(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans This tune is still in my active performing repertoire. I especially like playing it with violinist Gary Schulte who sails through the melody with real flare. The changes are also fun to improvise on. I heard this one by chance on Spotify yesterday and decided to […]
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1993 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)All vocals and instruments by ReynoldRecorded by Stymie SeamansMastered at Bernie Grundman MasteringRecorded May 1993 This new video revisits an old tune that I forgot about until recently when going through my archive of CDs and tape masters. Thirty years ago I hit on the idea of a song where
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek’s 2023 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass and vocal- ReynoldDrums-Mo EngelKeys-Gregg InhoferRecorded by Stymie Seamans on April 5, 2023 When I was very young my Aunt Louise gave me a tiny wooden windmill she brought back from a trip to Holland. I still have that little wooden windmill. In my mind windmills (especially old
(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
(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
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2007 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Engineered by John Hammond The title means “the sweetness of doing nothing.” I learned this admirable phrase in Italy quite a few years ago. Generally speaking, Italians are people who have a healthy attitude about such things. The idea here musically was to try to find a quaint and