(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2015 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)
Recording engineer-Stymie Seamans
“Kiki” was the name of our female Lhasa Apso. She lived to eighteen years and four months old which is a long life for a dog.
This tune is for her.
We now have a beautiful Havanese female named Sasha or “Sashi.”
I tried to write something that portrayed the unique wiggle Kiki had when she ran. Oddly, “Sashi” has a similar running motion which is sort of mystical.
We have had at least one canine family member for most of the last 40 plus years.
I have never attempted to play this song after the day I recorded it.
Some songs have a certain “inevitable” thing about them that makes them destined to become part of the permanent repertoire and others (like this one) are pleasant enough but are meant to only exist as a moment in time. In that way, they have a specialness about them.
I really believe in the recording process and it is by far my favorite means of making music.As stated previously, I started recording little pieces of music since my mother first bought a tape recorder for me when I was fourteen. In the “archives” in the basement of our “grey chalet” I had carpenters install special shelving not only for all of the records and CDs I have made but also for the hundred of reels of tape most of which has not been played for years. There are reels of quarter-inch tape, half-inch tape, one and two-inch tape as well. I suppose my nieces, nephews, or godson will inherit this “treasure.’
Stay well. Be kind.
Love,
Reyn