Hello everyone,

I'm working on a mixed CD of Prince songs, old & new. Can anyone please suggest the songs to mix together. It isn't going to be anything high tech. I just want to meld a bunch of songs together. I may add some effects. After I'm done I will share. I'm too lazy to pick any of the million Prince songs that I have.
So do it for me.

Miguel

Wet Dream Cousin.

It's always good to have a theme.

What about songs about travel or being in different places?

glamslamkid said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

It's an unreleased song.

It's hard to answer your question because it's so vague. The guy has hundreds and hundreds of songs, on countless subjects, in myriad styles and personalities. To just say, "give me some names of Prince songs to mix together" is too vague. Give the people a more specific assignment and they'll have fun.

Are you talking about a d.j. Mix?? Seamless and everyhting?

Or just a c.d. of his best songs?

If you are talking about layering and blending then here goes:

Little Red Corvette (12 Inch) until drums at the end...
Bring in beginning drums of Dirty Mind until it breaks down with the drums...
Bring in opening drums of Controversy until "people call me rude" part...
Bring in Soft And Wet until almost the end...
Bring in I Wanna Be Your Lover until drums break down...
Bring in Head until break down that goes "ooh yeah...
Bring in Let's Work until "work allright, we're gonna work all night"...
Bring in Sexy Dancer until heavy breathing...
Bring in Lady Cab Driver until breakdown towards the end...
Bring in Irresistable Bitch until almost the end...
Bring in Erotic City until one of the breakdowns...
Bring in When Doves Cry until the end...
Start 1999 with "don't worry" until "mommy, why does everybody have a bomb"...
Bring in Partyup until "fight your own damned war"...
Bring in Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad until end.

jamaulredmond said:

Yes, it will be seamless. And I do understand that I am being vague. I kind of want to do a mix of songs that are org favorites that were not really hits.

Miguel

vainandy said:

VainAndy you're awesome. I'll let you know how it goes.

Miguel

Two more songs that mix really well are "Automatic" and "Computer Blue".

"Kiss" and "D.M.S.R." mix well.

"Let's Go Crazy" (12 Inch), "Delirious", and "Sexuality" mix well.

I'm working on the mix. I had a computer crash so I just started it again. I'll let you know as soon as it's done. I'm following VAINANDY's track list. Thanks.

Miguel

get down..get down!

how about starting this off with

shhh... you say you wanna slow jam/ SHUTUP ALREADY DAMN =p

shhh - the gold experience
housequake - sign'O'the times
[Edited 12/12/04 7:20am]

oh and then get cracking with your upbeat songs obviously =)

You're doing it with a computer? A friend of mine lent me some DJ software but I couldn't make heads or toes of it. All I saw was lines and graphs. It looked like a life support machine in a hospital.

I did play around with it for a little while and figure out a few things but I could never get them to mix right. I was amazed that the computer could match the beats of two songs no matter how fast one was as compared to how slow the other one was. I played around with making loops but could never make the computer get it on the beat.

I've always mixed with two turntables, two CD players, and a mixer and matched beats by ear with the pitch control and my finger. I've made loops with a cassette deck by using the pause button, burn the loop onto CD, then mix the loop with another song. I would LOVE to learn how to use a computer to eliminate such a long process.

Good luck and tell me how it goes.

Funk 1
When Doves Cry
Pheremone
Race
Illusion, Coma Pimp
Life Of The Party
Hot With U
Peace
High
Y Should I Do That
Days Of Wild
Gett Off
The Max
Slave
New World
The Human Body
Come
Mad
Funky Design
Thieves In The Temple
Funk 2
Thunder
Undisputed
I Wanna Melt With U
Now
Poom Poom
Pope
My Name Is Prince
Sexy MF
Sex Me Baby
Glam Slam 91
VaVoom
New Power Generation
Electric Chair
It
Superfunkycalifragisexy
Sex
Violet The Organ Grinder
Get Off
Loveleft, Loveright
Batdance
Funk 3
P Control
319
Acknowledge Me
18 & Over
Face Down
Big Fun
Return Of The Bump Squad
Strange But True
Billy Jack Bitch
The Flow
Loose
LoveSign
The Slaughterhouse
Hypnoparadise
Judas Kiss
The P
Come Outside & Play
My Tree
Horny Pony
Shockedelica
Beat 1
Musicology
Willing & Able
Raspberry Beret
Feel U Up
Erotic City
Cream
Little Red Corvette
Alphabet Street
Partyman
Sign Of The Times
Lady Cab Driver
Elephants & Flowers
The Work
New Power Soul
Come On
Good Love
Daddy Pop
Kiss
1999
Beat 2
The Future
Around The World In A Day
Take Me With U
Get Yo Groove On
Everyday Is A Winding Road
Tick Tick Bang
Christopher Tracy Parade
Sex
Superfunkycalifragisexy
Le Grind
I Know
Glam Slam 91
Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
Trust
Lemin Crush
Joint 2 Joint
The Continental
Girls & Boys
Life Can Be So Nice
Housequake
Beat 3
The Daisy Chain
Mad Sex
New Position
Delirious
I Could Never Take The Place
America
We March
Glam Slam
Sex In The Summer
In This Bed I Scream
U Got The Look
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Movie Star
D M S R
Hot Thing
Irresistable Bitch
Mountains
Baby Im A Star
Anotherloverholenyohead
Tambourine

80 minutes each 6 cds !!! I also have slow comlipation...

Funk 1
When Doves Cry
Pheremone
Race
Illusion, Coma Pimp
Life Of The Party
Hot With U
Peace
High
Y Should I Do That
Days Of Wild
Gett Off
The Max
Slave
New World
The Human Body
Come
Mad
Funky Design
Thieves In The Temple
Funk 2
Thunder
Undisputed
I Wanna Melt With U
Now
Poom Poom
Pope
My Name Is Prince
Sexy MF
Sex Me Baby
Glam Slam 91
VaVoom
New Power Generation
Electric Chair
It
Superfunkycalifragisexy
Sex
Violet The Organ Grinder
Get Off
Loveleft, Loveright
Batdance
Funk 3
P Control
319
Acknowledge Me
18 & Over
Face Down
Big Fun
Return Of The Bump Squad
Strange But True
Billy Jack Bitch
The Flow
Loose
LoveSign
The Slaughterhouse
Hypnoparadise
Judas Kiss
The P
Come Outside & Play
My Tree
Horny Pony
Shockedelica
Beat 1
Musicology
Willing & Able
Raspberry Beret
Feel U Up
Erotic City
Cream
Little Red Corvette
Alphabet Street
Partyman
Sign Of The Times
Lady Cab Driver
Elephants & Flowers
The Work
New Power Soul
Come On
Good Love
Daddy Pop
Kiss
1999
Beat 2
The Future
Around The World In A Day
Take Me With U
Get Yo Groove On
Everyday Is A Winding Road
Tick Tick Bang
Christopher Tracy Parade
Sex
Superfunkycalifragisexy
Le Grind
I Know
Glam Slam 91
Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
Trust
Lemin Crush
Joint 2 Joint
The Continental
Girls & Boys
Life Can Be So Nice
Housequake
Beat 3
The Daisy Chain
Mad Sex
New Position
Delirious
I Could Never Take The Place
America
We March
Glam Slam
Sex In The Summer
In This Bed I Scream
U Got The Look
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Movie Star
D M S R
Hot Thing
Irresistable Bitch
Mountains
Baby Im A Star
Anotherloverholenyohead
Tambourine

80 minutes each 6 cds !!! I also have slow compilation...

Slow 1
Betcha By Golly Wow
Diamonds & Pearls
A Case Of U
Circle Of Amour
I Can't Make U Love Me
I Love U But I Don't Trust U
How Come U Don't Call Me
Nothing Compares 2 U
Damn U
Extraordinary
On The Couch
She Gave Her Angels
Call My Name
She Loves Me 4 Me
La La La, Means I Love U
I Love U In Me
Soul Santuary
Don't Talk 2 Strangers
The One
Goodbye


Slow 2
Adore
Do Me Baby
Insatiable
The Most Beautiful Girl
U Make My Sunshine
Crucial
When I Lay My Hands On U
Let's Have A Baby
Friend, Lover,Sister,Mother
Muse 2 The Pharaoh
Somebody's Somebody
Ure Gonna See Me
There Is Lonely
Old Friends 4 Sale
I Hate U
Power Fantastic
The Love We Make
God
Reflection


Slow 3
Baby
With You
International Lover
The Beautiful Ones
Joy In Repetition
I Hear Your Voice
The Grand Progression
Scandalous
Still Would Stand All Time
The Arms Of Orion
Be My Mirror
Slow Love
The Ladder
Condition Of The Heart
Anna Stesia
Under The Cherry Moon
Sometimes It Snows In April
Purple Rain

3 cds...however the volume of various cds may be different so I use a software 2 make them even

Controversy
Controversy
Dirty Mind
Head
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Why U Wanna Treat Me
I Feel For You
When U Were Mine
Gotta Stop Messin' Around
Horny Toad
Uptown
Soft & Wet
Sexuality
Private Joy
Ronnie Talk 2 Russia
Let's Work
Sexy Dancer
Annie Christian
Bambi
Do It All Night
Sister
Partyup
Jack U Off

The 1979 to 1982 Era----80 minutes !!! Jus Nice !!! Jus the Fast Songs !!!

Let's Go Crazy
Rock N Rolls Alive …
Chaos & Disorder
Da Bang
Baby Knows
Vavoom
Peach
I Could Never Take The P
Damn If I Do, Damn If I Dun
Strays Of The World
Interactive
Endorphinmachine
What's My Name
The Rest Of My Life
The Same December
Hide The Bone
Sarah
Zannalee
Dolphin
3 Chains Of Gold

My so-called Rock Compilation 80mins

We Can Funk
Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Rockhard In A Funky Place
Strange Relationship
Vicky Waiting
Love Song
Me Touch Myself
Emale
17 Days
She's Always In My Hair
The Good Life (Big City)
Somebody's Somebody (Ultra fantasy)
Letitgo (Sperm? Mix)
Space (Universal Mix)
Rippopgodazippa
Papa
My Computer
Dear Mr Man
Money Don't Matter 2 Nite

This Compilation is whereby p sings in a "bored" voice with slow beat
[Edited 12/12/04 9:28am]

I made my own remix of "Head" that everyone always wants a copy of when they hear it. Hell, I have gone to a stranger's party with a friend and heard my remix (they had copied it for them).

I extended the intro and the breakdowns in the middle. Then, I mixed in snips of LaWanda Page (Aunt Esther) from her comedy album "Mutha Is Half A Word".

The song starts with Esther screaming..."I want a LOOOONNNG black dick!". Then the song starts. During the intro, I mix in "dick...dick....dick...black dick.....black...black....black....black dick".

When the vocals start, I mix two copies of the vocals at the same time until the song reaches a peak and sounds like it is going underwater.

On the first breakdown, I mix in Esther saying "blow me...blow me...blow me...I said BLOW ME BITCH!" Then I mix in Esther blowing into her microphone a few times and bring her in going "Blow him honey!" before the vocals start.

I mix two vocal copies again until it reaches a peak.

On the second breakdown, I bring in Esther again saying "Do what the whores do! Get smart like the whores do honey! Honey, them whores got money, honey, cause they done took all the money yo huzband had! Do what the whores do honey, and you'll wind up with the minks, and the diamonds, and the furs honey!".

People really trip out and go wild when they hear this remix.
[Edited 12/12/04 9:30am]

vainandy said:

You are the real D.J. here. I can only do it on my computer. Oh well it's still really fun. I'm listening to some of my mix right now. I have to slow some tracks down later. I'm going to finish the mix this week then fine tune it. It's not going to be perfect but it should be okay. If you look back at the list you made me I'm up to Irr. Bitch. I'm almost done. I would love to hear your Wanda mix it sounds hella funny. On this mix I'm just doing it straight I'm not peppering it with my creativity. I use a program called ACID. I love it. I wish I could afford PRO TOOLS. My best friend has it. But he has a MAC. I don't like MACS. He's a real D.J. so he can really use it to the maximum.

Miguel

vainandy said:

You should try a program called FruityLoops (FL Studio). Its quite easy to get your head around the basics. You can create loops, programme your own drum beats etc etc... I made a 'mix' of some P songs from Dirty Mind, Controversy and 1999. Certain songs you can take out 'snippets' and use as a sample to create a seamless mix between two tracks or have a common underlying groove for different tracks.

You could also 'beef' up the drums with some basic drum loops of your own to create a 'bigger' sound and to also have a more seamless mix.

It can be quite time intensive to get it right, but its not that complicated once youre familiar with the basics. Once the mix is done you just need to tweak with the EQ of the whole mix, add some compression and you can end up with a pretty good remastering of some old classics...

Unfortunately its not possible to get hold of the seperate trax that make up a Prince song (as far as I know), so you are always limited in what you can take out of a song and create a loop with it. But you could, for example, take the drum and bass from the beginning of the song Controversy, create a loop out of it and play it underneith the mix so that it is still playing under the next track...

Does anyone know what happened with that million CD compilation of samples from Princes entire back catalogue that he was going to sell for a million bucks?

Jon said:

Hey, thanks for the advice. I do have Fruity Loops as a matter of fact. It is a very cool program. I'm still trying to get the hang of it. It's definately something that works by trial and error. I hope everyone that hears my finished mix bears with some of the mistakes.

Miguel

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I've never been a DJ professionally, I've just been doing it for fun since the early, early 1980s with rigged up turntables, a cassette deck, and a pause button. A few years ago, I bought a mixer, two turntables, and two CD players with pitch control so I've really been having a ball. I did DJ in club once, for a few months in 1994, as a favor to a friend that managed the club. That was the first time I ever worked with professional equipment. I quickly got the hang of it and that experience taught me a lot.

How's your mix sounding by the way? The track list I gave you is from a mix CD I did myself a few months ago. With your's being done on a computer, your mix can probably overlap between songs for a longer period of time than mine. Doing it by hand, the beat can get away from you if you don't watch out so if you feel the beat getting away from you, you have to fade it out before it's noticeable.

Like I said, a friend of mine lent me some computer software. I will probably buy me some eventually.

Thanks! I will definately keep that name in mind. If I could master a program like that, I would probably never leave the house.

vainandy said:

I've never been a DJ professionally, I've just been doing it for fun since the early, early 1980s with rigged up turntables, a cassette deck, and a pause button. A few years ago, I bought a mixer, two turntables, and two CD players with pitch control so I've really been having a ball. I did DJ in club once, for a few months in 1994, as a favor to a friend that managed the club. That was the first time I ever worked with professional equipment. I quickly got the hang of it and that experience taught me a lot.

How's your mix sounding by the way? The track list I gave you is from a mix CD I did myself a few months ago. With your's being done on a computer, your mix can probably overlap between songs for a longer period of time than mine. Doing it by hand, the beat can get away from you if you don't watch out so if you feel the beat getting away from you, you have to fade it out before it's noticeable.

Like I said, a friend of mine lent me some computer software. I will probably buy me some eventually.[/quote]


My mix is coming along. I had almost finished it but what I had finished had "clipped". I was pissed. I re-did it. It's sounding okay though. Some beats were hard to match. Some of the middle songs are too fast. I need to slow them down a little. What's good about my program is that you can speed up or slow down a song without changing Prince's pitch. So he never sounds like a chipmunk.
If I had what you had right now, I wouldn't leave the house. I eventually want to get two turntables and a mixer. I'm really into deep house and garage house. I want to use them for that.

I can't wait until I'm done so I can start another Prince project. I don't know what songs they will be. Did you see the lists the others posted. Damn.

Miguel