Ireno Funes

Ireno Funes

Influences Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yes, Supertramp, Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, Vangelis, Terry Riley, Mike Oldfield, Spirit, Focus, Brand X, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Beatles,

Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Erik Satie, Ravel, Philip Glass,

Nick Drake, Jean Michel Jarre, KD Lang, Leonard Cohen, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Acoustic Alchemy, Jon Hopkins, Tom Middleton, Zero 7.

I used to be in a local, Guildford, UK band "Brandenburg" in the '70s. We haven't officially split although the last gig was in 2008.

Brandenburg consisted of me on Fender Rhodes, Paul Venables guitar, Paul "Doppa" Mackensie drums, Tim Comley Bass and Keith Burchett on Synth and Piano.

I have fond memories of the band including one notable gig at Jacobs Well Village Hall where our prog rock band performed to a largely unreceptive punk group audience. Our performance precipitated a massive brawl outside the hall.

This, I believe, was the moment which heralded the takeover of Punk from Progressive Rock. Brandenburg took it on the chin, literally.

Instruments

Yamaha S90 keyboard

Recording Hardware

Audio Technica AD2020 Microphone, Audient ID14 pre Amp, AMD Ryzen 3700x 8-Core 3.59 GHz.

Scoring and Mixing Software

Cakewalk by Bandlab, Sonitus Equalisation, Boost 11, Windows 10

Software instruments

Native Instruments, Komplete 11 Ultimate, Yamaha S90 sounds, East West Quantum Leap Goliath, East West FabFour, East West Symphonic Orchestra Silver, Rapture, Addictive Drums.

Listening

Prodipe Pro8 Bi-Amp Monitoring Speakers, DT 770 PRO 250 Ohms Headphones