This protracted period of forced solitude and just my age, in general, have been instrumental in my recent musings about my life and so-called career as a musician. One thing I have noticed for some time now is how people who are not involved in the music biz have some false notions about the reality of it. A comment I […]
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I hope you are all well and keeping your distance. Here is a little music to hopefully brighten your day. Stay well. Reyn (Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1997 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) (Lyrics) “Some war, some peace, All the happenstance between Our two eternities in the meantime. Is this an age of wonder or just Babylon? A spectacular sunset
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Performed and written by Reynold PhilipsekCopyright Zino-Rephi Music (BMI) Back in the mid-1970s, I took some college-level music classes. These were still the days when the Second Viennese School of Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg influence prevailed. They were the early 20th-century Austrian composers who explored the 12-tone technique. This roughly means a melodic line has to sound every note of
“1965”Written and performed by Reynold Philipsek copyright Zino-Rephi Music (BMI) This song, “1965,” is a fond look back to my early years. I was 12 years old in 1965 and already a guitar player and fledgling songwriter. This piece is full of hidden or codified nuggets taken from music I remember from that time, like Motown, Bacharach, and the Beatles