“Simplicity” (Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2013 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar, bass, keyboard and vocals- ReynoldBongos- Jim SillowayEngineer- Stymie Seamans (If the subject heading for this blog seems cryptic, please check out the lyrics at the bottom of this page.) The subject matter is a common one for me: the proverbial “is life random or design” question. I tried […]
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“Melody for Evelyn” (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. The entire ensemble plays well and sympathetically here which
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(Composed, arranged and orchestrated by Reynold. D. Philipsek 2023 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars and vocals-ReynoldDrums-Jon NiefeldBass-Luke KramerHorns- Zane SchaeferRecorded by Stymie Seamans I really had forgotten about this song and recording but then heard it by accident at a friend’s house and this triggered a very interesting moment of consciousness. I could (though only briefly) hear my own music objectively
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A few years ago director Rene Erickson did a 30 minute documentary about my musical career (such as it is). The film was entered into a few film festivals and did win first place as documentary short at the 2016 Highway 61 Film Festival. If you have not seen it please check it out with link here and let me
Unless you were at the original theatre showing of the documentary, “A Life Well Played,†you probably don’t know about this album. If you bought a ticket to that “showing†you probably have a CD copy. It is a sort of “best of†compilation. This is a link to MNSPIN which is the Minneapolis Hennepin County Library’s streaming service. They
This clip is compiled from outtakes from the documentary “A Life Well Played.” I think it may be of interest to some as it is meant to show the entire process from writing a song, to rehearsing, recording, mixing and mastering. It never made the final cut of the documentary but was included as an “extra” on the DVD. I
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