Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappais an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil developed a strong affinity for playing the guitar and producing music. Able to learn directly from world-class guitarists such as Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen, Dweezil quickly developed into a musical star in his own right, releasing his first singleat the age of 12...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth5 September 1969
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.
The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and somebody's going to make it better than somebody else, and that's the creativity of it. It's like music. You could have a bunch of people playing the same piece, and somebody's gonna play it better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm not going to be doing any touring.
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.
I started touring in 2006, and there was an agreement made for merchandise between my mom and myself.
I'm game for anything fun.