Yes sir.

Looking forward to hear more stories from other staff too.

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Militant said:

Thank you Chronic Freeze and Michael K for coming here and sharing your stories. It's really appreciated and I hope you guys know how much love and respect we fans have for your roles in Prince's story.

This, thank you guys very very much for sharing your experiences from the studio.

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And thanks for your work with Prince & the music. You contributed to his legacy, and that's part of your legacy.

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databank said:

chronicfreeze said:

I dont own any bootlegs. I dont have a copy of anything I did there. I got my ass kicked out of there after 9 years of loyal service because I followed Paisley Park records orders and gave away cds that were given to me by Julie Knapp (office manager of paisley park records) of the 1800newfunk record to people that worked at the studio we booked in Paris. It was common for the record company to give us gifts to pass out when we went traveling to work. The record company had asked me to give them out as gifts as they were just released but Prince caught wind that I had given out cds, didnt ask what they were and just plain dumped me. Funny thing was no one even came to my defense. Hans told me years later that I was investigated but guess what. They didnt find anything because there wasnt anything. Im not a bootlegger, never have been, never will be. My biggest regret in life is that I was accused for something I would never ever do to my favorite artist in the universe and its the most painful thing thats ever happened to me. I always dreamed that Id get a chance to finally defend myself to him but alas that dream will never come now. Nice to hear from you Mike and congrats on all your successes in Mpls!!

I don't remember the exact content of ur original Q&A session message back then but you had made it very clear that there had been a misunderstanding that had cost you your job and that you hoped Prince would get the message that contrarily to what he seemed to have believed, you hadn't done him wrong at the time. He may have not gotten back to you but your Q&A session made enough noise at the time that you can be assured that he checked it out and got your message (apparently Prince always checked out what former associates say publicly, according at least to W&L and another engineer from 2003). Maybe he hasn't replied but he got the message, this I'm certain of. In that sense you said what you had to say and I think you can get a sense of closure from having been able to do so: you spoke your part, it wasn't in your hand anymore. What happened to you was outrageously unfair though now that you have revealed all the details. I guess as said above no one came to your defense because, from everything I've read about those years, at that time it was easy and quick to be fired from PP for no valid reason (ask Michael!). However Prince, as all of us, was more than just "good" or just "evil" and I'm truly sorry some people used your testimony for unecessary disrespect with such radical words as were used.

Another thing is that for all those years you were instrumental in bringing Prince's wonderful work to us. You worked on those songs we've listened to a zillion times. That's something you can be mighty proud of and I thank you deeply for your contributions to this marvelous adventure that has changed my life, and so many others, forever

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Entire post well said. to chronicfreeze and a heartfelt thank u

Amazing stories. Thank you so much for sharing!

Thanks guys.

Thank you so much for sharing, those are some great memories you got there!

Big love xo

Thank you for sharing your stories, this does help somehow.

Hello Chronicfreeze,

Thank you for your condolences, and for sharing your memories about what it was like working with Prince. I will cherish your kind words forever.