New Music

Grey Chalet

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2002 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars-Reynold Bass-Mike Zeleny Recorded by J.R. Hammond “Grey Chalet” is what we named our house of 39 years, for the simple and obvious reason that it looks like a ski chalet and the house is grey. The song and recording have a certain jaunty charm but I can’t help but …

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Paint Your Own World

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1995 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars and vocals-Reynold Drums-Jon Niefeld Bass-Luke Kramer Horns-Zane Schaefer Recorded by Stymie Seamans I recently had archive shelving built in the basement to house all of the CDs, vinyl, cassettes, master tapes, ADATS and scrapbooks I have accumulated over a long music career. All of this recorded media …

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Rococo

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans This tune is still in my active performing repertoire. I especially like playing it with violinist Gary Schulte who sails through the melody with real flare. The changes are also fun to improvise on. I heard this one by chance on Spotify yesterday and decided to …

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All I’ll Say

(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 …

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Windmills

(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 …

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Fandango

(Composed and performed by Reynold D Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars-ReynoldRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans This is an odd little piece. They say Prokofiev kept a notebook with “tidbits” of ideas and when he came to compose a piece (like the Third Piano Concerto), he would consult this notebook when he got stuck. He then would find a “tidbit” that would …

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