“Matka”composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music (BMI)guitars-reynoldaccordion-Denny Malmberg Both of my parents passed on in the past few years. Suddenly I realized I had neglected to appreciate my heritage. My paternal ancestry came from Upper Silesia and more specifically a city in Poland called Opole. Quite rightly they settled on homesteads with other immigrants in Central Minnesota […]
“Picture This” In the almost 50 years I have made commercially available recordings (I made the first one when I was 15 years old), the recording world has changed greatly. Of course, in the beginning of my career, vinyl discs (45RPM singles and 33RPM LPs) were the creative medium. Later of course this evolved to cassettes and then CDs. Now
“Silesian Mist” (composed by reynold d. philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) guitar, mandolin-reynold percussion-michael bissonnette acoustic bass-matt senjem My family comes from the eastern part of Europe (Poland, Ukraine and Bohemia or Silesia). My natural tendency is toward harmonies that reflect an Eastern European bent which are basically minor scalar things with flattened fifths and raised sevenths. That might
“1965” composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2012 Zino-Rephi Music (BMI) 1965 when I was 12 years old was a big year for music in my opinion. I already played guitar and was writing some very primitive music of my own. The Beatles were big on my list as were Wes Montgomery and Burt Bacharach. This song somehow
“Vienna Blues” written and performed by Reynold Philipsek 2011 copyright zino-rephi music (BMI) The Second Viennese school of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern has long been of interest to me. The idea of composing a melody line comprised of all 12 notes without repeating any is a tough job. I have written two pieces based on a 12 tone line and
“Sweet On You” Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2013 copyright Zino-Rephi Music (BMI) I have written two songs for my wife thus far. The first is an instrumental simply called “Mary.” The second song is with vocal and is highlighted here. Since the vast majority of my recordings have been instrumental and featuring guitar, there are a lot