Author name: Carissa Andrews

Kiki

(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 which is a long life for a dog. This tune is for her and it tries to depict the innocent playfulness of a high-spirited dog. We now have a […]

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20th Century Goodbye

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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Reverie

I had a brief (two albums) association with chromatic harmonica player Clint Hoover. In the space of about two years, we played lots of gigs and made nice music with Matt Senjem on bass and Michael Bissonnette on percussion. Then Clint moved to Pittsburgh.  This song, “Reverie,” is a tune I wrote specifically for East Side which is what we

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Kiki

“Kiki”(Composed and performed by Reynold D. PhilipsekCopyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) All Rights Reserved Kiki was the female Lhasa that lived with us for 18 and a half years. Though she inevitably had a very long life for a dog, that was nearly not so. When she was barely one year old, she contracted a lung disease and the local vet

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Pavane

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek- Zino-Rephi Music copyright/ All Rights Reserved) The definition of a “Pavane” is a 16th or 17th-century stately dance in duple meter. I am going through a sort of neo-classical period. Since I did not grow up with classical music (my mom loved Hank Williams and the Everly Brothers), I have come to that

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Hong Kong Harry

“Hong Kong Harry”(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek, 1994 copyright) I originally wrote this piece for “Global Home Movie,” which was inspired by my 1994 trip around the world. On that trip, I visited Japan and China first, then Hong Kong. I wrote tunes for nearly every leg of the trip (China, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Athens, Rome, Switzerland, Paris, Amsterdam, Bonn, and

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