My Version Of A Zappa Classic

[Alan]

I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I
are both males. Technically, it's true, but...

http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay

I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.

I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how it
turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in some
tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.

Alan

[Dave]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:11:59 -0400, Alan

Post by Alan
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how it
turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in some
tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.

Lovely as fuck, Alan!

[m***@oripessach.com]

Post by Alan
I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I
are both males. Technically, it's true, but...
http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how it
turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in some
tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.
Alan

Yes, we did discuss this months ago, and I'm pleased to see you ignored my recommendation of playing all the parts on a banjo.

Nice!

[Alan]

Post by m***@oripessach.com
Yes, we did discuss this months ago, and I'm pleased to see you ignored my recommendation of playing all the parts on a banjo.
Nice!

Thank you, sir - and I did take your recommendation. Well, *started* to
- but the police came and said, "No. Just no." That Mr. Sting, he's
miserable. Great stamina, but miserable.

Alan

[Antal Adriaanse]

"Alan" schreef ...

I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that saying
Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I are both
males. Technically, it's true, but...
http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how it
turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in some
tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.

Where is the "like" button?
[And no, I won't put my finger _there_]

ps Expect to be sued by Gail. Not a threat. A fact.

[Alan]

Post by Antal Adriaanse
Where is the "like" button?
[And no, I won't put my finger _there_]

Shitfucky!

Post by Antal Adriaanse
ps Expect to be sued by Gail. Not a threat. A fact.

Well, it didn't take long for you to see through my master plan - a
thinly veiled attempt to fill the 'Z' slot in my A-Z collection of cease
and desist letters.

That didn't last as long as I'd hoped - guess I need to go back and come
up with a new quest...

Alan

[Hagrinas Mivali]

Post by Antal Adriaanse
"Alan" schreef ...

I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and
I are both males. Technically, it's true, but...
http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how
it turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in
some tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.

Where is the "like" button?
[And no, I won't put my finger _there_]
ps Expect to be sued by Gail. Not a threat. A fact.

Of course. Playing an FZ song is likely to take away sales because
nobody will hear it and want to listen to Frank's version. It would be
almost as bad as when radio (does that still exist?) played people's
songs and folks just listened to it for free. When there were 200
million people in the US, if a record sold a million copies, that meant
that 99.5% of people in the country never bought it despite constant
airplay. It follows that if there had been no radio play at all, perhaps
50 million people might have bought the album instead because it would
have been their only way of hearing the music.

The same logic must apply to FZ, and I'm sure that ZFT knows it quite
well considering how many radio stations refused to play his music,
assuming it was unfit. That explains why FZ outsold The Beatles, who
were on the radio constantly. At least I assume he must have.

Or perhaps in real life things don't work that way, people who play
other people's music for fun would not have done so if they knew that
paying royalties was the only way to practice a song on guitar, and
playing it for fun might actually stimulate people's interest in buying
the recording from the original artist.

If Gail wants to cut off her nose to spite her fans, she will learn the
true price of greed.

[Smeenus]

Nice work, Alan

[Jan Tore Skråmestø]

Wow!

[Michael de la Pierry]

Post by Alan
I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I
are both males. Technically, it's true, but...
http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how
it turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in
some tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.
Alan

Great tone and feel, Alan. Thanks for sharing!

[Teckmool]

I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that saying
Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I are both
males. Technically, it's true, but...
http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how it
turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in some
tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.
Alan

This is exactly what should be happening more often here. Very Nice.. I'm
sure there are other musicians that frequent this Newsgroup. Let's hear what
you got!
Rick

[Bill]

Post by Teckmool

Post by Alan
I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I
are both males. Technically, it's true, but...
http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how
it turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in
some tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.
Alan

This is exactly what should be happening more often here. Very Nice..
I'm sure there are other musicians that frequent this Newsgroup. Let's
hear what you got!
Rick

http://soundcloud.com/mungo-1

Various music drafts, not very Zappa-like, however.

[m***@oripessach.com]

>> I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
>> saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I
>> are both males. Technically, it's true, but...
>>
>> http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
>>
>> I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
>>
>> I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how
>> it turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in
>> some tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.
>>
>> Alan
>
> This is exactly what should be happening more often here. Very Nice..
> I'm sure there are other musicians that frequent this Newsgroup. Let's
> hear what you got!
> Rick
http://soundcloud.com/mungo-1
Various music drafts, not very Zappa-like, however.
--
Bill

So, we're doing this, huh?

Here's some stuff from yours truly:

http://soundcloud.com/lori-4

Oh - that's pretty cool, Bill!

[Teckmool]

Post by m***@oripessach.com

>> I post this even though I know Mike will see it. I tell people that
>> saying Mike and I both play guitar is much like saying Ron Jeremy and I
>> are both males. Technically, it's true, but...
>>
>> http://soundcloud.com/alantig/watermelon-in-easter-hay
>>
>> I've wanted to learn this for so long. Ori and I discussed it MONTHS ago.
>>
>> I'll probably re-work it in a few months, but I'm kind of happy w/how
>> it turned out. I took a few liberties, but it's fairly faithful in
>> some tonal aspects. The next time likely won't be.
>>
>> Alan
>
> This is exactly what should be happening more often here. Very Nice..
> I'm sure there are other musicians that frequent this Newsgroup. Let's
> hear what you got!
> Rick
http://soundcloud.com/mungo-1
Various music drafts, not very Zappa-like, however.
--
Bill

So, we're doing this, huh?
http://soundcloud.com/lori-4
Oh - that's pretty cool, Bill!

very cool people--I would like to hear more--in the meantime-here's an old
one of mine--one of my more psychedelic if not M.K. inspired offerings

http://soundcloud.com/rick-stiles/event-horizon

[Alan]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

I'm with Rick - let's do more of this stuff!

Alan