(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) One day in late March of 2020 I wrote this song quite spontaneously. That does not happen often. I then recorded it on my iPhone in the backroom of our house. I hardly expected the recording to be anything but a demo. An in-the-moment “phone” recording rarely comes […]
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(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans This is one of many solo guitar pieces I’ve composed through the years. I must have at least 30 of them in my repertoire now. Sometimes I identify songs with specific seasons and this one says “autumn.” Since that season will soon be upon us,
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(Traditional)Performed and arranged by Reynold D.PhilipsekRecording engineer: Stymie SeamansVideo by Rene Erickson Happy July. I chose this recording to send out to bring in a favorite month/time of year. This is literally the first song I ever learned on guitar when I was about ten years old. In fact, the reason I still play the piece in E minor (it
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2012 Zino-Rephi Music BMI All Rights Reserved)Video produced by Rene Erickson 1965 was a memorable year for me. Although I was only 12 years old I had been playing guitar for two years already and was putting together my first band The Charades (with two classmates at St. Anthony’s grade school). The
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1994 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars, vocals, keyboards-ReynoldDrums-Steve Read-SmithBass-Luke KramerTrombone-Zane Schaefer, Lowell LarsonEngineer-Stymie Seamans This song’s lyrics were derived from a list of pub names from the London phonebook. Musically, I really tried to capture the late sixties English pop vibe and I think Stymie and all of the involved players made that
(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2009 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar-ReynoldChromatic harmonica- Clint HooverBass- Matt SenjemPercussion- Michael BissonnetteRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans This is a song for my mother, Evelyn. My mother lived until the age of 92 which is a good score in the game of life if you ask me. My mother was very interested in music and it was her