(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1993 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)All vocals and instruments by ReynoldRecorded by Stymie SeamansMastered at Bernie Grundman MasteringRecorded May 1993 This new video revisits an old tune that I forgot about until recently when going through my archive of CDs and tape masters. Thirty years ago I hit on the idea of a song where […]
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek’s 2023 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass and vocal- ReynoldDrums-Mo EngelKeys-Gregg InhoferRecorded by Stymie Seamans on April 5, 2023 When I was very young my Aunt Louise gave me a tiny wooden windmill she brought back from a trip to Holland. I still have that little wooden windmill. In my mind windmills (especially old
(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2011 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) One of my grandmothers was born in Poland (Mechnica, Krapkowice, Opole Voivodeship, Poland). She lived to be 92 and came to the U.S. at the age of 12. (By the way, my mother also lived until the age of 92.) This piece is simple like a folk song
(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2011 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars and bass-ReynoldDrums-J. R. HammondRecording engineer: Stymie Seamans First of all, I use a “processed” sound on some of the electric guitars. That’s not so usual for me. There are lots of guitar tracks here, too, including a “capoed” acoustic with non-standard tuning. It may not be obvious but Ravel’s “Bolero”
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2012 copyright Zino-Rephi Music)’Recording engineer-Stymie Seamans I was listening to a Debussy piano piece one day and a certain melodic shape or fragment stuck with me and this piece resulted. Patterns form clarity and that has a parallel to the designs made from seemingly random elements in the universe. An “etude” is a
(“Up Town” composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) I last posted/sent out the track “Up Town.” This short film is about that song’s creation. This video was culled from the 2016 documentary “A Life Well Played,” which Rene Erickson directed. It is essentially a collection of outtakes that were assembled into a new and
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