“Welcome”(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1995 and 2026 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars and vocals-ReynoldDrums-Jon NiefeldKeyboards and bass-Gregg InhoferRecorded by Stymie SeamansVideo production by Rene Erickson I have been revisiting several tracks from the 1995 CD album “House of Curiosities.” With that album I was trying to put together a musical “play” or story. I guess the general theme […]
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“No Nothing”(Written by Reynold D. Philipsek 2007 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)All instruments and vocal by Reynold Except bass by Luke KramerRecorded by Stymie Seamans (I wanted to drift a bit toward the humorous aspect of existence just about now because the day to day reality can be harsh and down “right” oppressive.) This recording is kind of a “Swampy” and minimalistic
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“It Never Ends”(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2022 and 2026 copyright Zino-Reohi Music BMI)Recording engineer and high vocal harmony by Stymie SeamansVideo production by Rene Erickson As I have said before, the earliest exposure to recorded music I had was in my preschool years when I would play my mother’s records on our little brown Zenith Record player.
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“Odds and Ends” (Written, arranged and orchestrated by Reynold D. Philipsek 1995 and 2026 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, vocals-ReynoldDrums-JR HammondBass-Luke KramerCello-Ellen GilsonHorns-Zane SchaeferEngineers-Stymie Seamans and JR Hammond In 1995, I tried to write something like a “musical play” called “House of Curiosities.” I wrote all of the tunes and assembled them on an album in 1995 by that same name attempting
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“Etude in E Major” (Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2012 and 2026 copyright Zino-Rephi Music)Recording engineer-Stymie Seamans Video produced by Rene Erickson I was listening to a Debussy piano piece one day and a certain melodic shape struck me and this piece resulted. Some patterns form a clarity and that has a parallel to the designs made from seemingly random
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“Someday Maybe” (Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 and 2026 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars-ReynoldBass-Jeff BrueskeHarmonica-Clint HooverKeys-Gregg Inhofer, Percussion- Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans Some days (depends on what day you ask me) I would say this is one of the most perfectly realized non-vocal recordings I have ever made. What I mean by that is that the song, arrangement, players
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