> > it's nice at least to noodle around with concept stuff or if you're in a tight space > with > > no real studio or immediate access to a drummer. > > Yep. It allowed some experimenting for music writers to have something and show it > to a drummer asking: Can the groove be played this way? Compared to say where Frank > Zappa would have all music scores for every instrument composed ahead of schedule and > when musicians show up for rehearsal with Frank....the demand would be..."it will be > played this way....no exceptions."
Ah Frank, how I miss that guy. I assume you mean the session musicians who backed his solo work but I wonder if he was ever like that with the Mothers..