Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music)Video produced by Rene Erickson In late March, 2020, I had just returned home from a short visit with a friend in Florida when the COVID pandemic began. At first, there was a sort of panic as we all remember. My response was to sit down one day and write […]
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(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars-ReynoldBass-Jeff BrueskeHarmonica-Clint HooverKeys-Gregg Inhofer,Percussion- Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans Some days (depends on what day you ask me) I would say this is the most perfectly realized non-vocal recording I have ever made. What I mean by that is that the song, arrangement, players and production all convene
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2019 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Video directed by Rene Erickson The main theme of “Time” I have reused a few times including this rather lengthy“theme and variations” I recorded this for YouTube in 2019. The music lent itself to “theme and variations” because this B minor theme has a sort of “timeless” and elementary
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(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 1998 copyright)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans More than 20 years ago I endeavored to do a completely A Capella (all vocal) album. This can be tedious work as the songs have to accommodate that approach and then the multi-tracking of one person doing all the vocal tracks is a real labor. (Todd Rundgren did
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2013 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Vocals and guitars-reynoldAcoustic bass-Matt SenjemPercussion by Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans Maybe this is just aimless self-aggrandizement but it always has seemed to me that musicians are a bit like the central character in the Johnny Appleseed myth. They are itinerant workers who hopefully are sowing some small seeds
(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars and mandolin-ReynoldPercussion-Michael BissonnetteAcoustic bass-Matt SenjemRecorded by Stymie Seamans This is one of my “signature” tunes and has been a staple of the live performance set along with “Butterfly,” “Sans Souci,” “July,” “Astoria,” and “Beatnik Pie” for some time. I am joined on this recording by Matt and Michael,