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(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2008 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitar-Reynold Cello parts- Dianne Tremaine Violin parts- Carolyn Boulay Recording engineer-Stymie Seamans I wanted to write a sort of “antique” and plaintive theme. I then wrote a sort of faux string quartet accompaniment. The violin and cello each had two parts to overdub creating four individual string parts. […]

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Roma

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2000 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar-ReynoldSax- Al AsmusBass- Jeff EngholmPiano-Gregg InhoferRecording engineer: John Ray Hammond I wrote this over song 20 years ago. There are several recorded versions. But this is the earliest version. The title “Roma” has a double meaning for me and in general. Of course, it is what Italians call Rome and of

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Dark Eyes

(Traditional) Pretty much my entire summer live performance schedule is now up in the shows tab of reynold.com. This is the first song I ever learned on guitar, though I first learned it to be played all in the first position with open string notes included. I was ten years old then and have been working on a “definitive” solo

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Sans Souci

(Composed and performed by Reynold Philipsek 2008 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) In May, 2008 I went to New York City to play two rather small solo gigs and make an “in-store” appearance at J and R Music (those were still the days of “Record and CD” stores). My friend Irene Trudel at WFMU had a show back then and invited

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Beatnik Pie

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2009 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recorded by Stymie Seamans I forget the precise year I wrote this song. I think it was about 2008. I do remember how I came up with the idea, however. I was out for my daily 3.5-mile jog in the wooded area near the “grey chalet” when the main

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Neon City

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer-Stymie Seamans I had Envisioned an ultra slow-motion bebop tune. The shape of the progression and the slightly angular melody would be very Bop if you laid it under the appropriate drum part at 10 times the tempo and at a hard swing. Or so I thought. That’s

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