I'm sure the traffic has died off a good bit in the past few weeks here and I'm wondering what this site will be like in 1 or 3 or 5 years and beyond.

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Personally I think it will be about the same as it was 2 or 3 years ago...or maybe even busier. I had lost touch with a lot of my Prince fandom (although I always loved him) and I felt like Prince was semi-retired. So I rarely checked here unless something was going on, which wasn't that often. P went 4 years where he didn't release an album and he played live very sporadically, especially in the USA.

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Maybe we won't get any more tours, but live shows and outtakes and rehearsals will probably continue to surface and start circulating among fans. And of course eventually some releases from the Vault so we will be getting "new" music.

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Of course the community here is the most important thing and while people will drop out, I think we will come here to still talk about Prince's music, just like we always did. And to remember him and share how much we miss him. In a way, not much will change, although of course everything changed.

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I hope Ben has some kind of plan as to keep this site going if he leaves the planet as well...life is just so tenuous. But we need this purple community and I don't think that will ever change.

[Edited 6/6/16 8:39am]

I cant be here very much longer, I have to move on I mean what am i here for? Hes gone .. as muchas I wanna hear music he made that Ive never heard before but I know itll just bum me out. So why am I here still, it was hard enuf to be here when he was alive but now it just seems wrong. Hanging around for I dont know what .. see im getting pissed off just talking this .. ugh .. torn .. So when are ppl gonna share music they have ..theres tons of stuff recorded Id love to hear stuff cmon yall share some joy if youve got it on file cuz im bummin n ready to bail for good I cant reminice or just post for myself .. this sux damnit our mans gone Im so ripped apart with it I truly just cant deal with it .. this is how it ends after all this .. F)(&*%$^!

Hopefully we'll be seeing pictures of a 62-year-old RodeoSchro, still playing guitar with his shirt off.

if Ben & co. are willing, I think it'll still be around his catalogue is endless, & that's really the root of what this site is about - appreciation for the music above all. Sure, there'll be less people overall, but I think discussions about his stuff could go on forever. At least the crazies will be weeded out by then

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[Edited 6/13/16 5:45am]

Well, I know that, for me, this site is more important than ever. Maybe that will change.