New Music

Dolce Far Niente

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2007 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Engineered by John Hammond The title means “the sweetness of doing nothing.” I learned this admirable phrase in Italy quite a few years ago. Generally speaking, Italians are people who have a healthy attitude about such things. The idea here musically was to try to find a quaint and […]

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At Ease In My Own Skin

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2022 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)All of instruments and vocal by Reynold except drums by Mo EngelRecorded by Stymie Seamans This is the seventh and final new song and recording from the summer of 2022. All have been posted on my YouTube channel which is my current mode of sharing music. Many of these

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Holy Fright

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) First off, I hope you are all well. During the last six years of my mother’s life, she had dementia. Part of that included aphasia. Meaning she couldn’t speak. During those last years, I accepted the fact that she couldn’t speak. Hard fact but real. One day as

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July

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2000 and 2022 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar and vocal-reynoldBass-Matt SenjemFlutes-Al AsmusRecorded by Stymie Seamans July may be my favorite month of the year (October is a close second). There are six very different versions of this tune on the record. This is one I nearly forgot about but might be my favorite. Matt

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New Song: It Never Ends

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2022 copyright Zino-Reohi Music BMI)(Recording engineer and high vocal harmony by Stymie Seamans) I have said before that the earliest exposure to recorded music I had was in my preschool years when I would play my mother’s records on our little Zenith Record player. I played records by Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Johnny

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In Perpetuity

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2022 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans The world seems like it is going through some real changes the past couple of years and that has me pondering the bigger picture. I remain hopeful (difficult sometimes) that people will find their inner light. The main recurring theme in this piece is supposed

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