“It’s very baffling to me,” he says. “I don’t understand what their thought process is. I would have thought that a prudent person who was tasked with looking after the future of the Zappa legacy would say, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we got a very proficient team of people who know how to handle a very particular catalogue, and understand the nuances and integrity of the music, and then propel the songs into the future with a sense of professionalism?’ Instead, they’re trying to stop it.”
The Georgia Straight: Zappa is still playing Zappa
Note: The Georgia Straight? The one straight person in Georgia?? WTF???
We see above Dweezil spent more time on music language than with English but he got exceptionally damn good at it and WTF is the problem with playing his father's material since who could possibly cover it better and with deeper respect.
But that's not how it goes.
Dweezil’s attempt to revitalize interest in Frank Zappa’s catalogue, however, suffered a serious setback in 2015. After Gail Zappa—head of the Zappa Family Trust, and Frank’s wife—died of lung cancer, control of the trust, which includes the rights to Frank Zappa’s music, passed to two of Dweezil’s siblings: Ahmet and Diva. According to the guitarist, the pair deemed the name Zappa Plays Zappa an infringement of copyright, and suggested that each song Dweezil performed could incur penalties of up to $150,000.
- TGS
WTF? WTF???
Regrettably, this gets uglier. Moon Unit is Dweezil's older sister and it turns out there was a slight to Dweezil and she as well in Zappa's will. Apparently that left Ahmet and Diva as the golden ones and they're jacking with Dweezil. Whew. This is seriously fucked-up. (WIKI: Moon Zappa)
Not to worry ...
Last year, Dweezil was slapped with a cease-and-desist order from his siblings for using the name Zappa Plays Zappa. But despite the legal threats, the guitarist will continue to take Frank’s music on the road—under the new moniker 50 Years of Frank: Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the F*CK He Wants—to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his father’s first album, Freak Out!.
- TGS
Now that's so entirely Zappa.
Meanwhile, Zappa plays Zappa:
The Georgia Straight: Zappa is still playing Zappa
Note: The Georgia Straight? The one straight person in Georgia?? WTF???
We see above Dweezil spent more time on music language than with English but he got exceptionally damn good at it and WTF is the problem with playing his father's material since who could possibly cover it better and with deeper respect.
But that's not how it goes.
Dweezil’s attempt to revitalize interest in Frank Zappa’s catalogue, however, suffered a serious setback in 2015. After Gail Zappa—head of the Zappa Family Trust, and Frank’s wife—died of lung cancer, control of the trust, which includes the rights to Frank Zappa’s music, passed to two of Dweezil’s siblings: Ahmet and Diva. According to the guitarist, the pair deemed the name Zappa Plays Zappa an infringement of copyright, and suggested that each song Dweezil performed could incur penalties of up to $150,000.
- TGS
WTF? WTF???
Regrettably, this gets uglier. Moon Unit is Dweezil's older sister and it turns out there was a slight to Dweezil and she as well in Zappa's will. Apparently that left Ahmet and Diva as the golden ones and they're jacking with Dweezil. Whew. This is seriously fucked-up. (WIKI: Moon Zappa)
Not to worry ...
Last year, Dweezil was slapped with a cease-and-desist order from his siblings for using the name Zappa Plays Zappa. But despite the legal threats, the guitarist will continue to take Frank’s music on the road—under the new moniker 50 Years of Frank: Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the F*CK He Wants—to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his father’s first album, Freak Out!.
- TGS
Now that's so entirely Zappa.
Meanwhile, Zappa plays Zappa:
5 comments:
There must be some serious underlying bad blood.
Dweezil is allowed to use Zapoa plays Zapoa if he pays the royalty and licensing fees that are required by the trust controlling the music rights. This is to prevent anyone from playing Frank Zappas music or putting into commercials etc.
Seems fair to me to protect the Brand Zapoa. Every family member must comply. This has been going on for years and years.
The cost to family members to use the music is $1 per year
There's music and then there are clerks who expect to profit on it
How is a $1 per year trying to profit. Just complying with the rules of thr trust laid down by the man who set up the fund and decided which of his children he trusted most to run it.
But that ruins your great injustice
They wanted about $100K per title if he played them in concert under the Zappa name
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