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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Since many performances are currently being postponed due to the virus pandemic I thought it was useful to once again direct attention to a few (three) videos that present some live performance and commentary.Take care. Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KRxC8CGLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whOKhuzQI4E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcvrYk4ly-8
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As is typical with a documentary film, the DVD edition has additional features not included in the film proper. Such was the case with “A Life Well Played.” We have decided to finally make these outtake features publicly available, with two separate features, now on YouTube. Please follow the links below. Up Town: From Concept to CD | A Life
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“Up Town”Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Guitar-reynoldKeys- Gregg InhoferBass- Matt SenjemPercussion- Michael Bissonnette The director of the documentary “A Life Well Played” asked me to write a song especially for use in the film. He wanted to show the development of a tune from writing, rehearsing, and recording. I was working on a song called “October”