rap said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/09/princes-sound-engineer-susan-rogers-he-needed-to-be-the-alpha-male-to-get-things-done

While I'm extremely grateful to Susan for sharing all the stories she's shared with us over the years, I wish journalists would interview engineers from later periods a little more.

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It's like 75% of Prince-related interviews are Susan and members of the Pre-Revolution and Revolution band, while Prince has worked with dozens of musicians and engineers after 1986. I realize that most were under non disclosure agreements but now that Prince is gone, they're all free to talk (and I'm sure many are eager to).

anangellooksdown said:

databank said:

While I'm extremely grateful to Susan for sharing all the stories she's shared with us over the years, I wish journalists would interview engineers from later periods a little more.

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It's like 75% of Prince-related interviews are Susan and members of the Pre-Revolution and Revolution band, while Prince has worked with dozens of musicians and engineers after 1986. I realize that most were under non disclosure agreements but now that Prince is gone, they're all free to talk (and I'm sure many are eager to).

Exactly. While some things about Prince stayed the same, this man lived an ENTIRE LIFE - just as we all have, lol...- since 1986 for gosh sakes! They did interview Scotty Baldwin and that was insightful, if you could get past his ego! WOW.

Overall I find it very sad that for most people, including some fans, Prince's career ended somewhere between 1986 and 1995. For me it ended in 2016 and I'm equally interested in each chapter of the journey. If we compare the amount of knowledge we have for recording sessions and Prince's life for each period, for each post-1990 fact we know of, we know 30 facts from the 80's. There's a goldmine of things to be revealed and stories to be told.

rap said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/09/princes-sound-engineer-susan-rogers-he-needed-to-be-the-alpha-male-to-get-things-done

While I'm extremely grateful to Susan for sharing all the stories she's shared with us over the years, I wish journalists would interview engineers from later periods a little more.

.

It's like 75% of Prince-related interviews are Susan and members of the Pre-Revolution and Revolution band, while Prince has worked with dozens of musicians and engineers after 1986. I realize that most were under non disclosure agreements but now that Prince is gone, they're all free to talk (and I'm sure many are eager to).

anangellooksdown said:

databank said:

While I'm extremely grateful to Susan for sharing all the stories she's shared with us over the years, I wish journalists would interview engineers from later periods a little more.

.

It's like 75% of Prince-related interviews are Susan and members of the Pre-Revolution and Revolution band, while Prince has worked with dozens of musicians and engineers after 1986. I realize that most were under non disclosure agreements but now that Prince is gone, they're all free to talk (and I'm sure many are eager to).

Exactly. While some things about Prince stayed the same, this man lived an ENTIRE LIFE - just as we all have, lol...- since 1986 for gosh sakes! They did interview Scotty Baldwin and that was insightful, if you could get past his ego! WOW.

Overall I find it very sad that for most people, including some fans, Prince's career ended somewhere between 1986 and 1995. For me it ended in 2016 and I'm equally interested in each chapter of the journey. If we compare the amount of knowledge we have for recording sessions and Prince's life for each period, for each post-1990 fact we know of, we know 30 facts from the 80's. There's a goldmine of things to be revealed and stories to be told.

databank said:

anangellooksdown said:

databank said:

While I'm extremely grateful to Susan for sharing all the stories she's shared with us over the years, I wish journalists would interview engineers from later periods a little more.

.

It's like 75% of Prince-related interviews are Susan and members of the Pre-Revolution and Revolution band, while Prince has worked with dozens of musicians and engineers after 1986. I realize that most were under non disclosure agreements but now that Prince is gone, they're all free to talk (and I'm sure many are eager to).

Exactly. While some things about Prince stayed the same, this man lived an ENTIRE LIFE - just as we all have, lol...- since 1986 for gosh sakes! They did interview Scotty Baldwin and that was insightful, if you could get past his ego! WOW.

not saying you're wrong but i didn't notice any real ego from Scotty, he sounded like a nerd though and nerds tend to be anal. anyway, there are all kinds of interviews out there from all eras, they don't even get mentioned hear Wally Safford had a great one i loved recently but there are many, many others, i don't even have time to keep up on all of them.

anangellooksdown said:

PeteSilas said:

not saying you're wrong but i didn't notice any real ego from Scotty, he sounded like a nerd though and nerds tend to be anal. anyway, there are all kinds of interviews out there from all eras, they don't even get mentioned hear Wally Safford had a great one i loved recently but there are many, many others, i don't even have time to keep up on all of them.

He was totally egotistical. Moreso than any other associate or employee I've ever heard speak since after Prince's passing. He was still angry with Prince too about some things. As if to be competitive with him or the like.

are you referring to the podcast with, hell, whats' the guys name? He didn't sound that pissed off he said they'd been through it before and that he always came back. I didn't interpret as angry, rather he didn't like his ass being ridden when he felt he was doing a great job, which he probably was. Prince, as much as we love him, was difficult. I'd agree with rogers that he had to be. I've worked with musicians in my career and they are a pain in the ass, i'm a nice guy so i' prefer to work alone but the older i got the more i understood that man. If you take out that one quality of his, it's very possible there would have never been a prince.