(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)
All voices and instruments by Reynold
Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans
Greetings.
I am a sucker for certain mid-1960’s music. The Beatles of course, Burt Bacharach, Antonio Carlos Jobim and much of the movie music of the time like Henry Mancini’s and European (mostly French and Italian) film scores. A certain emphasis on bittersweet and slightly nostalgic melody and harmony sometimes including the use of vocalization without words was a hallmark. Pat Metheny often makes use of wordless vocals. Vocal without words is, in the end, a universal human communication.
In my own small way I try to reproduce the atmosphere of one of those European film scores on this piece. There is a certain magic to that music that still gets to me. (The theme from the 1966 French film “A Man and a Woman” is a prime example).
To my ears that music always tried to reach for a certain magic or what an old music teacher of mine used to euphemistically refer to as “the subtle opium” in music.
Part of this song employs the 3-3-2 rhythm that Piazzolla developed in Nuevo Tango. Use headphones if possible.
Be kind.
Love,
Reyn