Dweezil Zappa

(5 votes)   There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazines like Rolling Stone.

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(5 votes)   We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band for at least 3 months. If it took him that long to be comfortable we probably would need double the amount, but It's just not financially possible to do so.

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(12 votes)   In fact, musicianship is at an all time low, so anybody who's actually good at their instrument is probably unpopular at this particular moment.

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(11 votes)   But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.

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(11 votes)   I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level themselves.

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(11 votes)   I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task because It's not ever going to be plastered all over the radio for the masses.

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(10 votes)   And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not.

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(10 votes)   As far as solo records, there's ten years between it. As far as other releases, there's, I don't know, four or five years between it.

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(10 votes)   For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion.

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(5 votes)   While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

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(13 votes)   I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.

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(10 votes)   But I've done some soundtrack things with my brother for stuff, and I'm hoping to get into actual scoring. That's really where I'd like to end up.

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(10 votes)   I know my name gets used illegally all the time all over the internet. You know, it is a trademarked name, so it will be something that we always have to deal with. I never needed to change it. It was always fine with me. It is a strange name; that's for sure.

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(10 votes)   I'm working still a bit on Lisa Loeb's new record, and that's going to be a great record when it finally gets a chance to come out.

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(9 votes)   I'm not going to be doing any touring.

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