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Great you are somewhat proficient on Classical Guitar ,

Just how much did FZ compose using Classical Guitars?

Regardless Bring it on.

Give us a performance of Treacherous Cretins on your classical guitar.
ZPZ will deliver professionally engineered live sound recordings on the upcoming tour.
Give us a youtube performance of just you and on your classical guitar doing Treacherous Cretins.
That should be a walk in the park for your skill sets.

ZPZ does deviate a little but they try their best to get as close as possible to FZs composition.
DZ and the core band do a fine job with that composition.

No one else is doing this. I think you are a charade but even if your notes and rhythms are in the ball park you will sound nothing at all like FZ.

After all your education it will not even be in the ballpark.
It will be in the gut nylon dimension.
I expect it to be as boring as anything else
I've seen done FZ solo cover related using the instrument of classical guitar.

Some half baked versions of Sleep Dirt and Zoot Allures by Lex Kemper I saw recently were somewhat pathetic.
He's got talent but keep practicing Lex.
1/2 Baked Sleep Dirt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF9srppLsp8
1/2 Baked Zoot Allures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO2SF26e ... re=related


I am waiting. I'll give you two days to learn it. What you need more time.
I'l give ya three months. Bring it on 10 days after Halloween.

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Trendmonger's Moment Of Clarity

FZ "Read It And Weep"
April 17,1981

Frank Zappa left the ZFT in Control of his Vaults and Artistic rights.
We the fans are not in control. We have a choice to use our eyes and ears or read it and weep.

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Hey, Trendy, he didn't say he could do better, he was reacting to your racist assertion that he was from Sweden and was somehow less equipped than you to analyse ZPZ. He replied with what he believed qualified him to be able to tell the difference between FZ's output and ZPZ's output. It's that simple, but you are completely missing the point as usual. You throw up straw dogs and shoot them down with barrages of psychobabble. A completely pointless and painful exercise.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

Like trying to reason with Trendmonger.

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You gotta give the people something good to read, on a Sunday

Indeed. Sometimes though, he really crosses the line, like in this case, the words well up inside and I just have to get them out. Do you think his wife has ever read any of his posts here?

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

He's gone completely insane. Call the State and kid help for his kid.

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Closer to nationalism than racism, I think.

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"If Frank Zappa cut a fart and mixed it to stereo, I'd buy it!" - jimmie d

Trendy's from Catatonia, you'll forgive him......

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One solo piece
200 Motels
Works for Ensemble Modern




I've never heard their version of Treacherous Cretins, so I won't comment on that.




You called me undereducated, now that you know I'm not, you're saying it doesn't really matter?




If you call that classical guitar you really don't know what you're talking about.
Talk about not being in the ballpark.

I never said I could do better, that's not the point.
I've got better things to do than to prove myself to people with no real knowledge about music.
You wouldn't even know if it was good or bad.
I think DZ is a quite good guitar player, but he's not even close to playing like Frank, stylistically.
DZ, like most other guitarists, plays mostly with his hands, I would say FZ played mostly with his mind.

If you knew anything about music you'd be able to tell the difference.

When I say he's boring, that's just my taste. Compared to Frank, I would call most guitarists boring, including myself.

No reason to argue over taste.


The real point is:
Don't say it's true to the composer's intent if it's an arrangement not done by the composer himself.
That's like saying you know the composer's intent better than the composer.

Well, sj, I've got som some sad news for you: Trendmonger really thinks he knows better than the composer. He knows better than everybody in the world. That is one of the more pathetic aspects about his whole presence (also here).

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"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself" - FZ
http://www.myspace.com/kirnehness

I know

Ignorant people trying to be smart is kinda funny, though.

It's not written for solo guitar.
I only play original music.
It would be impossible to arrange all the interaction between all the instruments for one instrument.
Could be done by a trio, though.



Oh, WOW, will that be in stereo?
The things they come up with nowadays...
Too bad they're making mp3's out of it, destroying the music.

Thanks for the links to Lex, Trendy. I really enjoyed his arrangements. Sleep Dirt was originally performed by two guitarists. Pulling it off on one guitar is pretty impressive in my book. Nothing half-baked about it.

Gosh Trendy,

Arent' you embarassed by your confusing mish-mash of the English language? It is SO stultifying. It is SO stunningly incomprehensible.

GEEZ!!! Try being brief!
Brevity is the essence of wit, so less is more.
If you post NOTHING, I'll think you're a genius.

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Uh, actually, he has been posting nothing lately. So, you have to bring it up?

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