calvin2hikers wrote:
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Or you could not know what you're talking about. Who knows?
I do not discount that ... and have written about it in a couple of other threads.
Being the "son of ..." or a part of "a legacy..." is a dead end ... no one can win. And this has been my case with a famous father in Portuguese Literature ... I can already hear you say ... who gives a shit!
The point is, that the art has to stand up for itself and the demand will far outstretch and outpace ... anything that you and I say or want or need or give a damn about.
In the meantime, anything that we bitch about ... is meaningless ... because we do not know what the real situation is ... and we can only conjecture and hope that we get close to it.
I want to see this work succeed ... but it has to be run by someone that has an appreciation for the music and work. I doubt that Gail can understand/relate to half the music ... or anything that Frank used to consider "serious music" or what the heck is Varese all about. The same for Dweezil! Thus, they can only give you the pieces that have "rock music", or a little "jazz" in it, because the rest is probably off the wall, and no one can deal with it, and most of us have never heard anyway ... we're all rock music and guitar fans ... we don't give a shit about the rest ... see the problem?
Somewhere along the way, the perspective has to change and improve. And it can't when it is dependent on people that are not able to get past the emotional attachment and the sentimental value of it all.
That is not to suggest that Gail, or Dweezil, can not do this ... but it is to suggest that they could use some serious evaluation of what they are doing if they want to take this to the next level ... and see this improve. I already gave the example of my own family where a whole library, one third of which at least one university wanted it 20 years ago, and today ... it's just good for your fireplace ... and this is the last thing that the lady in the house wants to accept, understand, or do something about it!
If this locking up, and hiding, and not cataloguing things of Frank's work, the likelihood is that in the near future this is all crap and garbage that will be lost! Just like most "rock stars" ... that no one gives a cahoot about anymore ... their 15 minutes were up and done, and so was Frank's ... now you got to make a decision ... do you want Frank's work to be elevated beyond that fleeing 15 minutes or ... do you think this should be considered "serious music" and that it deserves better attention than it is getting.
This is where Dweezil is failing ... playing the "hits" ... he does not know, what is good or bad ... he's just kinda following along with people wanting to hear this or that ... and that part will hurt ... the only audience you get is the rock fan and guitar fan audience, and you get half assed performances that show how good Return to Forever is, and how bad ZPZ is by comparison, with no musical appreciation and emotion to show for it!
You have to elevate it all ... or it will die faster than you get older!
Make the call ... before it is too late, or you will regret one day ... not having said ... I love you!
It's really simple!
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