The 4th chapter in the book was written by James Gardner who talks about Zappa’s razor blade which was one of his tools used in composition. Apart from that, the chapter draws on the idea of organized compositions and the process of organizing music. It also draws on Frank Zappa’s personality imbuing him with the trait of being overly critical of himself when it came to the arranging. Despite this, Zappa enjoyed editing music and his perfectionist nature is what made his music phenomenal. Proof of this is stated “of the composing/recording process, and the heterogeneous nature of his material coupled with his recording skills made his oeuvre more ambitious and wide-ranging than that of almost all art music composers”. The tenacious routine
