Tonysounds Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Dec 4, 1993: the day America lost a great composer, musician, commentator, thinker, guitarist, historian, activist and instigator. Grab a coffee, here's some interviews... http://tinyurl.com/y9mlzut Letterman (pt 1) http://tinyurl.com/yelx7vo Letterman (pt 2) http://tinyurl.com/y86ttm3 Joan Rivers http://tinyurl.com/ydr48uf Thick of the Night http://tinyurl.com/yeybnfy Dick Cavett http://tinyurl.com/3a6nyk Tonite Show (pt 1) http://tinyurl.com/ycxaslq Tonite Show (pt 2) http://tinyurl.com/yovksl -Today Show Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannis D Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 what a genius musician and human... thnx for sharing Be grateful for what you've got - a Nord, a laptop and two hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thank you. Being a Deep Purple fan- this day to us also means Tommy Bolin. 12/4/76. If only he had lived- he could have pushed the boundaries of music as Zappa did. Funk, rock, jazz, randb, reggae- Bolin did it all. I didn't realize Frank died 17 years later the same day. Thank you. JH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks for that Tony! What a true iconoclast! Way ahead of his time. Predicted the death of the music business, always did his own thing, regardless of anything. Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robitaille59 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I was just thinking about Frank before I saw this thread and realized today was Dec 4th.... I was actually going to ask a question that was Zappa related and since I'm always starting new threads, instead I'll piggyback on this one for a change. I have always been fascinated with Zappa's use of writing out Rock music using standard notation like a classical composer. I know that Vai got his foot in the door with Frank as a transcriber. Does anyone know of any other famous Rock musicians that used standard notation in their workflow? Rob Robitaille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Yeah, I didn't realize Zappa and Bolin died on the same day! I think I have all of bolins recordings and most of Zappa. Bolin videos are hard to find aren't they? Is anybody else playing hooky from their band tonight? Told'em I had to have some family time, too cold over here in Oklahoma anyway. Last week We were standing around outside the club with t-shirts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ....Does anyone know of any other famous Rock musicians that used standard notation in their workflow? I read an article where Emerson mentioned that he charted out some of his stuff. Don't remember the context, however. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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