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  8. Question for Grateful Dead aficionados.

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by StarThrower

    Dead Set is an excellent and affordable 2 CD set that features Fire On The Mountain. Otherwise you'll have to check the set lists on all of the Dick's Picks CD sets. They are much more pricey. I would check shows from 1977 onward. I know vol 29 has that tune, but I don't know if it's at the end of the set. You can check it out on YouTube. There are tons of good shows up there. If you want to watch a great one in excellent sound and video, just type in GD 6/16/90.

  9. Why are the reputations of US composers so pianissimo?

    in Classical Discussion

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    I don't think the problem is conservative orchestras. There's been very little effort over the past 40 years to cultivate an audience for the music. And orchestras need more subsidies to afford to rehearse unfamiliar material that may not draw very large audiences. Of course they can't take chances playing Piston, Ives, and Schuman all season. Americans don't know any of this music. It's the audiences that are conservative and ignorant.

    My own city's symphony orchestra folded a few years ago because they no longer received the corporate sponsorship from a large locally based company that went global like every other company, and they don't give a damn about local orchestras and musical culture. And an orchestra cannot survive off of ticket sales. They couldn't even sell enough tickets for a concert featuring a celebrity soloist, so the event was canceled. It's the same for jazz and progressive rock music. That's why jazz festivals are always booking pop acts. If it's all jazz, nobody shows up.

  18. Frank Zappa

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    The difference being that Frank didn't bankrupt his organization, and continued to tour and generate a lot of income. Gail pissed away the millions she received from Rykodisc, and screwed Dweezil out of merch revenue for a decade. He did the work, she kept all of the money.

  19. Frank Zappa

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    The only one I know about is the case with Warner Brothers, and Frank made out nicely on that one. When he died he owned all his album masters with the exception of 200 Motels. And he didn't rob any of his own family members.

  20. Frank Zappa

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    20 hours ago, medjuck said:

    I don't really know but I think you need permission. 

    If Dweezil can't use the name, I doubt anyone else can. Gail Zappa was a strange bird. She pissed away millions of dollars on frivolous lawsuits, and made huge political donations as if she were a Rockefeller or Bill Gates. She couldn't afford it, all the while screwing over her only child that was capable of promoting the music and bringing in revenue. And her younger son Ahmet continues to carry on this horrible legacy.

    http://www.inquisitr.com/3235834/gail-zappa-simply-greedy-or-was-she-mentally-disturbed-too-dweezil-discusses-the-medea-complex-and-more/

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