Composed by Reynold D. PhilipsekCopyright Zino-Rephi Music BMIAll Rights Reserved St. Germain Street is the Main Street of my old hometown.I have many memories of riding my bike down this street on a summer afternoon or walking home from high school on a fall day.I haven’t lived in St. Cloud in over 35 years but I still do play there […]
Written and performed by Reynold D. PhilipsekCopyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music (BMI)All Rights Reserved When I was a kid, my parents had a small oval miniature of a Frans Hals (17th Century painter) painting called, “The Laughing Cavalier.” I think (not sure) that this small replica artifact came from my great grandmother who was born in Holland (most of my ancestors
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Composed by Reynold D. PhilipsekCopyright Zino-Rephi Music BMIAll Rights ReservedGuitars by ReynoldAcoustic bass by Matt Senjem The title is taken from the typical beatnik or bebop musician look. The music is essentially a minor blues but the changes go through some channels that are a bit more out of the typical pattern. The whole point of the piece is to
This should appear in the LA Jazz Scene online publication, but it won’t be until December. When that happens I’ll post a link to the review. Until then, I wanted to share. Reynold D. PhilipsekPicture This Reynold D. Philipsek has always loved overdubbing his guitars to create warm and varied musical landscapes. He began on the guitar when he was
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Halloween has always been a special time for me. In October of the year I turned 12 years old, I was so under the influence of Edgar Allan Poe that I took to going down into the basement each night to write some pretty bad Gothic poetry by candlelight with a homemade quill. My mother was amused by this phase
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I’m at an interesting point in my musical life. A turning point. I’m trying to figure out exactly what my musical personality is. Some might say this is a mighty late stage to be figuring that out but it is what it is. I do think I have made my very best records in the past ten years. The best moments