“The Great Unknown” (Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1988 and 2022 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI all rights reserved)Guitars and vocal-ReynoldSteel guitar-Stymie SeamansDrums-Rob Davies Bass-Brandon LenzRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans In 1967 I was stil at St. Anthony’s grade school. I was already playing in a band called Form IV (later to be renamed The Cure of Ares). This is also the precise time the […]
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“Afraid of the Dark” (Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass and vocals- ReynoldDrums- Beth VarelaKeyboards- Gregg InhoferEngineer- Stymie Seamans Halloween has always been a special time for me. In October of the year I turned 12 years old I was so under the influence of Edgar Alan Poe that I took to going down
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“Chrysanthemum” (Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2017 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars-ReynoldKeys-Gregg InhoferRecording engineer-Stymie SeamansVideo created by J.R. Hammond The idea of this piece was to depict the opening of a flower by “opening” up the harmony as the song evolves. The harmonies (to my ears) are a bit “Ravelian”. (My better pieces emanate from chords I work up on my early
“Spaghetti Western”(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1993 re-released and mastered 2012)Reynold-lots of guitars, bass, knee-slap “horse gallop”, wooden “train flute”, whoops and hollers, tambourine, “gunshots”Recording engineer and co-producer-Stymie Seamans My original memories of “spaghetti western” films (like the Clint Eastwood mid to late 1960’s variety) emanates from taking friends in my 56” Ford to the “Ten High”
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“1965”(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2012and 2025 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Live performance video by Rene Erickson 1965 was a big year for me. I was already playing guitar at that time because I started at age ten. I loved The Beatles, Burt Bacharach and had heard Wes Montgomery for the first time when my parents got a new Stereo
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“Dervish”Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans This piece is a little exuberant but a quick 6/8 is pretty buoyant by natural design. This brisk music is supposed to be light-hearted fun. As always, there are improvised “choruses” after the statement of theme. I’ve been listening to the late virtuoso Romanian pianist/composer Dinu
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