “Let it wait!”
The kids grow up and leave the nest
But surely I digress
Those that think it’s best
Well, they’ve got the wrong address
… I digress

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: A G D / C G D / A C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
From the album Moved

bookmark_borderBow-tied Diddly

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LYRICS
If you want to play music on the street
Let the rhythm be your beat
Bo Diddly did what Bo Diddly did
Now you can dance ’round like some sort-a kid
If you’re looking for a summertime treat
Well, dance to the music on the summertime street
If you’re looking for some summertime heat
Then dance on the street to a summertime beat
Bow-tied Diddly till I die
Tie-died diddly paint the sky
Go Bo Diddly
Ain’t talkin’ squat
So why not?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: E A/E
Recording: digital 11-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

From the album Moved

Written between the corners of Market, High, Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA — Gay Church

bookmark_borderKeep It Down!

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LYRICS
“Hey there! Can you keep it down?”
Hey there
Take a look around
Hey there
Nothing’s found
Can’t keep the temperature down
Look around
Nothing’s found
To keep the temperature down
Can’t beat the heat

We love to spew
We do. We do
Skew the new
We do. We do
Pollute our habitat
Imagine that
That that’s where we’re at
Stupid primate changed the climate
Can’t keep the temperature down
Look around
Nothing’s found
To keep the temperature down
Can’t beat the heat
Going to have to admit defeat

Keep It Down!.mp3

Keep It Down Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about the Summer of 2019 heatwave, global warming and extreme weather events.

Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: A G E
Recording: 4-track digital stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album A kNew Album

The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderHumidity Absurdity

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LYRICS
Can you feel the essence
Through the thickness
Of the air
Can you seal existence
Effortlessness
Become aware
Gasping for air
The absurdity of the humidity
Don’t know how much
I can bear
Don’t know how much
I can wear
The absurdity of the humanity
Don’t know how much
I can dare

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded on the fifth day of a July heatwave.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Gb Bb / Db Bb; 102 BPM Ambient #3
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderIt’s So Hot….

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LYRICS
’cause when I try
To see the sky
It’s so hot
I see why not
If I don’t die
I’ll surely fry
And If I try
To tear and cry
It’s so hot
I see why not
If I try n’ cry
The ducts run dry
Wade into shade
The heat won’t fade
It’s so hot
I see why not
Inside the oven
There’s no escapin’
Like six of one
Or half a dozen
It’s all the same
When the heat’s insance
Sizzlin’ I am
Sizzlin’
I’m sizzlin’

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em C G D / A D
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderSummertime Rhyme

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LYRICS
Busting out
Summertime rhyme
Finding out
’bout sweat and grime
Ohhhh it’s time
for the summertime rhyme
Sing and shout
Busting out

May I say
It’s too hot for May
Still I’ll play
Through the heat of day
It’s alright
IF it’s cool tonight
Feels just right
For music’s insight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Electronic
Chords: E G A / A G E G A E; 130 BPM Ambient #3
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in West Chester, PA
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Omega-ga
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBeat The Heat

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LYRICS
Thank Heaven the heat does fade
When I move into the shade
To beat the heat

What do you think about a cold drink
Or the tease of a cool breeze
To beat the heat

Under the shade of threes like these
Fresh oxygen is sure to please
We’ll beat the heat

If only the beach were within reach
Or float down stream… do ya know what I mean
To beat the heat

Beat The Heat.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E C G E / D A C G E
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Vocals, Guitar

From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderNo Rain

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No Rain.mp3 (Coversong / Free MP3 Download)

No Rain II.mp3

Made famous by Blind Melon (Shannon Hoon)

E                         D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

  A                         G      E      E7
I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain

    E                    D
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two

    A                         G         E     E7
and speak my point of view but it’s not sane, It’s not sane

E              D              E           D 
   I just want    some one to say to me   oh,

E              D                 E     D      
   I’ll always be there when you wake     yeah...

E                       D              E        D
    Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today

E                D                   E        D    
    So stay with me and I’ll have it made

      E                      D   
And I don’t understand why I sleep all day

      A                       G         E     E7 
And I start to complain that there’s no rain

    E                      D 
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake

   A                           G           E 
It rips my life away, but it’s a great escape

escape, escape, escape

E                        D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

         A
ya don’t like my point of view

         G        E  
ya think that I’m insane

Its not sane, it’s not sane

E              D             E           D           
   I just want    someone to say to me  oh,

E              D                  E      D
   I’ll always be there when you wake       yeah,

E                      D              E          D
   Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today

E               D                   E      D
   so stay with me and I’ll have it made

ABOUT THIS SONG
Made in the USA (Downingtown and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

This song was inspired by the Downingtown Acoustic Meet-up Group. Once a month, 15 acoustic guitar people get together. This is one of the songs I brought for the June 2013 session.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Ahh
Performed by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn The Pink

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LYRICS
Starting to think
’bout being in the pink
Waist deep in Spring
Summer’s approaching

Starting to ponder
What it means to wonder
Waste deep in Spring
Summer’s sizzling in

The climate, she’s a changing
Permanent as benevolence
Stalemate forever enduring
Arrogant as irreverence

In The Pink.mp4

Songwriting at Everhart Park, West Chester, PA
Songwriting at Everhart Park, West Chester, PA

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Dm Asus
D D6 Em
Em G D
G A D

This song is about the lack of Spring caused by global warming. All the pink cherry blossoms have fallen off the trees and are about “waste deep”.

While I was writing this song, local artist John Hannafin stopped. He had painted a picture of the blossoming trees and wanted to know if he could paint me in.

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Firehose
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Music Seen

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The Music Seen [MP3 Demo]

LYRICS
Thinking of you
On this hot summer night
Wondering if
You just might….

Going down to Downey’s
Plenty of players there
With the spirit to experiment
What sound can be found?

Thinking of you
On this hot summer night
Wondering if
You just might….

Take some singers to Ringers
Bring more to the dance floor
Give a look that’s meant
To ask if there’s more

Thinking of you
On this hot summer night
Wondering if
You’ll improve my sight
Catch a glimpse
Through the crowd
We’ll sing our song
We’ll sing it loud
With astral dancing
Made for romancing
Embrace the space
While we have the chance