(Composed and performed my Reynold D. Philipsek Zino-Rephi Music copyright 2018 All Rights Reserved)Recorded by Stymie Seamans I first came across the term “Pavane” through my interest in Maurice Ravel. Both Ravel and his teacher Gabriel Faure wrote pieces based on this older form. In general, my preference for so-called “classical” music is that music which emanates from France and […]
8 solo performances (All songs composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2016 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) These eight solo pieces are essentially unused outtakes from the documentary “A Life Well Played.” Since it will be a good long time (if ever) before I perform any public solo acoustic guitar material, it’s very appropriate to pass this on.Over the years,
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(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars-ReynoldKeyboards- Gregg InhoferRecorded by Stymie Seamans This track is a rarity. This song has never appeared on an album and really only exists as this YouTube video. John Hammond created the video using images from all points past in my musical history. I gave him pretty much free reign on
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recorded by Stymie Seamans For some listeners well acquainted with Chopin you might be able to spot a fragment from his “Barcarolle”. I used this fragment as a starting point to create the piece. I take this modified fragment and proceed to touch on all 12 major keys. The
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(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) For many years I have been trying to prepare a solo repertoire. Not because I dislike playing in small groups (or larger ones for that matter) but because I wanted the independence. This started as a sort of “practice” piece and evolved into something that could stand on
(Traditional piece arranged and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek)Recorded by Stymie SeamansVideo by Rene Erickson This is literally the first song I ever learned on guitar when I was ten years old. In fact, the reason I still play the piece in E minor (it is normally done in D minor) is because E minor is the original key I