Some good questions and some really dumb ones. The most interesting part for me was the discussion of various music halls and buildings used for rock/Zappa shows. And the mixture of guitar strings he described was most unusual. Thanks for posting.
I liked hearing people "take issue" with Frank and him just telling them like it is. He was critisized throughout his career and continued to make music and voice his thoughts however he chose without worry of what anyone thought. Take it or leave it, he did his thing. His thing was brilliant in my opinion.
I discovered Zapoa at age 8, my Daf put on Billy the mountain....I lost my shit. Became a Zapoa audiophile before it was easily accessible. The work was gratifying. I collected vinyl, original releases...bootlegs n such. ZAPPA IS THE BEST. A TRUE INTELEXTUAL AND VIRTUOSO WITH A MISSION. MUCH APPRECIATED
zappa was simple man. he just realized and carried out what was inside his brain to a certain (HIGH) level of professionalism and with the help of what was in the brains of others who were froced byhim to a certain level of professionalism. theres no big genius myth about it. he just had fun, loved music and dots and lived it on a straight working ethic. thats why i liked him and the stuff he and his musicians made^^
33:00 I would have had a follow up question here. If he considers himself limited on the guitar and not "jazz enthused" then how come he was able to write such great music using jazz forms (inca roads etc)? I guess he's saying that he has knowledge of jazz but he's just limited as a soloist?
Pretty much. In my experience as a guitar player, I have trouble soloing over multiple or fas chord changes, especially when they change key. My fault is that I'm too lazy and busy to sit down and practice that skill, I would imagine Frank was too busy to properly practice it too. You have to comprehend every single note and possible route in real time. Its difficult, and guitar seems to me, to be harder to conceptualize than a chromatic keyboard.
@@MastaSquidGT5 yes I think so. I dont remember seeing him ever solo over changes. Stevies spanking is like a 10 minute long riff. Yeah same here. I can do I IV V blues changes and know which scale notes to change to in various styles, but that's basically it.. unless I do variations of an already learned solo or work it out ahead of time
I don’t know what you mean when you call Inca Roads a “jazz form.” It doesn’t use a dense set of chord changes that you’d hear in jazz. People often refer to Zappa’s music as jazzy or jazz-inspired, but I just don’t see it that way - there’s modality in his music but doesn’t seem to go farther than that.
@@lukeparnell5572 You probably know more about the technicality of it than me. I suppose I'm thinking more of the chords George Duke plays which I guess Zappa might not have written specifically
The reason no one's interested in classical music is that it demands parking your ass in a chair and giving the music your undivided attention for two hours. We don't listen to music that way any more.
