(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2015 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans This piece in C sharp minor is a particularly Slavic melancholy key. Chopin, Scriabin, and Rachmaninov all wrote short pieces in this key. I use the title to commemorate “Sasha” (Scriabin’s nickname) and Dinu (Dinu Lipatti a Romanian 1917-1950). If you are not familiar with […]
(New Video)(Composed, arranged and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2022 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)All instruments and voices by ReynoldRecording engineer: Stymie Seamans On March 16, 2022, I spent a few hours recording this new song. My friend Rene Erickson created this video for it on my YouTube channel. The video follows the general idea about the “grand horizon” being our
That Grand Horizon Read More »
“Imagine That”*(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 1998 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer:Stymie Seamans The music I am posting here is a bit different than my usual fare. More than 20 years ago I endeavored to do a completely A Capella (all vocal) album. This can be tedious work as the songs have to accommodate that approach and then
(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.
(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
(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