After a year where we finished production on and promotion of the documentary film “A Life Well Played,” as well as releasing a new album, “Picture This,” and playing about 100 gigs during 2017 it is time to sit back and figure out what is next. My first inclination is to prepare a solo acoustic guitar set to be done […]
I am pleased to announce that my latest album, “Picture This,” is now available exclusively in CD form, and sold here at reynold.com. It includes the following tracks: 1. Bohemian Flats 2:35 2. Chrysanthemum 2:17 3. Tango Blue 3:33 4. Silesian Mist 2:47 5. Someday Maybe 3:00 6. Matka 3:07 7. Goatee and Shades 2:34 8.
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Sidney Joseph Perelman is and likely will remain my favorite writer. Aside from the fact that he makes me laugh out loud his economy impresses me. I have a sort of mania about elegance, concision and brevity. Perelman was a brilliant miniaturist. I don’t judge art by quantity but by quality which is why some of the more long-winded Teutonic
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picture this – available soon by reynold d. philipsek For the past two years (while I was engaged with the filming and distribution of the “A Life Well Played” documentary), I was also busy putting together an album of what I could accurately call a true distillation of my musical oeuvre. This entailed not only the development of new pieces,
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I am a fan of two late Southern writers who, as it turns out, were lifelong friends: Shelby Foote and Walker Percy. Actually, I had a correspondence with Shelby Foote about 30 years ago when I was young and seeking a mentor. We exchanged letters and spoke on the phone mostly about his writing and my music. We never met
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I have been thinking a lot lately about why some music attracts my interest and other music does not. Then I thought about the music of two of my contemporaries who for reasons that will soon become obvious will remain nameless. Both of these contemporaries are solid technical musicians and prolific composers. They are also both very well known. Musician
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