Roma

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2000 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar-ReynoldHarmonica-Clint HooverBass-Matt SenjemPercussion-Michael BissonnetteRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans  Just wanted to pass on a little music for the week. Since it will be quite a while until there are gigs again, this is my way of sharing some music and, after all, that is what I was put on this planet to do, […]

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Someday Maybe

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2007) Guitar, vocal-ReynoldBass-Matt Senjem I have recorded three versions of this song. I have done this with several songs of mine. This is justifiable in my mind. After all, Django recorded several versions of “Nuages” and “Manoir.” This is the only existing vocal version of “Someday Maybe.” I had high hopes for this song and

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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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