ExperiMental Music http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter Singer / Songwriter / Lyrics / Music = Songs Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Percolator Escalator http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/16/percolator-escalator/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:28:03 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19378 LYRICS
A strange thing happened to me on the way to Earth…
Birth

Percolator
Escalator
Envelope pushing instigator
Elope on the continuum ’til later?
Yes, I am
Continue continuum ’til later
I’m a space-time navigator
Percolator escalator
Peculiar escalating
Elevating peculiar
Evolving escalation
’til peculiarity is no rarity
In fact, profanity in normality

A strange thing happened to me on the way to Earth…
Birth

Percolator Escalator.mp3

Percolator Escalator Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: Capo 1 (F) A C / A C E A / G G# A; 134 BPM Rock Suffle
Recording: digital 14-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

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Down The Rabbit Whole http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/16/down-the-rabbit-whole/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:17:14 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19368

LYRICS
Wonder what’s in the rabbit hole?
Should I be the mole?
Wonder what is in the rabbit hole?
Is the goal to find my toll

Pass through the looking glass
Slide to the other side
Here’s not always what it appears
We’re in for a ride

Wonder what is in the rabbit whole?
Do you think the kitchen sink
Wonder what is in the rabbit whole?
Is it in the water that we drink

Wonder what is in the rabbit hole?
Wonder if it’s wonderful
Wonder what is in the rabbit hole?
The mirror of my soul?

Down The Rabbit Whole Music Video.mp4

Down The Rabbit Whole.mp3

Down The Rabbit Whole Instrumental.mp3

Simultaneous Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards

Simultaneous Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: E’s / A G E / E G A A G E; 132 BPM Blues Ballad
Recording: digital 14-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

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Climb http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/15/climb/ Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:08:21 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19372 LYRICS
The sooner we start
The further apart
The warmer our heart
Let’s depart

The sooner we start
The further apart
Out of the dark
Let’s embark
(Out of the dark)

Let’s begin climbin’
See how high we can go
I have a hunch
When we reach the next branch
We can see
Glory
(See the light. All alright.)

Join me
Climb a tree
Let’s see
What’s to see

From above
Scout out love
Send the signal
For all

Climb.mp3

Climb Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C7 EM D9 / G C D9 / G/C
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Incomprehensible http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/14/incomprehensible/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:19:46 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19366 The Hyper-terrestrial Experiment Presents: Incomprehensible
(An Experimental Album of Instrumental Songs and Free Music Videos)

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You Pull Me Through http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/14/you-pull-me-through/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:07:25 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19364 LYRICS
Pulling on through
Thank you
I saw me trying desperately
To get through
Thank you

Before I was a baby
I saw me
Trying to push through
Had to do
What I had to do
What was I going to do?
Thank you
For pulling me through

When I was ghostly sick
By God! Got me over it quick
You pulled me through
Thank you
When I was ill, you gave the pill
To cure for sure
Thank you
For pulling me through

Love the way you pull me through
Light of day… you pull me through

You Pull Me Through.mp3

You Pull Me Through Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: E / G A E / C B7 E; 85 BPM Funky Trip Hop
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

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Thought You Said Train? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/14/thought-you-said-train/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:02:27 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19362 LYRICS
I think the brain
Might have missed the last train
… insane caught the train

Did only the insane
Get on the train?
Throw the rest of us
Under the bus
Why the fuss?
There’s plenty of room
Under the bus

What the heck
Is this a train wreck?
Still not that sane
To take the plain/plane

Not “whatever floats your boat”

Thought You Said Train.mp3

Thought You Said Train Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: F# / Em F F#; 150 BPM 8 Beat Heat w/ Groove
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

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On Our Axis http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/14/on-our-axis-2/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 13:55:35 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19360 LYRICS
For those that are left
We wish you the best
As for the rest
Too late for fate

For those that endure
We’ll love you some more
As for the dead
What can be said?

They say the world turns ’round
’bout each and every day
Watching the clock run
Another year around the sun
“Oh, dear! Another year”
Fear the Reaper getting near?

Going faster and faster
Never going to out last her
In The End, her spin will win
So why not join in?
Begin in spinnin’

My dust must spin around
I’m found spinning around

If you can’t beat her, let her eat ya
Joinin’ in spinnin’

On Our Axis.mp3

On Our Axis Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: Dm Am7 / E7 Am7 / Dm6 E7 Am7
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

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Imagination Stimulation Creation http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/13/imagination-stimulation-creation/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:42:35 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19357 LYRICS
Imagination stimulation –> creation
The possibility of maybe
Envisioned dreams come true for you

In the forest, fast
Find fairies the best
Forget the rest
Pass Mother Nature’s test

What will the field yield
Butterflies surprise
Wind wisped wonders
As blue skies arise

In the forest, fast
Across a carpet of moss
Where the gnome roam
Saying, “there’s no place like home”

There’s wisdom in the stream
Can you see what I mean
Go with the flow
May consciousness grow

Imagination stimulation –> creation
The possibility of maybe
Envisioned dreams come true for you

Imagination Stimulation Creation.mp3

Imagination Stimulation Creation Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about my mother.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: G7 C / G C / Em C
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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This And That http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/13/this-and-that/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:50:04 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19355 LYRICS
This and that
This is this
That is that
This and that
And, this and that
A little of this
A little of that
A dash of thrash
A dribble of metal
Choose the blues
Either way “no lose”
Country full of rock and roll

A little bit of funkin’ folk
Say “mix in some reggae”
What do you say?
This and that
The more you give the more you live
Fact is fact
The more reciprocal the more for “all”

[3 Little Birds Reprise by Bob Marley]

This And That.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock Reggae
Chords: E11 E A11 A / G C B7 / A D A E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Santa Rosa http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/12/santa-rosa/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:17:54 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19352 LYRICS
Late last night
While we where all asleep
California
Got into “pretty deep”
Started singin’
“Fire On The Mountain”
It’s all alight
Gonna be a hot time
In their hometown tonight
Oh, no! There goes Frisco
(Now, we’re cooking with Crisco)

Late last night
While we were in deep sleep
Fire! Fire! Fire!
We didn’t hear a peep
Made a fine whine
Outta fine wine
It’s alight… all alight
Gonna be a hot time
In their hometown tonight
Oh, no! There goes Frisco

Santa Rosa.mp3

Santa Rosa Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about waking up to the facts about the impacts of climate change. This song was written and recorded during the wildfires in Santa Rosa, California.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A / B7 A G E
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Best You Can http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/11/best-you-can/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:14:51 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19349 LYRICS
Doing the best you can
At being a better man
Better than “I am”… and, then….
Create great “then”
Any time there’s “when”
Universal zen
For them

Despite the gas we’re gunning
The clock keeps on running
Still we’re wondering
How long
To fix what’s wrong?

Best You Can.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C Em Am C / Am C Em C
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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The Current Current http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/11/the-current-current/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:09:43 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19347 LYRICS
Do you find the getting hard to go
’cause you’re swimming against the flow
Turn around and get current
Floating in the current
Do you know what I mean?
May I present a present present:
And, help you float downstream
Help you stream your dream
Know you’re in the now
Now, you’re in the know

At present, current with the current
’cause you’re going with the flow
Currently, present in the present
Look at you! Go, girl, go!

The Current Current.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 E B7 / A G E / E G A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Fortnight Foresight http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/10/fortnight-foresight/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:58:49 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19345 LYRICS
Sometimes the road less traveled
Finds one less embattled
Sometimes the long way home
Leaves you home alone

Foresight for a fortnight
Guides you to alright / all right!

Sometimes taking the high road
Creates a burdensome load
Sometimes marching to a different beat / beet
Relieves you of your feet / feat

Sometimes taking the beaten path
Steals your last laugh
Sometimes blinded by your own wrath
Leads you to your death

Foresight into insight
Brings light into sight

Fortnight Foresight.mp3

Fortnight Foresight Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C D A / C B7 E
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Knowing Nothing http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/10/knowing-nothing/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:53:10 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19341 LYRICS
What are we lacking
Food, shelter, clothing?
Knowing nothing
Knowing nothing at all
Still we ball
Boo hoo hoo… do you ball, too?
Knowing nothing
Knowing nothing at all
Still I cry… why?

What are we missing
Loving, hugging and kissing
Giving something?
Hugging and kissing
Giving your all
Heed the call (Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Giving your all
I will try (Hi, hi, hi)

Knowing Nothing.mp3

Knowing Nothing Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em / G Am Em / E / G A E
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Seen In A Scene http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/09/seen-in-a-scene/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:03:43 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19338 LYRICS
The way things are going
We all should be rowing
But the problem with our riddle…
We haven’t got a paddle

Seen in a scene
Life is but a dream?

I saw all these people
In shades of purple
And, you were there… and, you were there
People in purple praying for resurrection
And, you were there… and, you were there
People in purple and upon reflection
Are you aware… you were there?
Purple people eaters… beaters of perfection
I swear
I wish I wasn’t there

Seen in a scene
Life is but a dream?

[row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream]

Seen In A Scene.mp3

Seen In A Scene Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

Mark 15: The Soldiers Mock Jesus
(16) The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. (17) They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. (18) And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” (19) Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. (20) And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am7 E7 Esus4
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Makeshift Wings http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/08/makeshift-wings/ Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:45:13 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19336 LYRICS
Makeshift wings from my eyes
What a surprise
It flies

Body and mind
Get together and find
All physical and meta-physics
Combine fine in music

Drift on gravity’s draft
Riff away fretless on a fret

Catch my drift and get a lift
Once you fly you’ll learn to sigh
Ahhhh…

In music… in music

Soaring above any pain that’ll drive you insane
The angels’ refrain:
Soaring love of reign
Soaring love of rain
May it pour some more

Makeshift Wings Instrumental.mp3

Makeshift Wings.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am7 D / Am7 C D / G F# Am7 / G G6
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Harmonizer

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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The Illustrious Us http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/06/the-illustrious-us/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:05:45 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19331 LYRICS
I must concede
When I was young
Mama told me
Don’t always believe what you read
As I grew up, it was easy to see
Obviously
Truth in here wisdom… clearly

Over the top ridiculous
I’m talking over-the-top
Say, “Way, way, way”
Over-the-top ridiculous
The illustrious us

Believe it or not there’s a social rot
A conspiracy to create conspiracy theory
Clearly, due to the lack of transparency
As I grew up, it was easy to see
Truth in the wisdom my Mama taught me

Eyeball deep in bull$hit
Throwing a tizzy fit
There ain’t no doubt about it
Probably time we own it

Under the bus
Illustrious us
Ill-us-trio-us

The Illustrious Us.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A / E G A B7 E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Seize The Opportunity http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/04/seize-the-opportunity/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:53:24 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19328 LYRICS
The last time opportunity
Had the courtesy of calling on me
Seized the opportunity
And wrestled with the devil to regain my destiny

The last time opportunity
Had the courtesy of calling on me
Seized the opportunity
Tempted to put the devil out of misery

Like a bull in a china shop
Got the devil by the horns
On top of the world… tippy-top
At the pearly gates an angel adorns

Cross the river? Depends which one She (Lady Luck) picks
Not up $hit crick or the river Styx
In this match, must claim victory
Wrestled with the devil a regained my destiny

Seize The Opportunity.mp3

Seize The Opportunity Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A C B7 / G F# E / E F# G
Recording: digital 9-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Everybody’s Home http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/03/everybodys-home/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:09:47 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19324 LYRICS
Dag-nab-it! They’re at it, again
Engaged in rage knowing — no-win
They’re at it, again
Knowin’ no-win
Dag-nab-it! They’re at it, again
Engaged in rage knowing — no-win
Fight to the end
In a no-win win
Victory in history
The war that can’t be one
War can not be won

Engaged, enraged and knowing
Knowin’ no-win

All across America where ever you may roam
Please remember we call it everybody’s home
So be it land of be it foam
We are never all alone
We’re never alone
Everybody’s home
Everybody is home

Everybody’s Home.mp3

Everybody’s Home Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Aren’t we all humans?

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A E7sus4(A-c#-e) / C E / D A C E
Recording: digital 9-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

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How Loud? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/03/how-loud/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:49:29 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19322 LYRICS
How much louder can it get?
I forget
How loud?
Loud and proud
Let me hear ya say: U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Loud on proud
Proud they’re loud
U.S.A.

Have we forgot
If not, why not
Let freedom ring
Sing: freedom ring

How much louder can it get?
I forget
How loud?
Loud and proud
Let me hear ya say: U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Loud on proud
Proud they’re loud
U.S.A.

How Loud?.mp3

How Loud? Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E’s / A E F# F E B7
Recording: digital 13-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

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Transmission Mission http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/02/transmission-mission/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:37:12 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19319 LYRICS
I’m getting interference
In the transmission
Are you getting inner fear
In this “Man’s Mission”?

I’m getting interference
In the passage of the message
Final elimination
Is this “Man’s Mission”?

Damnation nation
The Passage Age

I’m getting interference
In the signal to the “All”
Is “The Fall” the inner fear
Transmission of “Man’s Mission”?

Have you heard the dirt
On the men of the Earth/earth
Earthlings
Birthlings in pain
Insane?
I fear there’s no ear in EARth
Can’t seem to hear here
Falling on a deaf ear
We’re breaking up
Breaking up

Transmission Mission Music Video.mp4

Transmission Mission.mp3

Transmission Mission Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Esus4 E7sus4 / A A7 B7 / G F# Esus4
Recording: digital 13-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and Backing Vocals

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Sun Screen http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/02/sun-screen/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:22:39 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19315 LYRICS
Too much screen between the scene
Blocking the sun out
Casting a sheen on the serene
Fog it up with doubt

Amaze at the ways we fill our days
Blocking the sun out
When will we begin to let the sun in
Lettin’ the shinnin’ sunshine shine in

I see too much debris in the air
I swear
Sense the fear of the smear
In the atmosphere
Stand clear

Too much mean between the dream
Blocking the love out
Time to shine our glean with the scene
Faith in no doubt
(Our faith in no doubt)

Fogged up
Fogged it up

Sun Screen.mp3

Sun Screen Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Humans have demanded and created the situation where children have to wear sunscreen to protect themselves from the environment — blocking the sun out. Perhaps the situation is just a microcosm of the larger problem? Adults have clouded the atmosphere with hate — blocking the light out.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em Em7 Em9 (Em+f#) / C Em / C Am Em Emadd4 (Em-b)
Recording: digital 13-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and Backing Vocals

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Crack Open http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/01/crack-open/ Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:57:55 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19313 LYRICS
What the hell
Crack open your shell
And try to fly

It’s just as well
Or how ya gonna tell
Unless you try

Experience your essence
In the presence of the present
’cause it will be gone before too long

Crack Open.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: B5 C / C D G / D C G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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For Joy http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/10/01/for-joy/ Sun, 01 Oct 2017 13:51:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19308 LYRICS
The temperature dropped about 20 degrees
Won’t be long before a freeze

The children jump for joy
Every last girl and boy
The children jump for joy
… for joy!

There’s a chill I’ve come to know
Right before it’s ready to snow

The scent of pine fills the air
Signaling the season is there

Holly and mistletoe
All the stocking hanging in a row

Mouth watering turkey
Mash potatoes and gravy!

Good tiding we send
Another year’s glorious end

This is the season
For another one to begin

For Joy.mp3

For Joy Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E11/A E / G D A / A E
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano, Backing Vocals

From the 2017 holiday album of music Christmas Creations
by Daniel Brouse

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Don’t Give Up (The Ship) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/30/dont-give-up-the-ship/ Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:57:02 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19305 LYRICS
Though this might be one strange trip
Please don’t give up upon the ship
… don’t give up the ship
I mean… what the heck?
All hands on deck
All feet on the floor
It’s time to dance some more

Mind take flight
Gain insight
Hearts delight
King in sight

As you may go on your way
They say “don’t forget to play”
No matter how strange of a trip
Please don’t give up the ship

Mind take flight
Gain insight
Hearts delight
King in sight

Don’t Give Up The Ship.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C7no5 C / G/C C / C Am7 / E7sus4 Am7
Recording: digital 11-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Want To Go? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/27/want-to-go/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:35:35 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19301 LYRICS
Do you want to go (go, go, go)
Do you want to go to and fro
I don’t know
I heard said if we head ahead
I don’t know
Heard said so
If we head ahead… nothing to dread
I heard said
So, let’s go

I can understand if you want to go hand-in-hand
Or if you want a freehand
To freestyle for a while

Do you want to yes or to no?

Do you want to hide or to show?

Do you want to fade or to glow?

Want To Go?.mp3

Want To Go Instrumental.mp3

Want To Go Alt. Version.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: D D9 A A7 / G D A
Recording: digital 7-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Will Be http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/27/will-be/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:30:34 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19299 LYRICS
Just like you told me
“What will be will be”

There is no doubt about
I finally found out
Out with song to move along
Let it be
Just like you told me

Can’t see any uncertainty
Logical in it’s entirety
Put to song we’ll move along
Let it be
Just like you told me

World without end, Amen
Love to do it again and again
One more song to move along
Let it be
Just like you told me

Will Be.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E9/F# E / A D G A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Survival http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/26/survival/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:26:53 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19296 LYRICS
Survival on the verge of trouble
Between the fittest and the hit-list
We might find we pass the test
… think it’s best?
Think it’s best!

Survival on the edge of rubble
Between a rock and a hard place
Stuck betwixt the human race
… need some space?
Need some space

Survival of mankind on the ledge
Have you heard of the herd mentality?
Sooner of later… eventually
Cliff diving
Few surviving

Survival.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: F G D / G D / D A A D
Recording: digital 9-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Almighty All Mighty http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/26/almighty-all-mighty/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:20:49 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19291 LYRICS
Is anybody upstairs
Is anybody there
Putting faith in nothing
Anticipating something

Though we’re spinning round and round
We’re looking upward to be found
Rotations never slowing down
Going round and round

The logic of God is odd
Living for the approval nod
Selfish expression of sole sacrifice
Sugar and spice and everything nice

Is a supernatural being
Being natural at all?
No touching, hearing or seeing
Are you testing my gall?

Almighty All Mighty Music Video.mp4

Almighty All Mighty.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am C E / Am E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Another Dollar http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/26/another-dollar/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:13:46 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19293 LYRICS
I can’t find the words to say
It makes me want to holler
No, I can’t find the words today
Yet, collect another dollar

No matter what I say you come through everyday
No matter what I do… you come through
It give me hope in humanity
Helps me keep my sanity

I wish the lyrics would come on quick
Full of soul and wit
I know once the thoughts start to flow
Music will sway me to and fro

You take my square peg writer’s block
Out of my head’s round hole
You help pull my soul
With a tinge of ole’ folk rock

Another Dollar.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
I was sitting on the wall of the courthouse trying to write this song. No words were coming to the chords I was strumming. After about 45 minutes a lady approached me and said, “Thank you for your music. We were sitting behind you.” Then, she asked if she could give me money.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A F# A E4 A / G A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Hate To Fade Away http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/25/hate-to-fade-away/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:40:40 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19285

LYRICS
How hard to persuade
Hate to fade… fade away
(Fade away)

In the morning, come clean from being so mean
In the evening, calm down
Find where the love is found
How hard to persuade
Hate to fade… fade away
(Fade away)

Can you explain why you’re causing so much pain
How can you find joy in snatching a baby’s toy?
How hard to persuade
Hate to fade… fade away
(Fade away)

Miss “The Grinch That Stole Christmas”?
Don’t you wanna know how large your heart can grow
How hard to persuade
Hate to fade… fade away
(Fade away)

Does any brain remain
Certainly none sane
Be sure to save a piece
For understanding love and peace
How hard to persuade
Hate to fade… fade away
(Fade away)

Hate To Fade Away Music Video.mp4

Hate To Fade Away.mp3

Recording in Everhart Park, West Chester, PA

Recording in Everhart Park, West Chester, PA


ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 (F# B C#7) E A / A E A B7
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Backing Vocals

A song about a business owner on the Southwest corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA… inspired when he gave the musicians on the corner the “evil eye”.

From the album Gay Church

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Joke Bomb http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/24/joke-bomb/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:51:47 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19281 LYRICS
If we want the human race
To endure for sure
Why not get ’em to laugh
… and, get ’em to laugh some more

Laughter our weapon on terror
Laughter the best deterrent to war

Laughter will trump the fear
Laughter shields those we hold dear

Laughter is what we’re after
Bring on the laughter faster and faster

Laughter – the best medicine
Bring on the laughter again and again

Joke Bomb.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by the quote:

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. — Mark Twain

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 3 G C D / C D G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Throw Your Clay http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/24/throw-your-clay/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:42:42 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19279 LYRICS
Greener pasture in store
Blue sky horizon (eyes on) high
Find a better way for me to throw this clay
Nestle a better vessel
Soul stored for the day

Impurity succumbs to the gravity
Form to the shape of a hairless ape
Dot the “I’s” and lace with grace
Occupy space with a brave face

Throw Your Clay Music Video.mp4

Throw Your Clay.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em / C G Em / Bm Em
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Fall All Over You (Autumn Equinox) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/24/fall-all-over-you-autumn-equinox/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:27:20 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19277 LYRICS
When the Autumn comes
I fall all over you
There’s not much I can do
It’s the season to fall for you

Become aware there’s something in the air
Make a memory to share
You know we’ve got to let the summer go
Before you know — snow
(Yeah, here/hear we go)

Open up the window
I want to take in some more
One thing’s for sure
Open up the door lore
I want to take in some more
You know let’s go go-go
Out the door and take in some more

Fall All Over You.mp3

A celebration of Autumn.

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A A7 Em11 Am7 / G A C
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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The Center Of Justice http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/22/the-center-of-justice/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:20:28 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19275 LYRICS
Building a building
Meant to tear people down
Name’s misleading
There ain’t no justice in this town

All but lost and forgotten
To the core they are rotten

Take some time
And dare to look around
Reason… rhyme?
Ask but can’t be found

Lady liberty
Well, she just can’t see
She blindly
Weighs just to the mighty
(ways to balance the mighty)

Painting a painting
With a thousand words
Champion debating
Melting down their swords

The Center Of Justice.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written at the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester, PA.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em11(no5) Am7 A A7 / G Em A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Headfirst http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/21/headfirst/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:30:43 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19272 LYRICS
In an attempt to quench my thirst
I dove in… headfirst

If you’re going to “go off the deep end”
You’d better go off the deep end
For if you go shallow
You will come to know
Your head is hollow

If shallow is your puddle
And through your life you muddle
Remember:
“Mud spelled backwards is dum”
Dum de dum de dum dum

Eat, drink and sleep
Going deep
Deep, deep, deep
Mental burst
Headfirst

Headfirst.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 Em Em7’s / B Am7 Em
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Your Lips Move… But…. http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/20/your-lips-move-but/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:03:20 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19269 Hyper-terrestrial presents “Your Lips Move But (I Can’t Hear What You’re Saying)”
Instrumental music: Korg PS60 Keyboard, Yamaha PSR-740 Keyboard, MiniNova Synthesizer, Piano and Guitars.

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3rd Eye In Sight http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/20/3rd-eye-in-sight/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:47:29 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19267 LYRICS
See along the seaside
From where I reside
High above the landslide
Watching the rising tide

When I let the 3rd-eye see
A calm comes over me
Naturally, fell the be

Rise with the sunrise
Searching for surprise
High from enterprise
No matter the number of tries

Along with Venus and Mars
Pass between the stars
Far beyond the wars
In the vision that is ours

Over the rainbow
In a place I didn’t know
Letting the mind grow
We harvest what we sow

3rd Eye In Sight.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: D6 A7 C A7 / Em C A7
Recording: digital 9-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Epistemology (The Thrill of Discovery) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/18/epistemology-the-thrill-of-discovery/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:37:50 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19262 LYRICS
In the quest to survive the test
Do you really think it’s best
To forget the rest?

All the world is a stage
Of knowledge
The more you yearn to learn
the more you earn

Your wealth’s in mental health
The more you go the more you know
On with the show

The more you gave the more you save
The more you give the more live
Can’t take it to the grave

In the quest to pass the past
Observe the future coming fast
Facts are sure to last

Epistemology Music Video.mp4

Epistemology.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A G D / G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Moving Target http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/18/moving-target/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:13:02 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19259 LYRICS
Difficult to get
Hitting a moving target
Never will forget
Hitting a moving target

Tact in the track
Squeeze the trigger back
Focusing on “I”
With ease score the bull’s eye

Better hedge your bet
Hitting a moving target
Destiny? We’ve met
Hitting a moving target

Trying not to fret
Hitting a moving target
Pull with no regret
Hitting a moving target

Moving Target.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A G / A A C A C A / C G A / A Am7
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Written at Market and High Streets in West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Tomcat Bob and the West Chester Pops http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/17/tomcat-bob-and-the-west-chester-pops/ Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:55:45 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19252 Tomcat Bob and the West Chester Pops Music Video.mp4 by Daniel Brouse and Matt Eck

Graham Smith and Tomcat Bob Live.mp4 by Graham Smith with Matt Eck on banjo

Written at the corners of Market and High Streets plus Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Work http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/15/work/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:01:45 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19250 LYRICS
Working smart is a real fine art
Getting harder everyday
… in every way
Job, life will rob… you’re arm they’ll lob
Mourn the turn of your first born

What are you suppose to do
Just trying to get through
How are you suppose to learn
Where you’re suppose to turn

Working hard for the final yard
Getting smarter everyday
… in every way
Robbed by the job… stolen heart throb
No relief any day
… in any way

Work.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A E / A C E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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What Do I Know? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/13/what-do-i-know-2/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:15:08 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19246 LYRICS
The older I grow
The more I know
How little I know

Before you grow old
Travel the world
Let you story by told
(Go! Go! Go!)

While you feel young
Find the harmony among
Let your song be sung
(Ohh, ohh, ohh)

Sun rose 1,000 times
Over a 1,000 “I am’s”
We’re in Fortunate Times
(Know so little woe)

The older I grow
The more I know
How little I know

What Do I Know? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A G / A G D / A G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Watch Out! http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/12/watch-out/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:15:47 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19242 LYRICS
Better look where you’re going
Or without knowing
You could be gone
Before too long
Better look where you’re going

Have we all been distracted
Appalled at the way I acted
Did you read the warning label correctly?
“Living life could be deadly”

Do we have “I’s” on both sides of our head
Haven’t heard a word that’s said
Did you read the warning label correctly?
“Living life could be deadly”

Though we can see… walking blindly
Choosing to act unkindly
Did you read the warning label correctly?
“Living life could be deadly”

Better look where you’re going
Or without knowing
You could be gone
Before too long
Better look where you’re going

Watch Out!.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. When I started writing this song, a police officer that was driving by gave me the “hairy eyeball” instead of paying attention to where he was going. At the same time, a girl was walking across the crosswalk looking at her phone. We almost had one less police officer and one less pedestrian.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em Em7 / G A D Em / G A / C E / G  A D E
Recording: original take / 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Gay Church

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Passed The Past http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/11/passed-the-past/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:16:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19239 LYRICS
Passed the past
Don’t look back
When you’re in the lead
… why concede?

Over your shoulder
A shadow you’ll see
As you grow older
The light you will be
*pure energy*

Passed the past
Last panic attack
When you’re in the lead
… why concede?

Over your shoulder
A shadow you’ll see
As you grow older
The light you will be
*pure energy*

Passed The Past Music Video.mp4

Passed The Past.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A D A D A E / G D A / G A E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Unsettled Condtions http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/10/unsettled-condtions/ Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:03:20 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19233 LYRICS
What’s your fate
Volcano of hate
That’s poor taste
Oh, no! The waste
Just can’t wait
Volcano of hate
Destruction eruption

Whirlwind of sin
Tornado of hate
Pinned to “has been”
Human waste
Just can’t wait
Tornado of hate
Destruction rotation

Crush romance
Avalanche of hate
Each and every chance
You participate
Just can’t wait
Avalanche of hate
Smother sister
Smother brother
’til there is no other

Unsettled Conditions.mp3

Unsettled Conditions (Instrumental).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 Em C Em G / Em Em7 / Em E / G F# Em
Recording: digital stereo 1) original take 1-track 2) 9-track Mix

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. It is a song about the restaurant owner at the corner and how harboring hate can destroy yourself.

From the album Gay Church

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Man Vs. Nature (In Overtime) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/10/man-vs-nature-in-overtime/ Sun, 10 Sep 2017 13:35:54 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19231 LYRICS
What’s that? “You better get back?”
’cause she’s going to get me back
I’m in overtime
… in overtime

Mother Nature’s wrath
Gonna take a bath
Paying for our crime
… in overtime

Harvey and Irma wave a wake
Shake and bake
Another earthquake
What will it take
Mother Nature’s wrath
Gonna take a bath
Paying for our crime
… in overtime

Don’t breathe. No relief.
Eat the dirt. Ozone alert.
Environmental mental thief
Hit the dirt. We’re going nuclear

Not sure of the future
Man vs. Nature

Mother Nature’s wrath
Gonna take a bath
Paying for our crime
… in overtime

Man Vs. Nature.mp4

Man Vs. Nature (Instrumental).mp3

Man Vs. Nature.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about humans’ war with the world. Human induced climate change, extreme weather events, and the threat of nuclear war could result in the end of the world as we know it.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A E / B7 A G E / Em7 E
Recording: digital stereo 1) original live 1-track 2) 9-track

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Head Out Feet First http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/08/head-out-feet-first/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:46:13 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19227 LYRICS
What does it take to quench your thirst
Head out feet first?
Aching for your bubble to burst
Head out feet first?
Heading out feet first

At best you jest
Forget the rest
Head out feet first?

In his head, quest of dead
Heard he said, better off dead!
Head out feet first?
Heading out feet first

Are you livin’ a life that’s cursed
Head out feet first?
Bide your time become well versed
Head out feet first?
Heading out feet first
Head out feet first

Head Out Feet First.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em7 Em E E7 E7+d / A D G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Rainy Day Hearsay http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/08/rainy-day-hearsay/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:39:18 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19222 LYRICS
Did you hear say
Did you hearsay
It’ll pay
Save it for a rainy day
It’s raining. It’s “pooring”. Couldn’t get up in the “mourning”.

Well, that will depend
Are you ready… really ready
Really ready to spend
… does it depend?

At what cost is lost
Odds of a coin tossed?
Hedging the bet
… bet against
… against regret
Hedge the bet against regret
It’s raining. It’s “pooring”. Couldn’t get up in the “mourning”.

Rainy Day (original take).mp3

Rainy Day (Hearsay).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E7sus4 Em7 A7 B7sus4 / E7 E; 137 BPM Rock Shuffle
Recording: 1) original take / digital 1-track stereo 2) 10-track

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Finger Snapping

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Something From Nothing http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/06/something-from-nothing/ Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:45:33 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19219 LYRICS
Isn’t it something
When there’s nothing
Isn’t it something
When you’re gone

Though only a moment
Without movement
Though only a moment
It’s been too long

When nothing is something
And something is nothing
Hearing Nature-all sing
When I’m gone

Evolving from nothing
Evolving from something
Back into nothing
Stardust to stardust

Something From Nothing.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A G E / E A E A G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Why Worry? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/06/why-worry/ Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:41:32 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19217 LYRICS
Maybe I can’t say
That there is no way
To fret and fray
Regret each day
Can’t worry your troubles away

To begin
Worrying
Lets death in
Through the doors
Through the pores
’til only woe endures

Let out a sigh
Don’t wonder why
Everyone will die
Relentlessly try
We’re all still going to die

Why Worry?.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 G Em / C D C D G / C F# Em / C D C D G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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This Is Love (Words From a Wedding) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/05/this-is-love-words-from-a-wedding/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:00:27 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19213 LYRICS
The way they look into each others eyes
It comes as no surprise
Another sure sign is the way they pine
When fate separates

This is love!
This is love!
Who doesn’t know,
This is love!

One understands when they’re holding hands
It’s plain for all to see
Two hearts as one under the sun
“I do” for eternity

This is love!
This is love!
Who doesn’t know,
This is love!

She loves his style of courtesy
When it comes to “loving me”
He loves her style — generosity
Spreading smiles… living free

This is love!
This is love!
Who doesn’t know,
This is love!

This Is Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A G / E G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Wedding Day http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/03/wedding-day/ Sun, 03 Sep 2017 17:04:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19209 LYRICS
I’m really happy to say
It’s your wedding day
I’m really happy to see
It’s come to be

The bearer brings
Hearts opening
Our angel sings
As you exchange the rings

The guests all dance
Around your romance
The Best Man’s speech
“Love’s within reach”

Can’t hide the feelings inside
When it’s time to kiss the bride
Champagne and presents
Essence of effervescence

Wedding Day.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded on my son’s wedding day at Lake Harmony, PA.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C F G C / Am C
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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What I’m Living For http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/09/03/what-im-living-for/ Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:56:15 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19207 LYRICS
What am I living for?
I’m counting out time
… is there more?

You know it’s true
What keeps me livin’
This life I’m given
… is you

What am I living for?
Just counting out time
To earn another dime?

What am I living for?
I’m counting out time
… a death I can’t endure

What am I living for?
I’m taking in time
With reason and rhyme
That’s what I’m living for

What I’m Living For.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A C ? C A E / E Em7
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

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Ours Soars With Angels http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/30/ours-soars-with-angels/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:50:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19202 LYRICS
So, ours soars with the angels
All her children ring their bells
Joined the choir that sings with wings

Been being to other beings
As she’d be unto herself
Now an undercover angel
Doing well with spirit stealth

Been being to other beings
As she’d be unto herself
Now an undercover angel
Doing well with spirit (heaven’s) wealth

Been being to other beings
As she’d been unto herself
Now an undercover angel
Granted eternal health

So, ours soars with the angels
All her children ring their bells
Joined the choir that sings with wings

Ours Soars With Angels Instrumental.mp3

Ours Soars With Angels.mp3

Ours Soars With Angels (original voc/gtr track).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
This song was written at my mother’s empty bedside, as well as, beside her mother and father’s graves at Valley Forge Memorial Gardens.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C D E +harmonics / C G D G / G F# C
Recording: digital 12-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Bells

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

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Charon http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/27/charon/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:19:53 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19196 Charon.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
In Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx.

Written and recorded next to my mother while she fights cancer in home hospice.

Style: Instrumental
Chords: Em / D Em
Recording: live video / digital stereo
Instruments: Piano

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms, the hospital and hospice.]
by Daniel Brouse

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What To Do? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/27/what-to-do/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:19:57 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19193 LYRICS
What am I suppose to do
When there’s nothing I can do
What am I suppose to do
I’m asking you

Gotta get back on my feet
By keeping upbeat
Defeat defeat
When my heart’s complete

Maybe if I help the world
Before I get too old
The idea ain’t that bold
Oldest story ever told

No reason. There is no “why?”
We’re all going to die
Will you transcend the sky
Because you decide to try

I’m asking you…
I’m begging you

What To Do? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written and recorded while my mother is in hospice dying of cancer and complications.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C B7 E / E F# A B7
Recording: digital 7-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

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The Fortitude http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/27/the-fortitude/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:13:33 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19191 LYRICS
The fortitude in you
The attitude of fortitude
Have you?
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

Have you got it?
Come on and get it
Go get it
Have you got it in you?
Come on, do you?
Do you, too?
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

In a compassion fashion
Not rude and not lewd
With the love of a peace dove
Fortitude
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

The Fortitude.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about the will to live. Written about my mom while she is in hospice.

Style: Alternative Country Blues
Chords: E7 hammer on E / E A G / B7 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

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Helpless http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/23/helpless/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:39:55 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19188 LYRICS
Feeling helpless
Oh so helpless
Alas, one more “unless”?
Hopelessly helpless
Helplessly hopeless
I must confess
I wish there was something I could do
I wish there was something I could do… for you
Feeling blue
Turns to black
There’s no turning back

There’s no place to hide
We’re along for the ride
See you on the other side

I don’t understand
I want to hold her hand
I want to save the life
… of my wife

Helpless (Music Video).mp4

Helpless.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written with my father, James, at the bedside of his wife, Chris.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C C7 Am7 / Em C Am / C B7
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

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Whisper Whisperer http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/23/whisper-whisperer/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:38:46 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19183 Whisper Whisperer by Hyper-terrestrial
A sonic experiment transcending space and time.
Instrumental music: Korg PS60 Keyboard, Yamaha PSR-740 Keyboard, MiniNova Synthesizer, Piano and Guitars.

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Wait-less / Weightless http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/22/wait-less-weightless/ Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:13:14 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19179 LYRICS
Did you discover…
Your complaint of having to wait
Is over
Yes, wait less
Now you are wait-less
Your weightless
You’re weightless

Same ole fate
Meet-your-maker date
They say…
It could be any day

Angels are your wings
And other amazing things
Unfurled
Wonders beyond the world

I think you’re seeing heaven
Heaven, again
You know…
From whence one will come, one will go
Heaven, again

Wait-less (Music Video).mp4

Wait-less.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written during the solar eclipse with my mother. She was in hospice on Marshall Street in West Chester, PA. Recorded at Marshall Square Park.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em harmonics / C D E / C E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

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Chris http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/21/chris/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:43:37 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19177 LYRICS
I’m so lonely without you at home
Yes it is
It’s Chris I miss

It’s so lonely at home without you
Can’t hardly cry myself to sleep
No matter how I weep
I don’t know what to do
When are you coming home
I feel so all alone
Where am I going now?
I’ve got to help her somehow
When is she coming home
When is she?
I’m so lonely
When is she?

Chris.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song my Dad help write about my Mother.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am / C G Am / C F# Am / Am C / C-e+a
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Pop The Cork (On Love) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/21/pop-the-cork-on-love/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:41:40 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19175 LYRICS
Got a nice thick froth coming to a head
Bubbling over
Sense the effervescence essence getting put to bed
Bubbling over
An aroma that’ll raise you from a coma
Bubbling over
Not hard to tell when you love the smell
Bubbling over
With a love finer than champagne
You’re the champion
Shower our “our”

Ya did pop the lid… the quirk to pop the cork
Bubbling over
You know how to make the glass overflow
Bubbling over
Finer than the finest wine… fine, fine, fine
Bubbling over
A perfect blend to help hearts mend
Bubbling over
With a love finer than champagne
You’re the champion
Shower our “our”
Love bubbling over our
Happy hour

Pop The Cork.mp3

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E A A E Em7 / B7 A E
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Societal Cancer http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/18/societal-cancer/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:28:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19173 LYRICS
Here the war weep
Hear the battle cry
The blood runs deep
And,we can’t answer why
Civilians playing uncivil war
Until there are civilians no more

All consuming
Consumption damage
All consuming
Consumption “Damn Age”
Hear the war weep
Here the battle cry
Yipiyi-a-a-a-a
Yipiyi-o-o-o-o
Woe oh oh oh oh….
I don’t know
I just don’t know

Societal Cancer.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about how hate groups are like giving yourself cancer.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am Em / Dm Am; 67 BPM German March
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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John Kelly http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/16/john-kelly/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:54:29 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19167 White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Hangs Head

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Hangs Head

LYRICS
As he looks to the floor
He can’t take any more
The resident President is an idiot
Fascist, racist, bigot

As he looks to the floor
How much more to endure?
A chief advisor
With a losing score

As he looks to the floor
How much more is in store
Trying to glorify the gore
Has he any clue? … I’m not sure

As he looks to the floor
Should I run for the door
When it rains, it’s going to poor
When he reigns, taking from the poor

John Kelly.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
On August 15, 2017, President Trump gave a hate speech disguised as a press conference. The White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly, hung his head.

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A Em G A / G A
Recording: original take / live 1-track digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

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Giving Heart Attacks http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/16/giving-heart-attacks/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:33:17 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19165 LYRICS
Have you ever been warned
About the calm before the storm
Before all hell breaks loose
And you’re left swinging…
Under a noose
I’m getting into knowing
The winds of change are blowing
Giving heart attacks
To any heart that lacks

Give your heart an attack of love
Letting in light from above
Feel your heart start
Let the hate depart

Black is black
White is white
I’d say you’re out of the grey
Not so fine… crossing the line

Giving Heart Attacks.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song inspired by The President of the United States of America

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: Em C / Am C Em
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

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Old Fiddlers’ Picnic http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/15/old-fiddlers-picnic/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:20:08 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19158 LYRICS
Outback in the hills of Chester County
There’s a sight you’ve got to hear to see
Just bring a fiddle to solve the riddle
Do tell! A jig to keep you well
So hey diddle diddle
Give that cat a fiddle
We’re starting ‘fore noon
So hey diddle diddle
Give that cat a fiddle
Play ’til we’re under the moon

Groove in the grove in Chester County
It’s alright… the sound you’ll see
Strum a guitar, sing-a-long or hum
Yell! Swing to a melody so swell
Chorus

Far-out in the hills of Chester County
Picking tunes… a plentiful bounty
You know… tap a toe… let it go
Do tell! A jig to keep you well

Old Fiddlers’ Picnic (Music Video).mp4

Old Fiddlers’ Picnic Song.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: D A A D / G A D
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Written at the 89th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Picnic in Hibernia Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Silent Running http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/15/silent-running/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:01:18 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19155 LYRICS
In the silent running
Of the water flowing
All together knowing
Where we’re going

Going down to the river
Down to the sea
Going down to deliver
Down to “the see”

In the silent running
In the midst of floating
All together knowing
Where we’re going
Chorus

In the silent running
All over the waterfall
Already knowing
Where we’re going
Chorus

Silent Running (Music Video).mp4

Silent Running.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 B A E / A E A B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Humanity Insanity http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/14/humanity-insanity/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 20:11:30 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19152 LYRICS
Tryin’ to find humanity in insanity
How to be kind became a rarity
Why debate if it’s too late
The more the haste, the less the waste
Regurgitate your hesitate
The less the wait, the less the late
Does “The End” depend on if you participate
Or opt-in default’s what I should anticipate?

Humanity Insanity Music Video.mp4

Humanity Insanity.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C G E / A G A C
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Gone, Gone, Gone http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/14/gone-gone-gone-2/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:50:31 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19150 LYRICS
Been too often
I’ve heard you scoff
Hearts will soften
Now I’m off
I can see clear
To “out of here”
Like the wind, I”m blowin’
You know… I’m gone

One too many
Times you’ve said
In a furry
“I wish you dead”
I can see clear
To “out of here”
Like the wind, I”m blowin’
You know… I’m gone

Maybe I am
Sensitive
To sarcasm
I’d rather live
I can see clear
To “out of here”
Like the wind, I”m blowin’
You know… I’m gone

Singing the song
Gone, gone, gone

Gone, Gone, Gone.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em7 Em Bm / C D Em
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Cliff-hanger http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/14/cliff-hanger/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:42:32 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19148 LYRICS
Welcome to the final cliff-hanger
As we give it to Mother… gonna band Her
The cliff is stiff… it will survive
Will there be a human to hang alive?
Stubborn human gas in their own oven
Amazed rats built a maze into their cage

Welcome to the final cliff-hanger
Like buffalo over… Man’s in dnager
The cliff is stiff… it will survive
Will there be a human to hang alive?
Stubborn human gas in their own oven
Amazed rats built a maze into their cage

Welcome to the final cliff-hanger
Times couldn’t get more stranger
The cliff is stiff… it will endure
As for humans… not so sure
Top of the food chain through the floor
Kill themselves ’til there are no more
… ’til their our – no more
… ’til the hour – no more

Cliff-hanger.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E Em9 Em E E7sus4 / E A G E / E G A G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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A Big Ta-do http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/14/a-big-ta-do/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:35:36 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19146 LYRICS
A big ta-do about nothing
Helicopters buzzing ’round
A big ta-do about nothing
Trying to figure what’s goin’ down
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

A big ta-do about nothing
Lights flashing… sirens screaming
A big ta-do about nothing
Still figuring if there’s a deeper meaning
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

A big ta-do about nothing
Firemen with axe in hand
A big ta-do about nothing
Hoping soon I”ll understand
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

A big ta-do about nothing
People standing as if in awe
A big ta-do about nothing
People standing with dropped jaw
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

Big Ta-do.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E B6sus4 Ab A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

A song about the “fire” in West Chester.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Questions Run Deep http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/11/questions-run-deep/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:02:14 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19144 LYRICS
How many waves have crashed upon the beach
Is the number within reach
Like the ocean, the questions run deep

How close are you sitting to the sun
Does it feel so close that it’s got you on the run
Take the leap into questions running deep

If you can talk the talk
You can walk i on the boardwalk
Let your guitar do the talking
Feet dancing… forget the walking

How many tides have been high
Take a guess… go ahead n’ try
Memories you keep of questions running deep

Then, maybe you might know
How many tides have been low
Like the ocean, the questions run deep

Questions Run Deep.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written on the beach in Atlantic City, NJ.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: G C D / C D G / G F# A G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Blackhole Soul http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/09/blackhole-soul/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:23:41 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19142 LYRICS
Physics debate: negate hate?
Collapse of synapse
A blackhole stole your soul

The bargains in your basement
Are the toys in your attic
Again and again with disparagement
Enough to cut you to the quick

Chip off the old blockhead
Rest my case… put to bed
If you ask me
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

Really no treat in the heat
Still tryin’ to learn concern
A homicide of the whole inside
Sacrificed soul to the blackhole

Blackhole Soul (Music Video).mp4

Blackhole Soul.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about a bad “apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” at the corner of Gay and Church Street.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A C G B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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L. O. V. E. http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/09/l-o-v-e/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:12:41 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19139 LYRICS
Please, please won’t you spell it for me: L. O. V. E.
Love me in the morning
Love me without warning
Love me in the evening
Love me without reasoning

Please, please won’t you spell it for me: L. O. V. E.
I can see
That it’s meant to be
The certainty
Of love eternally

Please, please won’t you spell it for me: L. O. V. E.
Love me all the day
Love me all the way
Love me through the night
Love with all our might

L. O. V. E. (Music Video).mp4

L. O. V. E. .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 E A B7 / E A E B7 A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Ground Swell http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/09/ground-swell/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:00:06 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19137 LYRICS
Hard to tell (Witch’s spell?)
But it looks like a groundswell
Mountain.. I’m talkin’ mountain
Mountain out of a molehill

Hundred percent chance
Of wearing an avalanche

I’m sure hopin’ you’re wearin’
Mighty big shoes to fill
It won’t be long ’til you’re gone
And, this avalanche could kill

So, choose to donate your shoes
For us to fill them in again
A second chance from this avalanche
And escape the hell of your groundswell

Ground Swell.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Dm Am C E Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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How Much Does a Hemingway? (For Whom the Bell Tolls) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/08/how-much-does-a-hemingway-for-whom-the-bell-tolls/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:50:10 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19121 LYRICS
Going old school
For whom does the bell toll?
Meanwhile a child will smile
Everything will yearn to turn

Do you want a burdensome load
To carry to the end of your road?

Do you want to live in “#uck it!”
’till you kick the bucket?

Do you know why “we’re all gonna die”?
Is Promised Land pie-in-the-sky?

Pushing up daisies more than a maybe
From a man to a stardust baby

Everything will yearn to turn
Everybody will churn
Every body everywhere
Everybody every where

How Much Does Hemingway? (Music Video).mp4

How Much Does Hemingway?.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am+4 D9 / C Em Am+4
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written and recorded at the corners of Gay / Church Streets, Market / High Streets, and Everhart Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Human Time Capsule http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/08/human-time-capsule/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:41:28 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19117 LYRICS
I’m unsure about time capture
Is time something you can store
Am I a time capsule
In continuum on patrol

They say time The Avenger
Will make you a stranger
Foregone unknown into the future
Quick! Capture your soul with a picture

I’m not sure about saving time
The sands of time are too fine
Can’t keep them in an hourglass
Through the glass they pass

If a stitch in time saves nine
What about the tenth?
Are you going to save what’s mine
If so, at what length?

Can you save your life
Be immortality
Can you save your life
Be invincibility

Human Time Capsule Music Video.mp4

Human Time Capsule.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C A / A Ab G A
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Several cultures (from Native Americans to the Aborigines) believe your soul can be captured in a photograph.

Written and recorded at the corners of Gay / Church Streets and Market / High Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Quality Time http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/08/quality-time/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:38:26 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19112 LYRICS
Did you ever wonder:
How much more is in store?
Wake-up in the morning and walk out the door
How much more is in store?
I suppose I’m
A quantity of quality time

Did you ever wonder:
How much more you’ll endure?
Do you suppose time is measured, too?

With gravity I see we gravitate
From before to too late
As suggestion, a question:
Why would I want to wait?
Take advantage of having weight
Before the liquidation
Before we liquidate
Do you ask the question?

Quality Time Music Video.mp4

Quality Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am (adding one finger at a time Em+4 E4 Am) G D / C D Am / G Am G/C
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corners of Gay / Church Streets and Market / High Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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At Last http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/05/at-last/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:58:54 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19108 LYRICS
Something is happening
The brass ring
Within grasp…
At last
They say it’s a new beginning
Baby, we’re on our way
A free ride
On the carousel
Farewell
Worry died
(Good-bye darkside)

Life is strange
Riding on an ostrich
Modern age
Re-arrange
Going round and round and round
You’re found
On the carousel of life
Reside on the free side
No cost… no strife

At Last (Music Video).mp4

At Last.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E11 E E7sus4 / C E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corners of High and Market Streets in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Purple http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/05/purple/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:44:10 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19106 LYRICS
Is your favorite color purple?
Then it’s really quite simple
Led my heart of red
To mix with the blues for you

Is your favorite color green?
I know just what you mean
Hello! I’m the fellow with yellow
To mix with the blues for you

Is your favorite color blue?
There’s really not much to do
The color is already true
It’s straight up blues for you

Chorus
Primarily primary scene
Primarily primary seen
Yellow, red, blue
Spirit, mind, body
See…
What’s made of you

Purple.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em7 C/C7 D7 C G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Bloody Shame http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/04/bloody-shame/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:16:36 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19104 LYRICS
The way you play the game
Is a bloody shame
Can’t punch through a wall after all

“If you throw the ball on the street
And your brother runs after it
He’s done for!”
He’s no more
So this summer…
You know… after all… to the beat
Of a different drummer
Of a different strummer
Of a different hummer

Bloody Shame.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E / G A E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Inspired by two encounters on the street:
One with a fellow that just punched a wall.
The other with a mother talking to her children.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Freedom Train http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/04/freedom-train-2/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:09:45 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19102 LYRICS
I heard there’s a train leaving
Leaving for Freedom
Freedom, USA
What do you say
We try to find our way
Free of dumb in Freedom
USA

They say Freedom’s just a little way
Further down the line
They say we’ll get there…
Just a matter of time

I heard the last train’s leaving
Grieving for Freedom
Freedom, USA
What do you say
We find a way to stay
In the Freedom kingdom
Each and every day

Freedom Train.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: G D7 G/C C G D / A E B7
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Whistling In The Wind (Follow Your Dreams) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/02/whistling-in-the-wind-follow-your-dreams/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:35:45 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19098 LYRICS
Where to begin when you’re whistling in the wind
You’ll find there’s no bind
When no one comes to mind

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is near to hear
If no one is around… did it really make a sound?

Can’t see the trees through the forest?
Then, perhaps it’s best
To find your kind mind
And, disregard the rest

Whistling In The Wind.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

If you describe someone as whistling in the wind, you mean that they are trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed.

A song about following your dreams. If you dream of making music, let it be heard. If no one hears it, is it really music? Don’t worry what other people might think or say. “Do or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C / C Bb B A / G F# F A / C A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Whistling

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Sleek Lines http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/01/sleek-lines/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:48:26 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19095 LYRICS
The way you wiggle
Love the lines you scribble
An art critic from the New York Times
Says your “lines are mighty fine”

The way you wiggle
Love the lines you scribble
At the very least a masterpiece
… like Picasso or Van Gogh
You know… Picasso or Van Gogh?

The way you wiggle
Love the lines you scribble
The parallel symmetry
It really, really gets to me

I am thinking museum
Quality obviously
I can see clearly
Your name on the marquee

Sleek Lines.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E E7sus4 / G A7 E7sus4 / E7sus4 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1=track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

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Beauty Full http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/08/01/beauty-full/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:30:23 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19092 LYRICS
What a beautiful beauty full view
With the sky sky-blue
What a beautiful beauty full view
To enjoy with you

Seeing with ears
Hearing with heart
Wonder who hears Her calling your part
Touched by thought
No taste goes to waste
Can you taste fulfilling your part

Sure a beautiful… beauty full of you
With your love… love true through
Sure a beautiful… beauty full of you
To share the view

Soul so beautiful
Beauty full soul
See beauty being set free
Soul so beautiful
Beauty full soul
In totality

Beauty Full.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C D E / E C
Recording: original take / live digital 1=track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Marshall Square Park.

From the album Gay Church

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The American Dream http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/31/the-american-dream/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:15:44 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19088 LYRICS
Which clothes did you choose
Does it impact how you lose
1st Amendment fashion statement
Won’t grant judgement abatement

Which rules did you choose
Does it impact how you lose
5th Amendment lack-of statement
Won’t grant judgement abatement

Which path did you choose
Does it impact singing blues
The pursuit of happiness
Paving the road to your bliss

Which constitution did you choose
Under the red, white and blue
The deferment of acknowledgement
Won’t grant judgement abatement

The American Dream.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: D C G / C D C D C D G
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

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The People http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/31/the-people/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:10:24 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19086 LYRICS
The people’s steeple
Is one under the sun
All inclusive
Belong to the club if you live
All the jive about being alive
Can all come true for you

The people’s steeple
None to soon will commune
Non-exclusive
Belong to the club if you live

The people’s steeple
Come on in to begin
Still elusive?
Not too late… start to live

The people’s steeple
Plenty of room to resume
Goin’ festive
Celebrate the fate “to live”

The People.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Capo 2 E G / A G E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Circus Chef http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/31/circus-chef/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:01:12 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19084 LYRICS
Scary clowns in the kitchen
Cookin’ up rotten stew for you
Evil minds are itchin’
A recipe rash from scratch will do

Waiter there’s a fly in my soup
I could swear I’ve been duped
The fox is in the white henhouse
Arouse! Fire, fire! There is a fire to douse

Scary clowns slicing and dicing
Half-baked vegetable state fruitcake
On the cake they put icing
To hide all the “knews” that is fake

Scary clowns are now serving
A feast to erase the least
Figure they aren’t deserving
Fatten ’em up to feed the beast

(What bout the fire to put out?)

Circus Chef.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A E / E A D G
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

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Leavin’ Grievin’ Starvin’ http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/30/leavin-grievin-starvin/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:11:03 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19082 LYRICS
Can I start workin’ it a bit
While I think on it
Fore sure, I’d love to know the big picture
… if I start, I can always quit

If I wait to hesitate
Lost time can’t regurgitate
Repeat: to time defeat

In “The End” ride off into the sunset
’til then, I’ve started to begin
My friend, forget about regret
As long as the time that’s mine is livin’

I leave grievin’ starvin’
And keep on believin’ in lovin’

Leavin’ Grievin’ Starvin’ (Music Video).mp4

Leavin’ Grievin’ Starvin’.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C E G A / G A C E A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Recorded live at Lake Wynonah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Unconditional For All http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/30/unconditional-for-all/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:02:14 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19080 LYRICS
In the mish-mash of the humanity insanity
You are fine art removed from vanity
A perfect picture of compassion
With love you don’t ration

You’re giving away a sum
To anyone that wants some
Crossed the finish line, yet never done
Shinning brighter than the sun

Why don’t we all just do it
Hold all of us to it
Why not change the world
Before we get too old

In the mish-mash of the humanity insanity
You put optimism in opportunity
A pure champion of compassion
With love you don’t ration
(Unconditional for all)

Unconditional For All (Music Video).mp4

Unconditional For All.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A E B7 / A B7 E / E A B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Recorded live at Lake Wynonah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse with special guest Christopher on sledge and wedge (axe wielding)

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Guitar Feedback http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/29/guitar-feedback/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:56:16 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19075

LYRICS
For real, the guitar speaks for how I feel
What’s the deal? The guitar speaks for how I feel
Not that absurd when it’s heard
A tone tells a thousand words

Guitar Feedback (Music Video).mp4

Guitar Feedback.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E (and all variations including E7 E9 E11(13) Em E4, etc.)
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Recorded live at Lake Wynonah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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In My Blood http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/27/in-my-blood-2/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:08:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19069 LYRICS
Why is that mosquito looking at me
Doesn’t he know… I’m not that tasty
Have I turned cold blooded (extremely)
Emotionally flooded
Don’t want to turn cold-hearted
Has it already started?

Why do I cry “I don’t want to die!”
While I should be giving…
Singing praises to the living
Raising my hands high to the sky
Thankful I am I
Don’t want to turn cold-hearted
Has it already started?

Time to consider turning innards outward
I’ve missed the starting gun?
Time to enact giving it back forward
Goodbye kissed n ready to run

In The Blood (Original Take).mp3

In The Blood (AltMix).mp3

In The Blood (Instrumental).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Dm Am+4 / C G Dm / Dm G
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Standing On A Volcano http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/26/standing-on-a-volcano/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:07:37 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19062 LYRICS
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Spittin’… smokin’… gettin’ ready to blow
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
You gotta go with the lava flow
We’ll start to get it
When She throws a fit

What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Earth quake shake you to and fro
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Might just deal the final blow

What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Pit Mother Nature as your foe
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Damn! Sure hate to see you go

Forego making a stand on a volcano
Try n’ chill down-low mellow
Forego making a stand on a volcano
Less consequences you get to know

Standing On A Volcano (Music Video).mp4

Standing On A Volcano.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E G / A G E / G A E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Grifter Elixir http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/26/grifter-elixir/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:43:00 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19060 LYRICS
Look around for the downpour
Reigning down on the poor
Poor bastards can’t take it any more
Look around for the downtrodden
Being ruled by the rotten
Poor bastards all but forgotten
The authority isn’t right by me
See the “blind eye” so clearly
An elixir for the grifter
Disrupting harmony
The authority isn’t right by me
See the “blind eye” so clearly
Watch him shake and break until nobody’s free

We’re found in the downpour
Raining down on our core
Rich bastards getting cleansed for sure
We’re found with the upbeat
Singing voices… dancing feet
Shuffle play and repeat

Grifter Elixir.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: G C / Em C D G / G Em D
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Brain Too More
by Listening Deficit

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Hallelujah Hallucination http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/26/hallelujah-hallucination/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:15:16 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19057 LYRICS
For those that think it’s best
The rest are just a pest
If you try to address their mess
They’ll pass the buck to the next
Patriot bull$hit
Political rhetoric
(This $hit is thick)
Do no harm? Sound the alarm!
Men in suits stole the loot
Savage beast… to say the least

For those that boast “I’m the most”
At last, first will be last
At last, last will be first
Their reign quenching our thirst
Redemption nation
Alienation salvation
(Hallelujah hallucination)
Is justice justified
Is your hide on the ride
Was downside… now upside

Hallelujah Hallucination.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C A / B C A / G A / C G A; 66 BPM –> over 100 –> 32
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Brain Too More
by Listening Deficit

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What Is Is? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/25/what-is-is/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:19:40 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19055 LYRICS
I’m finding the utmost interest
In relativity
Feeling dependence on existence
Surreality
Trying to make sense
Of perception without senses
Perceive what I believe
Experience presence
Leap from “Ludwig’s Ladder”
Leave logic a tattered
Chaos theory delivery
The irony of destiny
Sixth sense third-eye I see

Spring from the last rung
Among angels in song
Soul music being sung
Time can’t be too long
In the essence of existence
Is the essence of existence
In the absence of existence
Will exist persist?

What Is Is? (Music Video).mp4

What Is-Is? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em C7 E C7 / E C7 A [C G7 A]
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Wittgenstein’s ladder
A Wittgenstein’s ladder is a simplified explanation of a technical or complex subject that is used as a teaching tool, despite being technically wrong. The term stems from proposition number 6.54 by Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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Mark My Word http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/25/mark-my-word/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:18:06 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19051
  • A Bop.mp3 A (-e, -a, -c#) / C B Bb A slide up an octave
  • E-Gadz Blues.mp3 E G/E A G/A / A G E / B7 A G E
  • What Is Is? (Music Video).mp4 Em C7 E C7 / E C7 A (C G7 A)
  • What Is Is?.mp3
  • Tomorrow Turns Prelude.mp3 Em D C / C D Em / Em9 E9 D4 / 90BPM Funky Pop
  • Tomorrow Turns.mp3
  • Grifter Elixir.mp3 G C / Em C D G / G Em D
  • In The Blood.mp3 Dm Am+4 / C G Dm / Dm G
  • Add Groove Part 1.mp3 F# F#m / D# G# F# / C# D# F#; 80 BPM 16 Beat #1 (add groove)
  • Add Groove Part 2.mp3
  • Add Groove Part 3.mp3
  • 3, 2, 1 Part 1.mp3 Em Eb D
  • 3, 2, 1 Part 2.mp3
  • 3, 2, 1 Part 3.mp3
  • Polka Dots Prelude.mp3 F Em C Dm; 130 BPM Polka
  • Polka Dots.mp3
  • This Is Wishes Prelude.mp3 C F G C / Bb C; 100 BPM Pop Reggae
  • This Is Wishes Part 2.mp3
  • This Is Wishes Part 3.mp3
  • At-Last.mp3 E11 E E7sus4 / C E
  • Slip-n-Slide.mp3 Open G tuning; open slide 1, 2, 3; slide to 5th fret walkdown
  • Slip-n-Slide (Music Video).mp4
  • Majestic.mp3 Am E E Em+c / C Am E
  • Majestic (Music Video).mp4
  • Human Time Capsule.mp3 C A / A Ab G A
  • Human Time Capsule (Music Video).mp4
  • How Much Does Hemingway?  .mp3 Am+4 D9 / C Em Am+4
  • How Much Does Hemingway?  (Music Video).mp4
  • Earth Can Not B-flat Prelude.mp3 F Fm Bb; 184 BPM Jazz Trio
  • Earth Can Not B-flat Part 1.mp3
  • Earth Can Not B-flat Part 2.mp3
  • Earth Can Not B-flat Part 3.mp3
  • Earth Can Not B-flat (The Battle for Middle-Earth).mp3
  • C More Prelude.mp3 C C7 Bb Cm C4 C9; 85 BPM Jazz Rock
  • C More Part 1.mp3
  • C More Part 2.mp3
  • C More Part 3.mp3
  • C More Part 4.mp3
  • Gone, Gone, Gone.mp3 Em7 Em Bm / C D Em
  • Humanity Insanity (Music Video).mp4 A C G E / A G A C
  • Humanity Insanity.mp3
  • August Prelude.mp3 C F Eb; 164 BPM Twist
  • August.mp3
  • Reflect Part 1.mp3 C Eb Bb; 80 BPM 16 Beat #2
  • Reflect Part 2.mp3
  • Reflect Part 3.mp3
  • Reflect Interlude.mp3
  • Reflect Part 4.mp3
  • Reflect Part 5.mp3
  • Instruments: Korg PS60, MiniNova, Yamaha PSR-740, Acoustic and Electric Guitars

    From the album Mark My Words by Hyper-terrestrial

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    Robot Redundancy http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/24/robot-redundancy/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:05:43 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19044 LYRICS
    A robot took my job away
    They don’t wanna pay a man to work these days
    Automation, I’ve heard it said…
    Is the best thing since sliced bread
    But, hey! Hey, hey, hey!
    I’ve got something to say
    A ‘bot took my job today
    (What are we going to do anyway?)

    Our future drama dilemma
    Puts pressure on our dogma
    As they reconstitute the absolute

    Cloud vortex gives birth
    To the wicked witch of the North
    Time is nigh to release
    That which is good in the East

    Robot Redundancy (Music Video).mp4

    Robot Redundancy.mp3

    ABOUT THE SONG
    Style: Alternative Rock
    Chords: C Am F / C E Am
    Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

    Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

    From the album Brain Too More
    by Listening Deficit

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    Ate Hate http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2017/07/24/ate-hate/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:59:01 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=19041 LYRICS
    What did you have for dinner?
    What did you eat of supper?
    It sure looks like you ate hate
    With your eyes you pillage, loot and rape
    Do “know” wrong if I’m The Great
    Fill you innards with beast and fouls/fowls
    For Judgement Day when you spill your bowels
    When things get too dry
    The bird gives the dirt a try
    Splashing about in a dust bath
    Scorched earth from Man’s wrath

    This is the part of the song
    Where I ask you to sing along
    “Home! I’m coming home”
    But since you ate hate
    I’m afraid it’s too late
    Suffer in misery alone

    Ate Hate.mp3

    ABOUT THE SONG
    Style: Alternative Rock
    Chords: Capo 3 (Gdim) E A / C B7 E / 102BPM Jazz Rock
    Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

    Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

    From the album Brain Too More
    by Listening Deficit

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