Released 2021

Lounge

Originally written and recorded by the group "War" in 1973, George Benson put his own jazz-orientated instrumental spin on it from his very successful 1977 LP "In Flight". 

This is a cover of that version.

Funkinova

George Benson - The World is a Ghetto

These tracks were edited using the CVP705 and demonstrate the audio capability of the excellent keyboard. I am hoping that Yamaha will address the major weakness of having very limited free available memory after which I would give the keyboard 10/10. 

Van Morrison - Moondance

Dave Brubeck - Take Five

Sade - Smooth Operator

These tracks were edited using the CVP705 and demonstrate the audio capability of the excellent keyboard. I am hoping that Yamaha will address the major weakness of having very limited free available memory after which I would give the keyboard 10/10.

Stan Getz - Desafinado

Remixed Midi's on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP705. I do not play them but produce the audio remixes using this great keyboard !

Stan Getz - Corcavado

"Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd. It peaked at number one in thirty-four countries, including the United States and Canada, where it became the Weeknd's fifth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 for four and seven weeks, respectively. It also became his first number one single in Germany for ten weeks, the United Kingdom for eight weeks, and Australia for eleven weeks, thus making it his most successful single worldwide to date

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

I always thought the words in the rap were a bit silly! This version keeps the good bits!   :-)

Blondie - Rapture

So I discovered this Finnish metal cello and drums quartet called Apocalypta and took something approximating their classical arrangement of this Metallica song (for three cellos and a drummer) and combined it with what, I thought, a rock band would do if they were also on stage.

It turned out quite well!

Funkinova's World Album

Apocalypta - Nothing Else Matters

Instrumental version of the great love song from 1980 at the height of Dire Straits' creative period.

Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet

The song was by the Swiss duo Double released in 1985. The song is a ballad about a woman who stops waiting for her absent lover to return. The single was an international success, reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Double the first Swiss act to reach the top 40 on the latter chart.

Double - Captain Of Her Heart

Hi all, so from 2016 to 2024 I assembled and produced a large collection of covers of many of my favorite tunes as my own hobby (and many during COVID lock-downs!) and I have accumulated over 2,900,000 plays across the world which is awesome!

I am much more of a producer that a musician. These first 8 years of my music was mostly based on midi cover tracks often downloaded from the Internet but heavily reproduced and re-imagined variously on my two Yamaha keyboards (Clavinova and PSR 975), but also using PC midi editing & DAW software.

Towards the end of that period, I added some of my more original electronic music which I produced over the past two decades under the name of Funkleberry in order to consolidate my Soundcloud accounts. 

But in 2024 I got into AI music generation and I am now  a freelance songwriter and AI music producer. It's been a fun journey!

My first 4 AI Albums can also be found here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4iZUxtVnHl09U3UJ0nbt2L OR

in Apple music (search Funkinova and/or AI Collective)

If you like anything you hear, please pass them on!