“Matka”composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music (BMI)guitars-reynoldaccordion-Denny Malmberg Both of my parents passed on in the past few years. Suddenly I realized I had neglected to appreciate my heritage. My paternal ancestry came from Upper Silesia and more specifically a city in Poland called Opole. Quite rightly they settled on homesteads with other immigrants in Central Minnesota […]
“Picture This” In the almost 50 years I have made commercially available recordings (I made the first one when I was 15 years old), the recording world has changed greatly. Of course, in the beginning of my career, vinyl discs (45RPM singles and 33RPM LPs) were the creative medium. Later of course this evolved to cassettes and then CDs. Now
“The Pubs of London” Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1994 copyright Zino-Reph Music (BMI) guitars, synth, glockenspiel and vocals-Reynold Zane Schaefer- trombone and trumpet Lowell Larson-trombone Steve Read-Smith-drums Luke Kramer- bass (from “Global Home Movie.”) I had already spent much time in England before 1994 but by this time I had a good friend who was living and
The Pubs of London Read More »
“Astoria”composed by Reynold D. Philipsek2008 copyrightguitar-reynoldharmonica-Clint HooverThis is an outtake clip from the documentary “A Life Well Played”.It was just recently rediscovered.The clip is of Clint Hoover (harmonica) and me playing “Astoria” ( a song we recorded in 2008).Clint and I eventually went on to form the quartet East Side with Matt Senjem and Michael Bissonnette.We made two albums.Clint has
Astoria Outtake Clip Read More »
“Someday Maybe” (written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) guitar- Reynold harmonica- Clint Hoover bass- Jeff Brueske keyboards- Gregg Inhofer percussion- Michael Bissonnette This is from my new album, “Picture This.” A version of this song was originally recorded for “Anthology.” This “new” version has added piano and synths strings which, in my opinion, enhance the
“Silesian Mist” (composed by reynold d. philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) guitar, mandolin-reynold percussion-michael bissonnette acoustic bass-matt senjem My family comes from the eastern part of Europe (Poland, Ukraine and Bohemia or Silesia). My natural tendency is toward harmonies that reflect an Eastern European bent which are basically minor scalar things with flattened fifths and raised sevenths. That might