bookmark_borderEquipment Test

LYRICS
Testing 1, 2
Testing equipment
This is a test
Equipment
Test
Is what is sent
What is meant
Testing the equipment
To see if what we sent is what we meant

I don’t know the equivalent
See if what they sent is what is meant
What they mean
(It’s yet to be seen)

Will they relieve
Will they receive
Will they acknowledge their knowledge

Please bring out the equipment
Quick equip

Equipment Test.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F# F#7 F#m

128 BPM / Funky Trip Hop

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the miniNova… which has a midi cable to the microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Beholder

LYRICS
Is it beautiful to all

Is it beautiful at all

Is it beautiful
Beautiful

Is the holder in the I
In the eye of the beholder
I am the eye
I am the beholder
In the eye of the beholder

Is it beautiful
Beautiful for all

Is it beautiful at all
For all

It’s so beautiful
It’s beautiful

It’s beautiful for all

Beautiful
So, beautiful
It’s so beautiful

It’s so beautiful
So very beautiful
It’s so beautiful

The Beholder.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Em9 Em7 C#m7b5 CM7 EmM7

123 BPM / Club Dance modified mix

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the miniNova… which has a midi cable to the microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderVan-Winkled

LYRICS
Awoke from a sleep. Is it night or day?
A sleep so deep I don’t know my way
Thought I dozed off for just a lil’ bit
Awoke to this world. I don’t recognize it

Where children can’t play
Due to moral decay
Where children can’t breath
Due to air quality

Chorus

Where children can’t eat
There’s not a healthy treat
Where children can’t dance
We didn’t give ’em a chance

Chorus

Where children can’t learn
To fall in love or yearn
Where children can’t say
They’ll see their kids some day

Chorus

Van-Winkled.mp3

THE SONG
Chords
D6 A-e
A-e Esus A7

The good news — while I was writing and recording this song, a 1-year-old came over and started dancing.  There is hope!

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFace It

LYRICS
I couldn’t even trace your face
I feel so out of place

So, out of place
So long since I’ve seen your face

Part 1
I’d love to trace your face
But there’s been no trace of your face
Would have loved to trace your face

Would love to trace your face
I feel so out of place
Since your face can’t be traced
Gone
Dog gone

Would love to trace your face
Been so long without a trace
I feel out of place

We’d love to trace your face

Been so long
Been too long
Been, been, been… way to long
Now you’re immortalized in song
Now you’re immortalized in this song

(sounds like someone is knocking at the windows
Come out of the shadows)

Face It (prelude).mp3

Face It.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F# F#m

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel —
Prelude
Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)

Part 1
Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; MiniNova)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIs This a Good Corner?

INSTRUMENTAL

Is This a Good Corner? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Am
Am E
Am G7

A song that got people dancing as it was written and recorded at the corner of Church and Gay Streets in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEMG

LYRICS
That’s rather odd… why the cattle prod?
Zap! Zap!
Ate the wires and jell gonna make me yell?
Zap! Zap!
Complete the circuit and blow my mind
If it’s wound too tight, it will unwind

When you pull the trigger with your finger
Zap! Zap!
Don’t know if I’ve the courage for another nerve surge
Zap! Zap!
Complete the circuit and blow my mind
If it’s bound to tight, it will unbind

Go ahead a probe with a needle electrode
Zap! Zap!
I never get use to this electric juice
Zap! Zap!
Complete the circuit and blow my mind
If it’s wound too tight, it will unwind

EMG.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G Em
C D G

Electromyography (EMG) is an electrodiagnostic medicine technique that uses electric shocks to test for nerve damage.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEruption Of Corruption (Soundcheck)

LYRICS
An eruption of corruption
Or, more like an ejaculation due to mental masturbation

soundcheck

A song about the justice system
In particular, the Pennsylvania Justice System
And, the situation in which I’m in
That would be Montgomery County

The accused — Risa Ferman (esquire)
I’ve never been victimized ’till I realized the discrimination
This attorney would reign down on me
This hell she would rain
I’m talking about wreaking havoc
Until I’ve had it
I was told to go away and never come back
And, if I had to be shot, why not
Under the gun
Forced to run
Under the auspice
Of the unhospitableness of Risa Ferman
(She’s got it out against men, man)
Some district attorney
She’s not only hurting me… she’s hurting all humanity
When she’s raining tyranny
When she’s reigning tyranny

Declared an outlaw
By an outlaw
There must be a flaw?

Eruption Of Corruption.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm

147 BPM / Hard Rock

A song about corrupt lawyers, such as, Montgomery County District Attorney, Risa Ferman and Pennsylvania Attorney General, Kathleen Kane. It is an extemporaneous performance that was originally intended to just be a soundcheck.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEqui-knocks

LYRICS
Sorry to interrupt
But during this interlude
If you don’t mind as to be so kind
And answer a question or two?
Would you rather fall forward or fall behind
Equi-knocks on the equinox

Didn’t mean to misinterpret
Nor the facts misrepresent
You can call me the fool
Is the day half empty or half full?
Would you rather fall forward or fall behind
Equi-knocks on the equinox

Sorry to interject
At the risk of being a jerk
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Boo.
Boo who?
No need to cry (sigh)
Next year give ‘er another try
Get your equi-knocks on equinox

Equi-knocks.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G7 A7
C E A7

A song about the autumnal “fall” equinox. “The oldest meaning of the word “equinox” is the day when daytime and night are of approximately equal duration.” Is your day half empty or half full?

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDiscovery

LYRICS
Shocking! But, nothing new
Shocking… that no one knew
You discovered it’s true
What are you gonna do?

Now it’s been found
The Earth is round
So, there goes that
With it being flat
Not only that that
But as a matter of fact
It spins around going around and around the sun
No, my wit has not become undone
You see it’s nor heresy, blasphemy nor insanity
It’s been true all the while
Just took us a while to fine the need-le in pile
Shocking! But, nothing new
Shocking… that no one knew
You discovered it, too
What are you gonna do?

Discovery Music Video.mp4

Discovery.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C Am E
Am Am-c E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSemitone Between the 2nd and 3rd Degrees

INSTRUMENTAL

Semitone Between the 2nd and 3rd Degrees.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm

Minor scale — having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees.

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDistortion

INSTRUMENTAL

ABOUT THE SONG
E variations

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderImportant

LYRICS
Preoccupied with the unimportant
Deplete the brain to be ignorant
#1’s winning the rat race
Loosing humanity in the haste
Laid to waste
Time for us to focus

Try to deny all that is important
Nemesis comes to the arrogant
Unaware there’s egg on the face
Hubris falls in utter disgrace
Loosing humanity in the haste
Laid to waste
Time for us to focus

Important.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E Em-e
E C A B E
E C A E

A live 1-track stereo recording written and produced in West Chester, Chester County, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat’s Cookin’?

LYRICS
Burnt on the outside… raw in the middle
Really ain’t much of a riddle
I’d love to say job well done
But the brains may be in the bun

Instead of making you stare
Trying to make you rare
Might be time ya looked
If your mind’s over-cooked

Cook! Cook, will you take a look
There’s a fly drownin’ in my soup
Cook!, Cook, check your cookbook
Are fly’s in the soup du jour group?

Instead of making you stare
Trying to make you rare
Might be time ya looked
If your mind’s over-cooked

What’s Cookin’?.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A D A G A
A Ab A Bb A

A song inspired by world leaders.

A live 1-track stereo recording written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse