After a long journey from Brecon to Bad Doberan, the first delight was the exposition on Jimmy Carl Black near the ‘Arf Society’ office. Featuring a huge collage of album covers, a video installation and several of his sculptures, the event provided a thoughtful start to this year’s festival. Having sadly died last year, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Frank Zappa’
Zappanale:The Ultimate Music Festival
Posted in Academic, Frank Zappa, Music, tagged don preston, frank, Frank Zappa, ike willis, paul carr, project object, tribute bands, zappa, zappanale on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?: The potential negative impacts of restrictive rights on a composers legacy – The case of the Zappa Family Trust.
Posted in Frank Zappa, tagged Academic, adaptation, copyright, dweezil zappa, Frank Zappa, gail zappa, guitar, Music, paul carr, translation, tribute bands, zappa, zappa family trust, zappanale, zft on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is a draft of a paper that I am preparing for publication. It is very long, but would appreciate any comments. If you need a hard copy just let me know.
Since the death of Frank Zappa in 1993, there has been an ongoing legal battle between the Zappa Family Trust (ZFT) and the so [...]
End of year review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bath Spa University, Beacons Public Engagement, Cardiff Council, Foundation Degree, Frank Zappa, guitar, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Knowledge Exchange, knowledge transfer, leeds university, paul carr, Rockschool, Roland, Roland UK, SWN, The Music Academy, Welsh Music Foundation, widening participation on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I am so new to the business of blogging, I thought it would make sense to make the final entry of the year a review of the 2008 year regarding my various activities. These are not in any specific order, but just as they arrive in my head through the Xmas haziness. Anyway – [...]
An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?:A Frank Zappa case study
Posted in Frank Zappa, tagged ascap, bmi, bogus pomp, composer, copyright, cover bands, don preston, dweezel zappa, Frank Zappa, gail zappa, guitar, jimmy carl black, joes garage, mcps, muffin men, napoleon murphy brock, paul carr, petition, project object, prs, roy estrada, stravinsky, the grandmothers of invention, the muffin men, the zappatistas, translation, ugly radio rebellion, verese, wipe out, zappa family trust, zappa plays zappa, zappanale on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been aware for a number of years that there has been a legal battle between Gail Zappa, head of the ‘Zappa Family Trust’, and the so called ‘tribute’ bands that are determined to continue performing his music live. As some of you may know, there are numerous Frank Zappa tribute bands on the [...]
