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bookmark_borderGenerals And Majors

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LYRICS
What shall we do?
I dunno about me… well, how about you?

General made a general mistake
Major has made a major problem
What’s at stake is solemn
Subject to corporal punishment
In our private establishment

What shall we do?
I dunno about me… well, how about you?

Have the bugler sound an alarm
‘less we all suffer harm
Not sure who is at fault
But now we’re under assault

While the admiral does admire
His ship sinking and on fire
In the end was he just liar?
Maybe it’s time to retire

Generals And Majors.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bb Eb

222 BPM / Dixieland

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderYour I

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LYRICS
Why make a fuss about us?

How long has it been about I
After all, we’re all going to die
Why make a fuss about all of us
Why? We’re all going to die
Don’t want to be all alone
In your home

How long have we been singing the same old song
How long
I, I, I, I, I
Why say I, I, I
When we’re all gonna die
Why not fuss about all of us?

Your I.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Cm Gm

166 BPM / Boogie

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTotal Eclipse of the Moon

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LYRICS
A total eclipse of the moon
It’ll happen none to soon
Total eclipse of the moon

Omniscient
Reminiscent
Of days gone by
Bye-bye
Why am I
Why am I
Under the sky
Total eclipse of the moon
It happened none to soon
Before mankind’s fall at high noon
At the present
Being omniscient of days gone by
Bye-bye

Supermoon lunar eclipse
Super Blood Moon eclipse
Spread the word or sealed lips
It’s not time for all to die
Found why I am I

Good or bad omen
Amen

Total Eclipse of the Moon.mp3

Several cultures have myths related to lunar eclipses or allude to the lunar eclipse as being a good or bad omen. The Egyptians saw the eclipse as a sow swallowing the moon for a short time; other cultures view the eclipse as the Moon being swallowed by other animals, such as a jaguar in Mayan tradition, or a three legged toad in China. Some societies thought it was a demon swallowing the moon, and that they could chase it away by throwing stones and curses at it. The Greeks were ahead of their time when they said the Earth was round and used the shadow from the lunar eclipse as evidence. Some Hindus believe in the importance of bathing in the Ganges River following an eclipse because it will help you achieve salvation.

Similarly to the Mayans, the Incans believed that lunar eclipses were when a jaguar would eat the moon, which is why a blood moons look red.

The ancient Mesopotamians believed that a lunar eclipse was when the moon was being attacked by seven demons.

In some Chinese cultures, people would ring bells to prevent a dragon or other wild animals from biting the moon.

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Bm
Am G Em

80 BPM / Cool Night

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEquipment Test

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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

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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_borderEruption Of Corruption (Soundcheck)

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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_borderSemitone Between the 2nd and 3rd Degrees

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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_borderSafety First

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LYRICS
I don’t want anyone to get hurt
Alert!
Don’t want anyone to get hurt

If you’re just digging in the dirt
With disaster trying to flirt
Faster toward disaster

I don’t want me to be nasty

Safety First.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em C#m7b5 CM7

112 BPM / 16 Beat Funk

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_borderRiddle

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LYRICS
Hey just a little do you diddle with the riddle
Diddle, diddle
Diddle a little with the riddle
The means to the end are in the middle

Hey diddle, diddle
About the ends
Maybe make amends
But what about the middle

Hey just a little won’t you diddle with the riddle
Hey a little diddle… diddle a little with the riddle
The means to the ends?
What about the message it sends?
Hey now, won’t you diddle just a little with riddle

All the days that you’re alive
Well, well will you survive
Eventually we’re all gonna die
Then it won’t be so much “me, me, I”

When you diddle just a little with the riddle
You’ll see the means to your ends
And the message it sends
What about all the middle

Riddle.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bb Eb F

80 BPM / 16 Beat #2

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_borderRule #14214

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LYRICS
Rule number one four two one four
Don’t let your ass get hit by the door

Maybe I need chilling
To be fulfilling
Try not to let my freedom of speech
Have them yelling impeach
Impeach… ment
It’s not what I meant
Impeachment
When it’s not what I meant

Bite my tongue
And, bide my time
Bite my tongue
A moot mute
A mute moot
When what you say can be misconstrued
And, ya just end up looking rude or crude
Or rude and crude
Crude and rude

On the other hand, maybe I need to understand
The rudiments of the elements…
Er, a.. the rudimentary of the elementary
What I’m trying to say is.. at the root and primary
Thou can not be sedimentary
Without being hard-pressed,
I’d of guessed?

As for a conclusion… wouldn’t I rather arrive alive?

Rule Number 14214.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em7 Em Em7(11)

156 BPM / British Pop

A song about the risk of standing up and speaking out… when what you say can be misconstrued. (It was named after the filename it was assigned.)

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_border#@$!ed Up

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LYRICS
Messed up
You might say
#$@!ed Up
Is this #$@!ed Up?
What’s ‘sup
When the most dangerous is us

Messed up
#$@!ed Up
What’sup
With that
When hypocrite is where it’s at
You’re a hit
As a hypocrite?
Pinch me I must be dreaming… itch me to stop the screaming

Messed Up.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D# F# B D#m

176 BPM / Rock n’ Roll / groove thru with reggae and added depth

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_borderRumor Mill

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Rumor Mill.mp3

LYRICS
Is spreading lies about the deed
As evil as the deed?
Indeed
I must concede

If the only evidence you are claiming is: lack of evidence
That makes no sense

Unless I’m mentally sick
And can’t cope with logic
The rumor mill is ill
Ain’t no cure… nor pill —
Ill

I’ll try all my while
Not to bend the message I send
But, please tell me do….
You’ll talk true, too

May you and logic 101 become one before your days are done

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em7(11) Em Bm

66 BPM (increase tempo after 8 or 9 minute) / Rock Ballad

This song was inspired by conversations with conspiracy theorists on the anniversary of 9/11. I witnessed many things on that day. It was real. To create rumors of a conspiracy… well.. might it be just as evil?

The Truth About 9/11. An article about a song written and recorded the morning of September 11, 2001 (as I watched it happen.)

A couple more songs written on this anniversary:

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_borderBlast Furnace

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LYRICS
Well, we better get our science on
Right away

In earnest
Blast furnace

If you don’t mind bringing to the table
I mean… if you’re able
Irregardless of how you feel
Show me the melted steel

Show me the melted steel!

If you feel
Your conspiracy’s real
Please, won’t you please
Show me some melted steel

Blast Furnace.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em D Em
G D Em Em7

135 BPM / Rock 2

Conspiracy theorists make crazy claims about 9/11 and how steel melted at the World Trade Towers. Well, no from the establishment claims steel melted. Show me melted steel!

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_borderConspiracy Leery

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LYRICS
Why looky there
It’s a UFO
And did you know
It’s full of little green me
They had this conspiracy
To plot this moon landing
Called it the Apollo
Do you know?

Steel beams melt at 2750 degrees
If you please
I offer as evidence
Facts such as these
Coal burns at 850 degrees
Thereabouts for bituminous
As we measure us
So I present to you at the present time
The present of knowledge
May it give you the edge
If coal burns at 850 degrees
If you please
I offer into evidence
The notion
Of forging steel
It ain’t real
Just a conspiracy
Ain’t it plain to see
No human can
Forge steel
Not only would that be blasphemy
That would alchemy
Leading to some sort-of anarachy
Ain’t it plain to see
A conspiracy
Making me leery
Your conspiracy theory
Growing leery of conspiracy theory

Loose lips sink ships
Instead be leery of conspiracy theory
Or before you know
It could grow

Conspiracy Leery.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E
B A E

130 BPM / 4/4 Blues 24 to 8 groove

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_borderOn Top Of It

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LYRICS
Riding on-top of the underbelly
And, it’s easy to see
Riding on-top
Don’t need to stop
Is it plain to see
Or is it just me?

Just passing by
Didn’t even try
Riding on-top of the underbelly
Ain’t it’s easy to see?
Is it just me?

Are ya’ll just being silly
I’m trying to say
Isn’t it plain as day
Riding on-top of the underbelly
It’s just a slaughterhouse deli

Plain as the know’s on your face
Or, are ya gonna cut it off in disgrace
Sorry, alright… just to spite
Plain as day
Wouldn’t ya say?

On Top Of It.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Gb Gbm Eb

114 BPM / Cool Night Beat (Yamaha PSR-740)

An extemporaneous song captured live as a 1-track stereo recording.

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