Ballads

Written in 1975 by Stevie Nicks when things weren't going so well. 

Then Fleetwood Mac had their "second coming" and th e rest is history! 

A great song!!

Funkinova

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Although the lyrics of this song are somewhat dubious, it is one of the most soulful songs ever produced. It was # 1 in 1972 and written by Gamble and Huff who were on a roll with the Philadelphia sound.

Paul was older than many first time #1 artists having been conscripted into the army in the same regiment as Elvis Presley.

Billy Paul - Me and Mrs Jones

"One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song performed by American singer Randy Crawford, from her fourth studio album, Now We May Begin (1980). The song was a commercial success in the international market at the time, reaching number one in Belgium and Netherlands, while peaking at number two in the United Kingdom.

Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away

Fleetwood Mac - Songbird (Christie McVie)

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone

Lord, we don't need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross
Enough to last 'til the end of time

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone

Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are corn fields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen Lord, if You want to know

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some, oh, but just for every, every everyone

Burt Bacharach - What the World needs Now!

Cilla Black's break-through 1964 single, albeit a cover of the Dionne Warwick original. Together with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks et al, 1964 was the year that really cemented the launch of the swinging 60's. Along with Dusty Springfield going solo, and Lulu these were the female trailblazers of 60's pop.

Burt Bacharach (Cilla Black) - Anyone Who Had A Heart

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. 

Black - Wonderful Life

Elton John - Song For Guy

Sting - Fragile

Procol Harem - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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.

James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind

Fleetwood Mac - Albatross

This is a replacement audio file as the last version appeared to have become corrupted.

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.

Chicago - Color My World

Chicago Wishing You Were Here

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

Sting - Fields Of Gold

10CC - I'm Not In Love

Simon And Garfunkle - Bridge Over Troubled Water

The Hollies - He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother

Dire Straits - Why Worry

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!