Black Vs White – ExperiMental Music

Promise

Posted on October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Oh won’t you take me by the hand
Lead me right to the promised land
I’d love to comprehend
Help me understand
In the promised land

Angels hark!
Noah’s ark
We’ve got to sail out of here / hear

Chorus

Angels sing
A Christmas thing
We’ve got to hail. Shout to hear

Chorus

Angels sing
An Easter thing
We’ve got to nail out our fear
(Break a guitar string)

Promise Music Video.mp4

Promise (Alternative).mp3

Writing and Recording the Song "Promise" — Writing and Recording the Song “Promise”

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 3
G A D G
EM A D G

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Every other song on this album is about the dark or the light. This song is about the light.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Spider Sat Down Beside Her

Posted on October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And scared (frightened) Miss Muffet away.

Will the scales of justice balance
Society wails for balance existence

Spider Sat Down Beside Her.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — F#m F
F# F#m
F C
C F C G7 C

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Every other song on this album is about the dark or the light. This song is about the dark.

Daniel — Vocals, Piano

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

The Dream Catcher Dancers

Posted on October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 by admin

Songwriting and Recording in the Kitchen

LYRICS
Dream like you mean
You’re going to have an impact on the scene
Dream what you mean
Mean what you dream

To You:
May all your dreams come true

Bring about a sensation
All about a good vibration
And, dance, dance, dance
“like no one is watching”
And the dreams you’ll be catching

The Dream Catcher Dancers.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am G
Em
Am +g, +d

Inspired by this quote:

There’s a lesson that I need to remember
When everything is falling apart
In life, just like in loving
There’s such a thing as trying to hard

You’ve gotta sing
Like you don’t need the money
Love like you’ll never get hurt
You’ve gotta dance
Like nobody’s watching
It’s gotta come from the heart
If you want it to work.
— Kathy Mattea

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Every other song on this album is about the dark or the light. This song is about the light.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Dark Without Light

Posted on September 30, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Can you tell me if this is right —
It’ usually darker without light?

Dark Without Light.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Cm C

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

Daniel — Vocals, Piano

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Retro-age

Posted on September 30, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Return to the age when we were innocent
Let’s set a precedent
We learn to be sage thinking young of age
Turn to the first page

The more you do what you’re told
The more you grow old
Before ya know you’ll try to lie
Taking on more than a bit of hypocrite

The more you conform to the norm
The more you cause harm
You’ll try to get by on the lie
Taking on more than a bit of hypocrite

Retro-age Alternative Country Music Video.mp4

Retro-age.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C Am
D

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Its Wild Child

Posted on September 30, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
My Child,
Have we returned to wild
It’s a jungle out there
With all their despair
Don’t mean to bring you down
… just look around

Crimes of war and more
Crimes of humanity
Greed spreading poverty
The flatulence of our arrogance
Does smell like hell

It’s Wild Child Music Video.mp4

It’s-Wild-Child.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Bm

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

Daniel — Vocals, Piano

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Frozen In The Air

Posted on September 29, 2014September 30, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
I met a coupla sisters
They were young at age
But, boy, I became a listener
Once they took the stage

Chorus
Frozen is nice
It’s in the air tonight
Frozen is nice
Let’s sing it twice

I’ll produce the strings
And you’ll do you things
If you were there…
Frozen… In The Air

Chorus

Frozen In The Air.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 6
A C
D A Em C

Inspired by a couple children that asked me to play keyboards for them while they sang the song “In The Air” from the Disney production Frozen. First the older sister sang it. Then, the younger one decided she wanted to sing it, too.

Written and recorded in King Of Prussia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

The Bucks County Blues

Posted on September 29, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Sorry to say…
The documents are based on falsified information
Ya know, falsified info.
Whoa! Falsified info.
Does that blow?

Chorus
How could this be
The Judge and the District Attorney
In a conspiracy
Oh! The hypocrisy

(That’s it! A hypocrite)

Knock me out of my socks
You can’t just alter the docs
… can’t just alter the docs

Ahhhh… Urgh… Ooooo nooooo

Chorus

The police won’t cease breaking the law
Talk about your shock and awe
Talk about your shock and awe

Chorus

It’s hard to chill
When they’re trying to kill

The Bucks County Music Video.mp4

The Bucks County Blues.mp3

Writing and Recording "The Bucks County Blues" — Writing and Recording “The Bucks County Blues”

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E G
D A E G E
E A D G E
E A D A G E

Based on a true story about public corruption in Doylestown, Bucks County, PA.

Written and recorded at the Sly Fox Music Festival in Pottstown and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Crack A Smile

Posted on September 27, 2014September 27, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
The world seems less wild
If you can crack a smile
The beasts turn more mild
Now let’s dance a while

And a 1 and a 2
Here’s a smile for you
Ya know… do the Do-si-do
And Skip to My Lou
Put your left foot in
Put your left foot out
Shout! Win-win
Do the hoochie coochie coo

Crack A Smile Music Video.mp4

Crack A Smile.mp3

Song Writing and Recording at Everhart Park, West Chester, PA

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
D A E A
C A

Inspired by a child that broke-out in dance while I was writing the song at Everhart Park in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

Victim Of Corruption

Posted on September 27, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Have you ever been the victim of corruption
And at a loss for what to do
Public corruption in the Justice institution
Consider it ironic? Consider it tainted, too

The police, attorneys and judge to name a few
It’s hard to believe these animals are running the zoo
At a loss for what to do

Have you ever been the victim of a public servant
No one can believe it’s true
The way they manipulate and circumvent
Attempting to leave no clue

The police, attorneys and judge to name a few
It’s hard to believe these animals are running the zoo
At a loss for what to do

Victim Of Corruption.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E B
A E
B7

Based on a true story.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse