“Sunbeam”(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright and All Rights Reserved, Zino-Reph Music BMI) I wrote and recorded this piece nearly 20 years ago. I did all of the instruments except the violins (local college students) and flute (Don Anderson). This piece was inspired by the Adagio second movement of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. I have always been […]
Generally speaking, I am not keen on “favorites” lists but I will contradict myself and offer one up anyway. Besides, people often ask me things like “who is your favorite guitarist,” etc. Favorite guitarists – Django Reinhardt, Pat Martino, Jeff Beck, John Mc Laughlin, Paco de Lucia, Wes Montgomery Favorite painters – Vermeer, Ilya Repin, Van Gogh, Rembrandt Favorite writers
I thought I would add a little “track by track” analysis to better explain what I was thinking when I assembled this album. “St. Germain Street” is the name of the Main Street of the hometown of my childhood. Though I have not lived there in nearly 40 years, I still harbor some fond memories of this street. These memories
Written and performed by Reynold D. PhilipsekCopyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music (BMI)All Rights Reserved When I was a kid, my parents had a small oval miniature of a Frans Hals (17th Century painter) painting called, “The Laughing Cavalier.” I think (not sure) that this small replica artifact came from my great grandmother who was born in Holland (most of my ancestors
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Composed by Reynold D. PhilipsekCopyright Zino-Rephi Music BMIAll Rights ReservedGuitars by ReynoldAcoustic bass by Matt Senjem The title is taken from the typical beatnik or bebop musician look. The music is essentially a minor blues but the changes go through some channels that are a bit more out of the typical pattern. The whole point of the piece is to
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 Allan Poe that I took to going down into the basement each night to write some pretty bad Gothic poetry by candlelight with a homemade quill. My mother was amused by this phase
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