2000's and beyond

One of my favorite pop songs of all time!

We found love, oh
So don't fight it
Life is a Rollercoaster
Just gotta ride it

Funkinova

Ronan Keating - Life is a Rollercoaster

I hadn't heard of Dream Theater before discovering an 8 channel midi song on the internet. The original video is also pretty cool epic rock!

So I took the 8 channel midi with a flute melody (!?) and took it up to around 24 tracks and used my guitar pedal/processor on certain tracks. It is certainly not the cleanest mix but was fun to do and I learnt some new technical possibilities along the way. Enjoy!

See also: https://youtu.be/dRBP1rpE5y8

Dream Theater - Forsaken (Epic Grunge Mix)

This is an academic exercise to practice my new-found Ableton sampling skills. No interpretation is intended, or should be implied, from this exercise which manipulates the two songs to combine into a single track.

Lets Get It On_Thinking Out Loud Mash-up

This was fun to do. Inspired by Doja Cat's hip hop sampling for her Paint the Town Red song based on Walk On By, and funking up this 60's classic without the swearing!!

Doja Cat/Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

With Taylor dominating the chars at present, I still think this is one of her best songs. 

I made it an orchestral instrumental version for something a bit different.

Taylor Swift - Fifteen (Orchestral Version)

English band Keane's second success in 2003 after "Somewhere only we know".

Keane - Everybody's Changing

A rocky version of one of Taylor's early and best songs!

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Their biggest song from the year 2000!

Definitely some Rolling Stones influence there!

Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

I gotta feeling it is probably the French who will be dancing tonight!

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

Instrumental rendition of 2011 hit by French DJ David Guetta and Australia's Sia

David Guetta - Titanium

Coldplay - Clocks

The Weeknd Ft. Daft Punk - Starboy

Bob Sinclar - Love Generation

Daft Punk - Get Lucky

Bruno Mars Feat Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk

Klopp's words and Faithless music. Vocals by text to speech. 

Dedicated to Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool, and all other members of the Football community around the globe.

Printed in full, here is Klopp’s statement:

I don’t think this is a moment where the thoughts of a football manager should be important, but I understand for our supporters they will want to hear from the team and I will front that.

First and foremost, all of us have to do whatever we can to protect one another. In society, I mean. This should be the case all the time in life, but in this moment I think it matters more than ever.

I’ve said before that football always seems the most important of the least important things. Today, football and football matches really aren’t important at all.

Of course, we don’t want to play in front of an empty stadium and we don’t want games or competitions suspended, but if doing so helps one individual stay healthy — just one — we do it no questions asked.

If it’s a choice between football and the good of the wider society, it’s no contest. Really, it isn’t.

Today’s decision and announcement is being implemented with the motive of keeping people safe. Because of that we support it completely. We have seen members of teams we compete against become ill. This virus has shown that being involved in football offers no immunity. To our rival clubs and individuals who are affected and to those who later will become so, you are in our thoughts and prayers.

None of us know in this moment what the final outcome will be, but as a team we have to have belief that the authorities make decisions based on sound judgement and morality.

Yes, I am the manager of this team and club and therefore carry a leadership responsibility with regards to our future on the pitch. But I think in the present moment, with so many people around our city, the region, the country and the world facing anxiety and uncertainty, it would be entirely wrong to speak about anything other than advising people to follow expert advice and look after themselves and each other.

The message from the team to our supporters is only about your well-being. Put your health first. Don’t take any risk. Think about the vulnerable in our society and act where possible with compassion for them.

Please look after yourselves and look out for each other.

You’ll Never Walk Alone,

Jürgen

Faithful

~2005 Coldplay track. Best played really loud!!

Coldplay - Fix You

The best dance track of 2020 which kinda passed me by in lockdown!

Dua Lipa - Physical

"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

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 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!