bookmark_borderModern Jazz

Modern Jazz.mp3

LYRICS
The modern day razz a man azz
And all that jazz
Razamanaz

Bethlehem
Nazareth
Mayhem
Inherit

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm C
F Em Dm
Dm C Dm

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

157 Beats Per Minute / Modern Jazz

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFox Trot

Fox Trot.mp3

LYRICS
Run, rabbit, run
The fox does trot
Man on horse, man on foot
The chain undone

The animals dance
Bunny Hug
Foxtrot
Animal romance
Cut the rug
Make it hot
Animals dance

ABOUT THIS SONG

The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to a waltz, although the rhythm is in a 4/4 time signature instead of 3/4. Developed in the 1910s, the foxtrot reached its height of popularity in the 1930s, and remains practiced today.

The Castles introduced what they then called the “Bunny Hug” in a magazine article. Shortly after, they went abroad and, in mid-ocean, sent a wireless to the magazine to change the name of the dance from “Bunny Hug” to the “Foxtrot.”[

— Wikipedia

Chords — C F
Bb F C

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

140 Beats Per Minute / Foxtrot

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderQuickstep

Quickstep.mp3

LYRICS

Yo, Johnny Depp?

What’s up…

Quickstep

schlep schlep schlep
… pep, prep, rep, repp, schepp, schlep, schlepp, schnepp, schweppe, sep, sepp, shep, shepp, step, step-, stepp, steppe, strep, zepp

Led Zep and Schemp… Curly, too.

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D
F C D

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Theremin

146 Beats Per Minute / Quickstep

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMerengue

In The Recording Studio
In The Recording Studio

Merengue.mp3

LYRICS
Say, let’s Merengue all day!
Hold me
In a closed position
Squeeze me
With affection
Merengue all day!

All day and all night
Your dance is never trite
All day and all night
Your dance… out of sight…
Dynamite
Alright
All right
Hold me tight!

ABOUT THIS SONG

Merengue (/məˈrɛŋɡeɪ/) is a style of Dominican music and dance. Partners hold each other in a closed position. The leader holds the follower’s waist with the leader’s right hand, while holding the follower’s right hand with the leader’s left hand at the follower’s eye level. The first person to dance the Merengue was a 10 year old girl named Lismary Calderon. Partners bend their knees slightly left and right, thus making the hips move left and right. The hips of the leader and follower move in the same direction throughout the song. Partners may walk sideways or circle each other, in small steps. They can switch to an open position and do separate turns without letting go each other’s hands or releasing one hand. During these turns they may twist and tie their handhold into intricate pretzels. Other choreographies are possible. — Wikipedia

Chords — C Bb

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Theremin

138 Beats Per Minute / Merengue

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCumbia Hear

Synthesizers In The Studio
Synthesizers In The Studio

Cumbia Hear.mp3

LYRICS
Cumbia here
Hear
Cumbia hear, my Lord!

Someone’s dancing, my Lord
Cumbia hear
Someone’s jigging
Someone’s jamming
In the name of love
No push. No shove.
Just jamming
In the name of love
Butterfly kiss
Kid’s glove
Just jamming
In the name of love
When necessary
Sting like a bee
Floating, floating, floating like a butterfly

ABOUT THIS SONG

Cumbia is a music genre popular throughout Latin America. The Cumbia originated in Colombia’s Caribbean coastal region and Panama, from the musical and cultural fusion of Native Colombians and Panamanians, slaves brought from Africa, and the Spanish during colonial times in the old country of Pocabuy, which is located in Colombia’s Momposina Depression and in the northeast of Panama, in the ancient palenques of the Congo nation. — Wikipedia

Chords — F#add9 C#sus4

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

142 Beats Per Minute / Cumbia

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBlood, Sweat and Tears

Live Video Recording
Live Video Recording

Blood Sweat And Tears Music Video.mp4

Blood, Sweat And Tears Soundtrack.mp3

LYRICS
If at first you don’t succeed
On your drums you bleed
If at first you don’t succeed
Guitar strings make fingers bleed

Begin to try again
If you’re lucky
… never see
The End

Blood, sweat and tears
Wash away the fears

If at first you don’t succeed
All your wants you still need
If at first you don’t succeed
Just repeat human’s creed

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C Am
FM7 Am C

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Guitar

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLooking Up

Recording
Songwriting And Studio Recording

Looking Up Music Video.mp4

Looking Up Soundtrack.mp3

LYRICS
Pull away
Look down on the day
You’ll see
Things are looking up
Hurray!

Looking up

Looking down
You’ll find it easy to say
Love is all around
Things are looking up
Happy day!

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — B
D F B

138 Beats Per Minute / Cha-cha

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMambo

Mambo.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm D

125 Beats Per Minute / Mambo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Theremin

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRhumba Numba

Rhumba Numba.mp3

LYRICS
Meandering Jet Stream
Like some sort-of rhumba line dream
Fruit salad on the brain
Civilization drain
Watch us strain
Human induced climate change

Woo woo… last call for the last train
All aboard ‘less you’re the new strange

ABOUT THIS SONG
A song about extreme weather events and the meandering jet stream.

Chords — Dm
Dm G Dm C Dm
F Em Dm C Dm

127 Beats Per Minute / Rhumba

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Theremin

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIntuition

Intuition Part 2.mp3

LYRICS
To get to it
Get into it
Forget through it
Into it
Intuition
Into it
Ignition

Inuit
Intuition
Native
Indigenous
Active
Ingenious
As us

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — G Bb
F G

124 Beats Per Minute / Tango

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Theremin

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse