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Prince's Morris Hayes talkes about Peak & SoundSoap Pro http://www.bias-inc.com/a...tProfiles/
It talks about the software alot, but here is an exerpt: If asked, Morris Hayes would likely admit his healthy passion for archiving recorded audio is not far short of obsession. Every band has their all-hearing archivist who keeps every minute of air time on tapes and drives forever and, for some bands, that man is Mr. Hayes. Performing with Prince for ten years, Hayes still works closely with him on assorted projects. During the last two years since leaving NPG to play keyboards with Maceo Parker-who happened to play with James Brown and Parliament-Morris has continued to define groove-funk keyboard performance. "Man, I'm like the National Archives in here," Hayes laughs. "I'm a guy that keeps everything, and I mean everything. Prince is the same way. He records and videos and then listens back to and watches every groove from a rehearsal making notes until 2 in the morning, every morning. I have digitized massive amounts of recorded material from the years with Prince and various other productions, and I can recall in my mind almost every single bit of sound I've ever recorded. Now I just call it all right up in Peak. From version 1, Peak has always been my weapon of choice." Hayes carried a laptop and headphones around during his travelling days with Prince and the NPG to learn about Peak. He was taking advantage of all the gaps between plane boardings, hotel lobbies, sound checks, and t.v. appearances and, glued to his 'puter everywhere they went, he must have looked like a kid on a science field trip. He tells of a time when all the band members except himself were fidgeting and pacing around the green room waiting to perform on a French television show. Hayes, trance-like, was enthusiastically lost in learning a new Peak feature when Prince poked his nose in to see what his keyboardist was up to. "He says, 'Well now, what are you doin'?'," recalls Hayes with a spot-on Prince imitation. "I looked up at him and said, 'I'm cre-ating.' I told Prince that Peak is so tight that it was like I was checking out background sound forensics at a crime scene for CSI or something. It's become a whole other new tool for me now, yet I can still look at Peak like the big instrument it is, too. You hear people say, 'Let's fix it in the mix,' but I say, 'Let's fix it in Peak.'" "So strange that no one stayed at the end of the Parade..." - Wendy & Lisa's "Song About" on their 1987 self-titled album.
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Morris Hayes is one of the coolest, nicest, most articulate, smart and humble and fun people I´ve ever met.Seriously.A true Sagitarian communicator  ." I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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On the real, this is a really great dude and as much loved as Renato is I still miss him being in the band but hey it is good to hear what he is doing. I am still waiting for the solo album from him though. I wonder what he would come up with cause he has always been inventive. | |
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chookalana said: Hayes tells of a time when all the band members except himself were fidgeting and pacing around the green room waiting to perform on a French television show. Hayes, trance-like, was enthusiastically lost in learning a new Peak feature when Prince poked his nose in to see what his keyboardist was up to.
"He says, 'Well now, what are you doin'?'," recalls Hayes with a spot-on Prince imitation. "I looked up at him and said, 'I'm cre-ating.' I told Prince that Peak is so tight that it was like I was checking out background sound forensics at a crime scene for CSI or something.[/b] Personally, I think that actually Morris was secretly making himself a tracked Lovesexy cd..... "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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peak? | |
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when morris left the funky left | |
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XxAxX said: when morris left the funky left
OOOOOh that was something I didn't expect to hear. He was a funky keyboardist. A very cool brother who went out of his way to accomadate some friends of mine after a show. Filling them with stories of my youth and making me look good to them. It is an honor to even know this gentleman. | |
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