Ahmet Zappa On His Multi-Faceted Career, Managing The Zappa Family Trust & Much More

Ahmet Zappa is a singer, actor, New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, radio host (e.g. SiriusXM’s Rocktails), publisher and businessman. He also happens to be the executor of the Zappa Family Trust, overseeing the catalog of his legendary father Frank Zappa. In turn, he has not only overseen the release of fine art, but has also help create plenty of it via Monsterfoot Productions.

While Frank Zappa left us over 25 years ago in 1993, his estate continues to unearth previously-unreleased, high-quality content all these years later. A “king-size six disc” set titled Halloween 81 will be released on October 2nd, as featuring more than 70 unreleased tracks and a Count Frankula mask and cape. Just a few months prior in June 2020, a new collection of 70 previously-unreleased tracks from Frank Zappa’s 1970s Mothers lineup was released via Zappa Records and Universal Music Enterprises as The Mothers 1970. And a few months prior to that in late 2019, 2 Zappa Estate-endorsed books — Zappa Gear: The Unique Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects Units, Keyboards & Studio Equipment and The Hot Rats Book — were released; Ahmet Zappa co-authored the aforementioned The Hot Rats Book.

On September 11, 2020, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ahmet Zappa, as embedded below. We discussed his management of the Zappa Family Trust, his multi-faceted career, why he prefers to work behind the camera, future plans and more. Additional info on all things Zappa can be found online via www.twitter.com/AhmetZappa, www.facebook.com/ahmetzappa and www.ahmet.com.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."