mikek1 said:

Michael - let me answer this one..

1. yes, every man changes when his wife is around...it's a fear thing.
2. yes Michael thought she was hot..that's a dumb question. Stevie Wonder thinks she is hot too.
3. That's even dumber..she barely said anything unless Prince looked at her with that 'it's ok' nod. Come on..it really becomes apparent when you see the footage of her and TOmmy Lee. She's outgoing...with Prince she seemed so shy.

Prince is the man but his weakness is that he does not seem like an easy going type...watching him play with TOm petty and the other oldies was a breath of fresh air as he wouldn't have even considered it years ago. It was neat to see him smoke those guys...it's like they were standing still while he was breaking the sprint record...awesome..anyway, i'm rambling.

Hello Michael!
Just wanted to thank you for giving us the link to buy the Sons of Almighty cd...I finally got it and I love the songs!

Are there any plans on a new Son of Almighty or Dr Mambo's Combo cd?

Thanks again

Myrto

Ronny said:[quote]

mikek1 said:

Prince obviously just has a strong personality. People like that tend to overshadow others.

mikek1 said:

not really..

i didn't really look at her, like that..

she wasn't anymore controlled than the rest of us, from what i saw.

michael b.

myrtobelly said:

i have worked on new material for sons of almighty.. no plans for release, though.. dr. mambo's combo doesn't have the motivation to put something out.. it's just a group of people that get together to play the music they wanna play.. it's not really meant to be more than that..

michael b.

Ronny said:

you're hilarious, man..

michael b.

ebonyrhythmbuddha said:

How would you and the rest of the band handle 24+ hour recording sessions? Why do you think Prince did that, was it that he was insprired and wanted to finish the ideas he had? Did you guys work on just one song during that long of a session or several songs?

Michael,

Here is a what if for you...

What if one day down the road you do not have any particular obligations and Prince and Soul Asylum both ask you to go out on tour with them at the same time? Who would you choose?

Michael,

Have you ever written any songs yourself or have gotten co-writing credits?

Michael,

You seemed to be almost constantly recording in your time with Prince. When you recorded with him, were the songs recorded for a particular album/project or did you just recored song after song that he later choose from to put out an album?

Sowhat said:

prince recorded when he felt like it. with, or without, us.
after my tracks were done, i'd leave, usually..
i presume that's what everyone did..
just because prince was recording didn't mean we had to be there.. we weren't usually around when he was cutting vicals and/or experimenting with the basic tracks.. don't feel bad for us.. feel bad for the engineers that had to work 'round the clock. they're the ones that got really punished..

michael b.

Sowhat said:

usually, for no particular reason, other than inspiration..
i've covered this, ad-nauseum, in another thread. feel free to go on the search..

michael b.

Sowhat said:

soul asylum.. why would i repeat a chapter in my life that went on for 7 years? just like prince, i need new stimulus, and other challenges.. i've done that, already.. although, it's nice to revisit, every once in a while.


michael b.

Hello Michael, thanks for spending some of your time here.
Can you give me your opinion of Jef Lee Johnson? his reputation as a guitarist and musician is huge, but I wanna hear it from someone who has worked with him.
Thanks.

nikkhendrix said:

Speaking of which, (if you haven't already) please share how the project News From the Jungle came to be, or any interesting anecdotes from these sessions? Also, outside of eBay, where can I find some funky ass loops these days?

hello mike.

I was wondering if Prince ever talked about any other musicians who were out at the time?

Also; Do know why there were no guitar solos on 'symbol'?

Who played bass on sexy mf?

Prince is very anti- drugs but did he mind people having a joint now and then?

ebonyrhythmbuddha said:

Sorry about that. This is the third thread and has over 250 posts on it so I got kind of lazy and I missed it.

ebonyrhythmbuddha said:

Fair enough.....how about The Rolling Stones or Soul Asylum.

Michael,

Do you still keep in touch with Levi and Mico and if so, how are they doing? What projects (if any) are they working on?

Hi Mike,

What advice would you give someone in there 30s who, whilst having a major passion for music and strong desire to learn an instrument, is put off learning as they believe it is to late to start all that?

I keep harping on to a friend of mine who wishes to learn guitar and drums that it's never too late. But he just thinks it will be in vein as he'll be too old to join a band with the limited experience when he finally reaches a standard.

I'm banging my head against a brick wall with this guy.

Michael,

What is the hardest thing about drumming? What is the easiest? What is the least enjoyable? What is the funnest?

Sowhat said:

yes. most of the songs on the sons of almighty record were co-writes between me and other members..

michael b.

nikkhendrix said:

he's the baddest man walking.. hands down..

michael b.

Snap said:

i've already covered this, actually..
as far as any anecdotes go, there are none that i wanna get into.. it was a dark time.. that's all i can say..

we released a sequel called "smoove grooves".. same people put it out.. east/west sound warehouse.. it's out there, somewhere..

michael b.

mikek1 said:

yeah.. all the time..

what about "three chains o' gold"? "the morning papers"?

sonny t.

yes, he minded..

michael b.

Sowhat said:

the stones can't play anymore, man!! what's your problem?? LOL

michael b.

Sowhat said:

i try to stay in contact with miko, but i don't really know what he's up to..
haven't seen levi in years..

michael b.

ebonyrhythmbuddha said:

nuthinbuttamuffin said:

if he believes it's too late, then it's too late..

michael b.

Sowhat said:

i love music.. i'm not really all that into the drums, as a thing or instrument or whatever.. it's just where i happened to end up.


michael b.