thank you chronic freeze. great stories. prince lives on in all of us

Thank you for this.

Now I'm dying to know what he said or did about your Karaoke Kiss rendition.

Thank you for all your work on his records. He was as close as anyone ever got to being a modern Mozart.

CF,

I got chills just reading that. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say, feel free to share any other stories. That's what's helping us cope.

Chas

Thank you for sharing with us.

Thank you.

We're all hurting, but I'm truly sorry for your more personal loss. Hope he didn't work you too hard. I'm sure he did though! Thanks CF!

Thank you for sharing that with us all

I remember you posting some time ago about working at PP, such and amazing exprience and glad you shared it with us.

I remember you Chronic. Those sound like some great times. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you. I envy you got to work with him!

chronicfreeze said:

Hi there fam,

Like all of you I am just floored and saddened beyond belief. My name is Chronic Freeze and I was an engineer at Paisley from 1988-1996. I just HAD to come on the board and offer each and every one of you my condolences on the passing of Prince. You, the fans, were so important to Prince. I can't even imagine how you all are coping with the news. Ive been in tears and the only thing that has helped soothe the pain has been reading all my old co-workers memories and seeing their pictures on our facebook group. This is surely a day I thought would never come.

Prince was my mentor. He was an incredible person to work for. He was very demanding of us. He demanded perfection and attention to detail. He worked tirelessly and we needed to keep up with him. I would not be the person I am today if I had not learned these important life lessons from him.

Although it was extremely hard work there were many moments of outright fun. When he learned that I hadnt heard the Black album, he had me rush down to the vault to get the master tapes so he could play it for myself and Femi (another engineer). We spent the next few hours listening to it on those amazing Westlake speakers at Paisley and got a running commentary from the creator of it himself. Sometimes he just felt like playing guitar so he would have us grab his favorite James Brown video and patch the audio up to the console so he could play along. What a treat it was to just sit and watch him play! One of my favorite moments was being in the studio for one of the most amazing auditions I have ever witnessed, the audition of Rosie Gaines! Levi had brought her out as they were old friends and the second she opened her mouth we were all floored. Im getting shivers just thinking about that day. My other favorite moment was jamming on bass with Prince on drums and his dad playing piano. All right, the only reason I got to play the bass was because Kim Bassinger (she played Vicky Vale in the Batman movie and hung out at the studio for a while) didnt want to, but little did Prince know that I had studied bass at Berklee and I was able to hold my own (barely, lol!!!)

There were some crazy times as well. We were at Record Plant LA in 1994 when the big earthquake hit. I remember how humbled he was when we witnessed all of LA and Hollywood coming together to help each other out. I was also in the studio when he decided to change his name to an unpronouncable symbol. That made for some "interesting" converstion. Then, of course, there was the time he accidentally found and listened to a cassette tape of me doing a karaoke version of "Kiss" His reaction was priceless and the story is best left for another time.

Anyways, thank you for letting me share with you. Its the only way I can cope right now. I was just going to post something on facebook but it felt far better to share with all of you, his biggest fans. I am so sorry for your loss, our loss. Its up to all of us now to keep him alive. Prince, if you are listening.. Thank you. You have touched so many souls. We are all stronger and our faith is unbroken because of everything you have taught us. Rest easy gentle soul.

CF

Thank u so much for dropping by. I have fond memories of your Q&A session in 2009 or 2010. I remember u hoped Prince would somehow read it and get back to u after so many years. I hope he has. Your initial post about how u hoped to reconciliate with Prince was very touching

The time is probably inappropriate as we are all in shock and mourning, but if at a later date you wish to come back here and share more with us it would be wonderful. I wish you would let us now about this conversation about the name change and what was on Prince's mind on that day.

Now memories are all we got, so people like you sharing personal memories about Prince is something that will keep Prince's memory alive forever.

I still can't really believe he's gone

great story. thanks

I love hearing personal stories from people who worked with Prince, thank you very much for that, it helps xx

I still can't believe this is all happening. :'(

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Thank you so very much for your kind words and stories.

Please tell more in the future when you find the time.

Cause honestly, that's all we have left now besides his incredible amount of music and images.

The stories you guys have are absolutely priceless and keep us fans and everyone else alive and focused on our dearly beloved.

We barely have inside stories of that level. Loads of assuptions, that's what we have and had.

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Prince is the kind of guy who wanted to live a very private life.

He rightfully made every possible effort to maintain that. Dispite our hunger and longings for more.

The fans' respect was a challange towards that, and at times difficult to live up to.

All media aside.

Every little info that came from Prince, or the people around him, got loads of comments here and everywhere else.

Prince sometimes even lived up to this, and must've enjoyed it all too.

Knowing he so much loved 'surprises' and being 'cryptic' and blurring up whatver was assumed.

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Now the time has come to see all things past from a different perspective.

A true or imaginable perspective. It doesn't matter.

And the only people that can tell it are people like you.

With inside stories, true or coloured, uncomplicated or emotional, with details and told with love and passion.

No matter how things will be told.

We fans now can hear, read and feel how Prince was with the people around him. And all this will build up the love for his music even more.

I do hope we now can get to know Prince better, adore him the way we want to, and love him even more for he meant to all of us.

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But for now, let's try and cope with this. I surely still can't, but 'some tomorrow' - and I hope it's not tomorrow right away - I will wake up for real and have to understand this all isn't just a bad dream, but a sad sad sad reality.

So sad and uncomprehensable it's beyond words.

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Life can take such an impossible turn.

And reality always beats fiction. :'(

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how can loving someone hurt so much, I have even never met prince personally...

Awesome story. Thank you so much. Hopefully you will get some mental support from us, too.

Thanks Chronic Freeze for your condolences and right back at you! I recall your name among P.'s album credits. I think I can say for many on this board that we're an appreciative audience of your candid recollections of work, play, and education with the talented and inspirational man that Prince was (so bizarre to use past tense ) and you can share with us anytime. It is good to absorb real tales of his demeanor and outlook in the difficult days after his passing the mortal plane.

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I've only physically made my way into the PP parking lot, so I've only dreamt of scenarios taking place within that magical edifice and gazed at the photos. Treasure your memories!

Thank you.

I still have your Prince podcasts on my harddrive.

Thank you for the stories. They are a great way to remember Prince. I remember some story about him someone told on here and involved a swimming pool at the end. I wonder if it was you and the story about the kareoke Kiss? That was a great story and I don't want to ruin it with the whole thing. Anyway yes we are all hurting and thank you for sharing your memories and thoughts and feelings.

Thanks so much for the virtual hugs!!! it means so much. Ive read every reply with tears in my eyes. I had no idea it was going to be so hard to say goodbye but alas it is. Feel free to post your memories as well cause reading everyones memories has really gotten me thru so far. Its been great to read all my old co workers memories as well. Theres so many things I almost forgot and just got to remember all over again.

You folks are wonderful and Im going to try and urge some other old employees to come over here and share some of their memories with all of you.

stay strong peeps.

FunkiestOne said:

Thank you for the stories. They are a great way to remember Prince. I remember some story about him someone told on here and involved a swimming pool at the end. I wonder if it was you and the story about the kareoke Kiss? That was a great story and I don't want to ruin it with the whole thing. Anyway yes we are all hurting and thank you for sharing your memories and thoughts and feelings.

Pentacle said:

Thank you.

I still have your Prince podcasts on my harddrive.

cant recall doin any prince podcasts. Ive done some soulful house podcasts but that was under the name "Jackin". Bet someone bit my name...