1960's and before

From 1964, one of the best R&B songs ever, and still relevant:

"A Change Is Gonna Come"

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me don't hang around

It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say, "Brother, help me please"
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

Funkinova

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

The Irony Of Your Perfection

AA - Asking for Ashes

[Verse 1]
I'm going down, going down
Deeper than inside
The world is my fuse
And once inside, I'm gonna tear
'Til there's nothing left to find

[Refrain]
And you wonder just how close
Close-up can be
Can't you see? Can't you see?

[Verse 2]
I had a dream, all my thoughts
They turned to real lips
And the world is my fuse
And just a dream, just a dream
Can bring me to my knees

[Refrain]
And you wonder just how tight
Skin-deep can be
Can't you see? Can't you see?

[Verse 3]
I'm going down, going down
Deeper than inside
The world is my fuse
And from inside, outside
Just can fall apart

Rites Of Spring - Deeper Than Inside

Taking Back Sunday. One-Eighty By Summer

Knuckle Sandwich - ST EP 2024 (Full EP)

Tempter's Crowning

Rites of Spring

Spring

Wrath Of Giggity (REVISED)

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. 

Monkeys - Daydream Believer

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.

Mason Williams - Classical Gas

Glenn Miller - In The Mood

Allegiance

In Dying Days

So it is never quite clear why one cover track might get a few thousand plays and others just a few. So I thought I would put this that I produced around three years ago back in the spotlight to see if it can get some more plays this second time around.

As one of my earlier tracks it is one of the first where I gave it a treatment that didn't try and be too close to the original.

2018 V1

David Bowie - Space Oddity (Instrumental)

Chuck Berry - Johnny Be Good

Demo 2006

Waking the Cadaver - Chased Through The Woods By A Rapist

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 2,800,000 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 sonwriter 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!

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

Funkinova

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