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Everything Is Always

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) In March of 2020 just as the pandemic began I wrote this song quite quickly. I then recorded it on my iPhone in the backroom of our house. I hardly expected the recording to be anything but a demo. Surprisingly, it turned out quite well. I had a […]

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Welcome

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1995 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars, vocals-ReynoldKeyboards, bass-Gregg InhoferDrums-Jon NiefeldRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans In 1995, I attempted to write a sort of “musical.” It was called “House of Curiosities.”As a musical play, it was not so great, but some of the tracks on it are very nice. Especially this one. “Welcome” was obviously the

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Afraid of the Dark

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2019 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass, vocals-reynoldDrums-Beth VarelaKeys-Gregg InhoferEngineer- Stymie Seamans I wrote and recorded this around Halloween time in 2019. Since I was a kid I have loved that time of year. This song appears on my most recent album “All You Can Do (Is All You CanDo)”. The lyrics were supposed to reflect

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Kiki

(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2015 Zino-Rephi) “Kiki” was the name of our female Lhasa Apso. She lived to eighteen years and four months, which is a long life for a dog. This tune is for her and it tries to depict the innocent playfulness of a high spirited dog. We now have a beautiful Havanese female

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1965

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2012 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) 1965 was a big year for me. I was twelve years old and forming my first band. I remember a lot of the music that I liked at that time, which included The Beatles, The Kinks, and Burt Bacharach songs done by various artists. I also remember the

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TIME

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) I worked on this during the winter of 2018-2019 in the pre-pandemic time while we were in Fort Myers Beach which has sadly been hit very hard by a hurricane. I have always liked the “Theme and Variations” form. While writing this, I often referred to Rachmaninoff (variations

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