Zappa the Eastern Music Man from the West

I recently read an article by Bill Viola in my video class that spoke about the differences between Western and Indian approaches to music. He said that Eastern music begins with a series/overtone of harmonic of notes; a sound field. From there, musicians pull notes from the range of sounds. This action is best described as a carving - a kind of sculpting of music. The Western approach differs by beginning with nothing instead of a sound field. The music is stacked piled up sounds, like a pile of papers. After reading more of Zappa’s style, I found him to approach music with an Eastern mentality – beginning with sounds from different styles and eras and selectively drawing out aspects to create a song. His obsession with Verèse's Isonisation reiterates Zappa's Eastern approach towards sound field tendencies.