rwielink said:

Secondly, general question: would you consider sharing the audio-only of your interviews similar to podcasts like Peach and Black and the Prince Podcat? I'm sure there's quite an audience interested in that (i converted the audio now to mp3 to listen to it on my commute).

As long as we still get the video-version of the interview. Like, I didn't care much for the Judith Hill interview because I couldn't see her.

I'm old-fashioned. I prefer interviews I can read. But videos are okay, though - as long as you can see who's talking. I don't listen to pod-casts.

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scififilmnerd said:

rwielink said:

Secondly, general question: would you consider sharing the audio-only of your interviews similar to podcasts like Peach and Black and the Prince Podcat? I'm sure there's quite an audience interested in that (i converted the audio now to mp3 to listen to it on my commute).

As long as we still get the video-version of the interview. Like, I didn't care much for the Judith Hill interview because I couldn't see her.

I'm old-fashioned. I prefer interviews I can read. But videos are okay, though - as long as you can see who's talking. I don't listen to pod-casts.

[Edited 9/4/18 9:45am]

I actually like all of the Questlove interviews on his Pandora podcast. Guess it's personal preference. I don't mind not having the visual.

rwielink said:

hi,

Thanks a lot for the interview, good stuff!!

One question on the interview: Hans-Martin refers 2 times to the decision to "open the studio". what is this about? making Paisley Park available to be rented by musicians as in the first years?

Secondly, general question: would you consider sharing the audio-only of your interviews similar to podcasts like Peach and Black and the Prince Podcat? I'm sure there's quite an audience interested in that (i converted the audio now to mp3 to listen to it on my commute).

Hi! Glad you enjoyed.

On the former - yes, that's what he meant. Opening the place up as a publicly rentable facility, as it was originally.

On the second question....... Possibly. But, simply streaming the audio isn't really the same thing as a podcast. Podcasts are generally more like a "produced show" with audio transitions, narrated parts, introductions. We do "produced" shows on YouTube as well but the transitions are visual, etc.

So I don't really have a huge amount of interest in making a produced podcast show. Plenty of people doing that already. But, if there's some interest in simply having the audio track of our interviews available separately, that's a possibility.

NEW EPISODE OF UNCOVERING PRINCE is up!!! Part 1 of our interview with MORRIS HAYES from THE NPG.