Frank Zappa

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-True Composer and Producer

-Had very little formal education, but decided at 14 to be writer/composer

Heavily R&B Influenced

Ruben And The Jets – I Wanna Know

-Became an obsessive producer, with a 3.5 million dollar home studio

-Produced over 70 albums

-Had two engineers on hand at all times, and would take 2 hr naps would the sound began to wash together.

-Very experimental and wanted to bridge the gap between classical and pop music

musique concrete: a recorded montage of natural sounds often electronically modified and presented as a musical composition

-Heavily influenced by Edgar Varese and his methodology of have unrelated themese following each other.

Edgar Varèse – Poeme Electronique

Edgard Varèse – Arcana

-Played the Synclavier -  an early synthesizer and sampler

-Enjoyed Samples and experimentation

Today Show Interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYzuwG-gOE

Quotes from MOFO Project

2-09 _Tom Wilson_

2-10 _My Pet Theory_

-Enjoyed Parodies of other groups and in general mocking the 60′s and drug use

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01 Are You Hung Up_

later, pink floyd: 01 Speak To Me 1

1-06 On The Bus

xenochrony: the melding together of various performances to make a complete piece of music

xeno-foreign, foreigner

chrony-Time-related condition

On the bus: guitar solo actually from Rita

03 Hey Joe

10 Flower Punk

Absolutely-Free-into-Flower-Punk

14 Tomorrow Never Knows

-Was not able to find the remastered versions to compare

Video from Hell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpsYaaRwfg

11 Hot Poop

Hot Poop Reversed:

Hot-Poop-Reversed

Classical:

Yellow Shark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr3y2MUdq7U

Hot Rats:

01 Peaches En Regalia

Extreme Experimental

12 Nasal Retentive Calliope Music

More Parody

Rolling Stones 01 Hungry Freaks, Daddy

Zappa 01 Hungry Freaks, Daddy

Live: 01 Didja Get Any Onya_ [Live]