Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2020 copyright Zino-Rephi Music)
Video produced by Rene Erickson
In late March, 2020, I had just returned home from a short visit with a friend in Florida when the COVID pandemic began.
At first, there was a sort of panic as we all remember. My response was to sit down one day and write a song very quickly. This is that song. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years.
March 26, 2020, I went into the back room of our house and “demoed” the piece on the memo app of my iPhone. I was surprised that a song appeared so quickly, but even more surprised when this relatively low-tech “live” recording sounded fairly good.
I had a concept for a video and passed on the demo and the concept to my friend Rene Erickson who creates most of my video projects. To my surprise, he took the recording and created a great video for it that day. The whole project, from conception to final video, took less than twelve hours. Something like this has never happened for me before, and likely won’t again. This recording is just me, a Fender Telecaster, a small amp, and an iPhone.
(Please be aware that there are lyrics and a vocal in this song which are very important but don’t occur until near the end of the piece.)
Be kind.
Love,
Reyn