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bookmark_borderIn Time

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LYRICS
It’s only a matter of time
’till we find reason to the rhyme

Things might appear a little fuzzy
All purple and kind-of hazy
But, there’s no need to fear
It’ll all come clear
In “do” time
We’ll find reason to the rhyme

It’s only a matter of time
’till we find reason to this rhyme
… in due time

Be a seeker
Be the timekeeper
Make the know now

No need to throw a tizzy
Or act like you’re too busy
Bring us near
Hold us dear
In “do” time
We’ll find reason to the rhyme

In Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G7 Bdim

109 BPM / Tip (mess with the groove)

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 to a laptop running Korg software; also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSheer

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Buffalo-Off-Cliff
LYRICS
The perception of a precipice
Is you’re on top of a sheer drop
Will you go splat… or will you go plop?
This getting steep is getting deep
Especially if the height gives you a fright
I’m afraid I must harp on the scarp
Less we become lemmings
Or, I don’t know… buffalo
On the edge of going over the ledge
Throwing ourselves off the cliff
No common sense… not even a whiff
To fear a sheer drop
Will you go splat… or will you go plop?
Will you puddle or will you turn stiff
Going over a cliff….

Sheer Music Video.mp4

Sheer.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C CM7 C7 Am7 AbM7aug

A song about human nature… or what human nature is becoming?

110 BPM / House with a 16 to 12 groove

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 to a laptop running Korg software; also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderI Can’t Breath

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I Can’t Breath.mp3

LYRICS
Hard to believe
The air we breath
Where to begin
It’s doing us in
In broad daylight
Like a thief (in the night)
Not breathing in
Is the only relief
Disbelief
There’s no relief

Non-admission
To our emissions
Middle-finger salute
As we pollute
Procrastination
Due to indecision
Conscious mute
The point is moot
Disbelief
There’s no relief

Redirection
Of our emotion
Elixir fixer
A love potion
Time to wake up
And smell the coffin-ly
If there time
It’s just barely
Disbelief
There’s no relief

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D6 A9 Em
Bm Em

A song inspired by a conversation on ozone and bad air quality.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLiving In Daze

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LYRICS
Seen so many people
Livin’ in-daze

Seen so many people
Too many people
Loosing their days
In a haze
Loosing their days

Livin’ in-daze

Seen so many people
Too many people
Livin’ in-daze

Wastin’ way
In the days

Too many people

Living In Daze.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F#mM7
with variations

85 BPM messin’ with the groove / Funky Trip Hop

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

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

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPerfect Purple

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LYRICS
On a perfect purple velvet moonlit night
Perfect night for insight

In the light
The light shines on
On insight
I can see
What I can be
I can see
What can be
I can see me be

On a perfect purple velvet moonlit night
Moonlit velvet
Moonlit night
Shining down insight
There’s a glow
In the glow there’s a flow
The know

Perfect Purple.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em C

156 BPM messing with the groove / Prog. Blues Rock Alt. EDM

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

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

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhite Noise

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LYRICS
I see your pie-hole opening
Spewing out some sound
But I’m having trouble coping
Is there meaning to be found?

Your joy’s
White noise

I see your butt exploding
Outta which end are you talking
’cause I’m having trouble coping
‘less you’re ‘spousing dumbfounding

Your joy’s
White noise

I see your heart is beating
You appear to be breathing
Yet I’m searching for a meaning
If you call that existing

Your joy’s
White noise

White Noise.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open F#m Tuning
1st fret, 2nd, open
open, 2, 1, open
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, open
Em fingering up to 12

Daniel — Vocals, Slide Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSlide It In

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INSTRUMENTAL

Slide It In.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Open G tuning
open, 7th fret
12, 10, 7
7, 5, 3, open

Daniel — Slide Guitar

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTale Of Dust

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LYRICS
Leaving a tail/tale of dust
With zeal and a lust
Takin’ in what will have been
Don’t let today
Pass-away
Take it in while you can

Leaving a tale/tail of dust
No way we can rust
Takin’ in what will have been
Won’t let today
Fade away
Panoramic memory

The good thing about memory
At any age it ain’t baggage

Tale Of Dust Music Video.mp4

Tale Of Dust.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open G Tuning
open, 1st fret
1, 5, 5, 1, open
7, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Open –> 3

Daniel — Vocals, Slide Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFreak Of Nature

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LYRICS
Golly! Lookie see
There’s a bee flying straight at me
Holy! Helter skelter
Seek shelter from that woodpecker
My, oh, my
see that dragonfly
Helicopter raptor that wants me to die
But the most dangerous…
But the most dangerous is us

Where have we been
Nature rules again

Freak Of Nature.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
open, 2nd fret, 3rd fret
3, 2, open
7, 5, 3, 2, open

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDust To Dust

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LYRICS
What are you doing
Said you’d be moving
Looks more like dozing

You’re hardly showing
It’s time to get going
Get movement flowing

Before you’re knowing
The curtain’s closing
Dust is blowing…
In the wind
Death rescind?

Dust in the wind
Rust won’t rescind

Dust To Dust.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
3nd Fret, 2rd Fret, open
12, 13, 14
3 –> 12

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLabor Of Love

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LYRICS
I want to know
Why is everyone working so slow?
On holiday
I don’t collect any pay

In the land where nothing’s free
Except for the air inside of me

Hey, hey, hey! Laborless on labor day
Laborer… please be a neighbor

Where do you get off
Taking another paid day off
When you’re clocked in
Still aloof time and time again

Chorus

Labor Of Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G A
A E
C E
C A

A song about the Labor Day holiday.

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

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderChoose Or Lose (Pick A Winner)

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LYRICS
Why don’t you go ahead and choose
After all what do you have to lose?
You’ve been blessed with a human mind
Please be kind… see what you can find

How can you live in indecision
That living’s more like dying
Create a synapse collision
It’ll sure be worth trying

You have to choose not to choose
Eliminating that choice
Living life is paying dues
Might as well raise your voice

What hat are you wearing
Try on your thinking-cap
Likely end up caring
And want to plot the map

 

Choose Or Lose.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D E G D
D E G A
D G7

Written and recorded as a live in Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRubber Chicken!

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LYRICS
Smash a watermelon
With a sledgehammer
What does it take to make you laugh
Can you help me do the math
Robber chicken!
Do that gag again

Tripping over the ottoman
Dick Van Dyke was quite the man
Curly, Moe and Larry, too
Knew exactly what to do
Robber chicken!
Do that gag again

Chevy Chase could take a fall
Saturday night they’d do it all
Throwback to a pie in face
Comedic timing of pure grace
Robber chicken!
Do that gag again

Rubber Chicken.mp3

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

This song was inspired by sight gags, slapstick and physical comedy.

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLeft Turn At Albuquerque

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LYRICS
How did I end up here
Situations not clear
A man with a badge standing there
Acting like he doesn’t care

Don’t just stand and stare
Who ever said life is fair?

Only thing to fear is fear
Holdin’ on to things too dear
It’s time we are more aware
And car isn’t so rare

Time to awake
Goodness for goodness sake

Which direction will we go
Does anybody really know
Caught in a rift adrift
Missing the daily gift

Remember along the way
To give thanks for every day

Left Turn At Albuquerque.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C# D
Em A Em

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFingernails On Thin Ice

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LYRICS
Trying to grab by my fingernails
’cause right now what ails is what fails
The thin ice
Crackin’ me up

Fingernails down a blackboard
Sending shivers… shivers up and down my spine
yeeeeeah
Not sure if it’s fine
Sending shivers up and down my spine
The claw
Of it all
The claw of it all
As the fingertips go down
The chalkboard
Blackboard
The slate
At any rate
It sends shivers, chills
It spills chills
Up and down the spine
My spine
Ahhhhhhh
It’s intertwined
With pain
You’d have to be insane
Caught up in your own vain
Injecting vain into your vein
’till you feel no pain

The down side is you’re the pain
Driving us insane
The thin ice
It’s the fingers and the slate
Could drive a man irate
By the fingernails
What ails is what fails

The thin ice

Fingernails On Thin Ice.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F# or Gb
Abm Ab5
AbmM7

160 BPM increasing / Rock & Roll 2

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

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

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse