12 Jun
2013
12 Jun
'13
10:23 a.m.
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 01:00:40PM -0400, Joe Hartley wrote :
By the way, you won't be astonished that Ike Willis is alonside with us
on that project!!
On Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:50 +0200
Aurelien <tyranorl(a)free.fr> wrote:
Hey, that's it. It's obviously not the best musical piece of Frank
(still there are several fantastic tunes, like Evil Prince Aria, and so
on), but we didn't want to cover what has been so much covered already,
like Black Page or what, and by the way, it's easier to play!!! ;)
So, here it is, Sebhka-Chott will perform Frank
Zappa's Thing Fish in
commemoration of his death, 20 years ago.
Fantastic! While not my favorite work, it's an ambitious project, and,
well, it's Frank! To end up, I must admit, this time, and this time
only, we're not
speaking about free art, cause Zappa Family Trust does not really manage
Zappa's thunes this way....
It's very sad to me how the FZT has handled itself. Despite FZ's response
to how he'd like to be remembered ("Keep playing my music"), the FZT
has often gone overboard, even harassing tribute bands like the fantastic
Project/Object for playing Frank's music without paying royalties, even
though all that's required is that the venue the band plays in has an
ASCAP/BMI license. If Gail Zappa was correct in saying the FZT needed to
get paid by the bands, then there'd never be another cover band ever.
I know of one FZ band that stopped playing because of the Trust's
goon squad approach. It was sad to see them give up, but they were
broke and didn't want to have to hire a lawyer. FZT didn't actually
sue them - to the best of my knowledge they have never gone that far -
but the threat was enough. I know she did sue Zappanale for trademark
infringement and lost.
Yes, she finally lost. This was really a shitty sue, but the German
court finally gets it right.
I have made the decision not to buy any more Zappa material nor go see
any more Zappa Plays Zappa shows because of the way that the Trust has
tried to extort money that is not legally theirs from performances of
Frank's music.
That's exactly the behaviour I've decided to follow, too.
That said, good luck with this project and I hope you have a fantastic
experience at Zappanale!
This will surely be fantastic (as every Zappanale is!).
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