Dweezil Zappa

From the album "Does Humor Belong In Rap Music?"...

This is how I would like to be able to write a song. This one has all the bells and whistles....

Drew Dempsey hosts a Van Halen Round Table conversation from Sunset Sound Recorders - Dweezil Zappa EP 1...

A tour of my guitar rig from 2018. I demonstrate several multi-layered sounds including the Dynaflnger sound....

Drew Dempsey hosts a Van Halen Round Table conversation from Sunset Sound Recorders - Dweezil Zappa EP 2...

This is a mini-documentary in 5 episodes about the making of my song "Dinosaur." This is episode 1. Today we learn about the Frank Zappa recording technique called "Xenochrony." ...

Guitarrist / Composer : David Abad  Recording and audio captured with mobile phone. https://architectsofhysteria.bandcamp.com/...

This is me practicing Zoot Allures on my backup Fender Stratocaster. During the first half of the video, I am practicing what I have learned from Sweetwater's Youtube video, "3 Frank Zappa Licks Shown By Dweezil Zappa". Thank...

This is my first video with my Ibanez Pia with sustainiac pickup.
I played a spontaneous improvisation to a song by Steve Vai: ‘Still my bleeding heart’.
I bought the guitar new and had it fitted with a sustaniac pickup...

I'm demonstrating the transition from pristine Clean to Distorted Feedback with natural harmonics while playing Zoot Allures. I use the expression pedal for Fractal 2 to add in the distorted sound and control the blend....

After having a somewhat bad day today, found this little jem. No matter what, we can always count on Frank making us laugh. Sorry if I embarrass Dweezil for this, but this video was a joy to watch. ...

In the early 1900s a lot of humans were being replaced with machines like this. The humans adapted by becoming factory workers and attorneys....

I'm playing a ridiculous amount of notes on my new Apostrophe Strat. The sound I'm using has a synth filter blended with a normal guitar sound. As you can see it's pretty funny by the end of it....

Another FAVE! I don't normally video . . . but . . .  I couldn't help myself. Great watching Aaron Sterling on drums. Your uncle sat right in front of us; must have been a special night for you. Great evening all around!...

Thanks for playing one of our all-time faves!!!...

Tenacious D w/ Dweezil Zappa...

Dweezil Zappa in concert Paris "La cigale" 2 december 2019...

While I was getting my guitar rig ready for the Tonight Show the other day I made this brief video to explain my restoration work to the Hendrix/Zappa strat. ...

Riverside 2025...

This is a picking exercise using A minor pentatonics. I use it to get my fingers and picking synchronized. ...

This is #5, the final episode about the making of my song "Dinosaur." We learn about the album project called "What The Hell Was I Thinking?" (An ongoing project I started over 20 years ago, which I am now focused on...

Just teaching my dog keyboards to go on tour with Dweezil & the Gang ....

Video to the song of that name on the CD Agorism for the Brilliant....

A video about musical mastery from a great composer and their song, heavenly bank account....

Here's my take on the lick challenge from the legendary Dweezil Zappa. It was a great learning experience and a ton of fun! Thank you Dweezil, for the inspiration and pushing us guitarists to new heights!
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