October 2020

Chrysanthemum

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2017 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars-ReynoldKeys-Gregg Inhofer The idea was to depict the opening of a flower by “opening” up the harmony as this song evolves. It gets harder, as time goes on, to write music that satisfies. A big part of that is that by the time you have been doing it as long […]

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Vermeer

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) 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 enthusiastic hobbyist but I’m glad

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Rara Avis

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek Zino-Rephi Music BMI All Rights Reserved) Played the final outdoor gig of the summer last month. It was a nice gig at the Edina Centennial Lakes outdoor theatre. It was well attended and the trio (Gary Schulte, Jeff Brueske, and I played well.) thanks to everyone who came out to the 7 or

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Edgar Allan Poe

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Ever since I was 12-years-old, Edgar Allan Poe was a favorite writer. I was so smitten at that age that I had my mother make a black cape for me (for some reason I thought Poe wore a cape) and I would fill a notebook with some pretty

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