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Afraid of the Dark

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2019 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass, vocals-reynoldDrums-Beth VarelaKeys-Gregg InhoferEngineer- Stymie Seamans I wrote and recorded this around Halloween time in 2019. Since I was a kid I have loved that time of year. This song appears on my most recent album “All You Can Do (Is All You CanDo)”. The lyrics were supposed to reflect […]

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Kiki

(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2015 Zino-Rephi) “Kiki” was the name of our female Lhasa Apso. She lived to eighteen years and four months, which is a long life for a dog. This tune is for her and it tries to depict the innocent playfulness of a high spirited dog. We now have a beautiful Havanese female

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1965

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2012 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) 1965 was a big year for me. I was twelve years old and forming my first band. I remember a lot of the music that I liked at that time, which included The Beatles, The Kinks, and Burt Bacharach songs done by various artists. I also remember the

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TIME

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) I worked on this during the winter of 2018-2019 in the pre-pandemic time while we were in Fort Myers Beach which has sadly been hit very hard by a hurricane. I have always liked the “Theme and Variations” form. While writing this, I often referred to Rachmaninoff (variations

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Fandango

(Composed and performed by Reynold D Philipsek 2015 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars-ReynoldRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans This is an odd little piece. They say Prokofiev kept a notebook with “tidbits” of ideas and when he came to compose a piece (like the Third Piano Concerto), he would consult this notebook when he got stuck. He then would find a “tidbit” that would

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Mary

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar-ReynoldHarmonica-Clint HooverBass-Matt SenjemPercussion-Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans This is a song written for my wife. Probably one of the best sets of “harmonic changes” I have came up with (so far). This recording is a favorite because it originally was done for a project which was all recorded “live

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