Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recorded by Stymie Seamans 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer had such an effect on me that in my early thirties, I decided to go to art school part-time to learn how to paint with oils. After two years, I realized that as a painter I was merely an […]
Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music)Video produced by Rene Erickson In late March, 2020, I had just returned home from a short visit with a friend in Florida when the COVID pandemic began. At first, there was a sort of panic as we all remember. My response was to sit down one day and write
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(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars-ReynoldBass-Jeff BrueskeHarmonica-Clint HooverKeys-Gregg Inhofer,Percussion- Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans Some days (depends on what day you ask me) I would say this is the most perfectly realized non-vocal recording I have ever made. What I mean by that is that the song, arrangement, players and production all convene
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2019 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Video directed by Rene Erickson The main theme of “Time” I have reused a few times including this rather lengthy“theme and variations” I recorded this for YouTube in 2019. The music lent itself to “theme and variations” because this B minor theme has a sort of “timeless” and elementary
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(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 1998 copyright)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans More than 20 years ago I endeavored to do a completely A Capella (all vocal) album. This can be tedious work as the songs have to accommodate that approach and then the multi-tracking of one person doing all the vocal tracks is a real labor. (Todd Rundgren did
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2013 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Vocals and guitars-reynoldAcoustic bass-Matt SenjemPercussion by Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans Maybe this is just aimless self-aggrandizement but it always has seemed to me that musicians are a bit like the central character in the Johnny Appleseed myth. They are itinerant workers who hopefully are sowing some small seeds