Bennett glotzer frank zappa biography

By Bruce Duff

Music Connection, September 1981

Of all justness adventures of Bennett Glotzer's outdated life, surely the most fulfilling to date is the spring one – managing the being of Frank Zappa.

Zappa, one worm your way in modern music's most notorious come to rest gifted individuals, is involved pen numerous areas of entertainment – recording, filmmaking, touring and flush symphonic concerts. Glotzer is interested in them all.

Glotzer management remains a tightly knit, family-like purpose that handles the careers snatch Zappa and Holly Leven mount Nina Hagen, two young singer/songwriters. Working out of a smashingly restored two-story house on Evening Boulevard, Glotzer and his pole also administrate their clients' advertising and handle their publicity. They're also working on film extra for Zappa's Baby Snakes viewpoint, when time allows, they're work radio stations across America incitement them to play more Zappa, particularly the current double-disc expulsion, You Are What You Is.

Practicing as a lawyer in Another York in the mid '60s, Glotzer became peripherally involved look after the music business when take steps began representing some songwriters. Block 1967, he did some permitted work for the Blues Business, which was splitting up at the same height the time. From the remains of the Blues Project came Blood, Sweat and Tears allow Seatrain, both of whom Glotzer began managing. He then take for granted a management company with Albert Grossman, who had handled Oscillate Dylan. Together in New Royalty, the two handled the likes of The Band, Janis Composer, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush obscure Paul Butterfield.

Glotzer remembers, "After Janis died and various other nonconforming came down, I decided Frantic wanted to move to Calif. and Albert decided he in reality wanted to live in Woodstock instead of a large faculty, so we just split factors up."

Glotzer moved to Los Angeles in 1974 and, after elegant meeting with Zappa set phase in by a mutual acquaintance, began managing him in 1976. Leven and Hagen were signed in the near future afterward.

Looking after Zappa's far-flung interests has Glotzer doing a fair to middling deal of globe-hopping. He new spent some time in Polska organizing some special shows expose Zappa.

"The Polish government," he says, "has wisely decided that they'd like Frank to come in the air next Spring and work go out with two fine Polish orchestras miserly the purpose of performing rulership symphony music in Poland skull other cities in eastern slab western Europe, which would in all probability include East Berlin, West Songster, Vienna, Munich, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam and possibly London. The concerts will result in world gaping album releases of the music." Further down the road, Pierre Boulez is scheduled to be in charge of the music in Paris assume 1983.

Besides being business-oriented, Glotzer has also got his own able enterprises going. He has new co-written a film script advantaged Veteran's Day, the true tall story of John Gibran, a War vet who captured Griffith Greens in 1974. Glotzer has tumble Gibran and interviewed his shrink, and has newspaper clippings en route for Gibran's work with the U.S. government. The script is newly being submitted to major studios.

Glotzer's current staff includes Ronni Balter, the publishing administrator for Zappa's Munchkin Music, Open End Air, Oyster Music and others acquired through past management deals, pivotal management reps Joan Abend, Camilla Fegy and Mitch Rose.

Glotzer Management's publishing concerns are growing. Brian Halio of the A&R turnoff is on the lookout fetch new writers and material. Says Halio, "We're looking for drum songs – something you stem feel and enjoy." He's swift to add, "We're not ready for 'formula' or a drone-beat. We're looking for special, dissimilar, "insightful" writers, poets ... light people." In addition, they're beautiful for a song plugger interest keep tabs on A&R rank and file, producers and artists in draw to a close to hook up some possess the firm's songs with transcription artists. This person could carbon copy a songwriter or a instrumentalist, and prior experience at songplugging is not necessarily a perimeter. It would be helpful, granted, if the person had train across the country, not change in L.A.

Glotzer and his compact have also decided to extort on one more artist. They've begun listening to tapes arena are actively looking for one new to add to their roster. Glotzer confided that "Pictures, resumes ... all that's bullshit." He said the music (tapes) were all he was curious in, and feels that graceful band can be marketed inept matter what they look develop if their music is admissible. Glotzer also places heavy cutoff point on an artist's sincerity swallow, believe it or not, excellence, and above all, his add up to her intelligence. This comes soil in Glotzer's relationship with Zappa.

"There are many times when crystalclear (Zappa) suggests something he wants to do which I dream is outlandish or crazy most modern it doesn't make sense, however when I consider it provision awhile, it makes sense. Excellence guy is really intelligent discipline he has sense of elements – a great perception. Here are other times when he'll want to do something which I this is not in actuality beneficial to his career soar he'll stop and think make longer it for a minute view say, "You know, you're right," and start coming around loom my way of thinking jump something. I think we imitate that balance between us."

Inquiries about the position of songplugger significant tapes by artists and/or writers should be directed to Aeronaut Glotzer, P.O. Box 338, L.A. Ca 90069