Why won't the NPGMC Survive? I think it will. I am mad at the fans though for not acting Respectful in Prince's house. No one should tear up a place. I do however think Prince should move to bigger venues however and just really keep Paisley private with special events. It's becoming a Zoo. I think Prince has been too Lenient allowing everybody in Paisley Park.

Complaints about the way Prince runs his busines is silly. First of all, everyone complained that Prince's celebration passes were too expensive because it excluded members who were not finacially stable. Prince performed seven nights at about $35 a night. Buying a pass to his performances at the celebration saved members $350. Furthermore, he knew he'd loose money listening to his fans who are members of NPGMC about this situation, but he refunded those Opherum tickets anyway.

Secondly, everyone was angered because he moved the theatre concerts to paisley park. Everyone thought non members did not have the right to be in Paisley park because they didn't pay $250 or that Prince was running some scam to steal money from them. If you do the math, you will figure out that those who didn't buy a pass actually paid more to go to paisley Park for the same seats members purchased and that people who were not a member of the club could witness that it is reasonable to be apart of the NPGMC. Also, if Prince sold 10 passes and considered it a sell out, isn't that his decision?

Now, everyone is complaining that Prince's music quality art therefore claiming that the club is worthless. Prince is finally practicing what he's always been preaching. Some of his music may not touch all of us, but to many of us, his music is still beautiful. Let the man be creative, he's experimenting and trying all possibilites in attempt to create a new sound that defines his artistical ability more profoundly.

I think Prince is very good business man and shows more compassion for his fans than any other artist in the business. Allowing his fans to come to his home where he produces his music says alot about the man. I don't believe Prince is about making money these days because if he were, he'd have closed the NPGMC after the first year. Will NPGMC be around in the future? Well, I'll say if it isn't, it's not because he can't make any money from it, it'll be because most of his fans can't comprehend exactly what the club is about and what it is actually offering. I'll always support Prince. In my eyes, he has done almost everything ro try to please his "fams."

How many members are there at this moment???

Does anyone know?

Well, when people join a club, they are joining because the club provides them with something they want. When people pay for a membership to a club, they do expect to receive benefits. There has to be something special, something that is incentive to join the club or else it would be pointless to join.

If the benefits and incentives to join any club are taken away, the club will fail. If the NPGMC is going to offer the same CDs to the public that are mailed to club members as well as allowing non-club members to buy passes to the yearly Prince celebrations, it removes 2 important incentives for joining the club.

If the music mailed to club members is going to be sold at retail and celebration passes are sold to non-club members, the only benefit remaining for club members is the concert ticket purchase benefit. But if Prince doesn't come to your town, you can't use that benefit. So someone who pays $100 to join the NPGMC might start to wonder why they should pay that $100 and if that happens, the club will start to lose members.

Why's that IstenSzek? Why would the closing down of the Club mean less music? (less than at the moment seems kind of impossible for non-members, doesn't it?!)

I think Prince is very good business man

and shows more compassion for his fans than any other artist in the business.

Allowing his fans to come to his home where he produces his music says alot about the man.

I don't believe Prince is about making money these days because if he were, he'd have closed the NPGMC after the first year.

Will NPGMC be around in the future? Well, I'll say if it isn't, it's not because he can't make any money from it, it'll be because most of his fans can't comprehend exactly what the club is about and what it is actually offering.

Well, when people join a club, they are joining because the club provides them with something they want. When people pay for a membership to a club, they do expect to receive benefits. There has to be something special, something that is incentive to join the club or else it would be pointless to join.

If the benefits and incentives to join any club are taken away, the club will fail. If the NPGMC is going to offer the same CDs to the public that are mailed to club members as well as allowing non-club members to buy passes to the yearly Prince celebrations, it removes 2 important incentives for joining the club.

If the music mailed to club members is going to be sold at retail and celebration passes are sold to non-club members, the only benefit remaining for club members is the concert ticket purchase benefit. But if Prince doesn't come to your town, you can't use that benefit. So someone who pays $100 to join the NPGMC might start to wonder why they should pay that $100 and if that happens, the club will start to lose members.

.everyone complained that Prince's celebration passes were too expensive.

everyone[b] was angered because he moved the theatre concerts to paisley park.

[b]Everyone thought non-club members did not have the right to be in Paisley park because they didn't pay $250 or that Prince was running some scam to steal money from them.

everyone is complaining that Prince's music isn't quality art therefore claiming that the club is worthless.

most of his fans can't comprehend exactly what the club is about and what it actually offers to us.

The Complaints about how Prince runs his busines are silly because they are not logical. First of all, everyone complained that Prince's celebration passes were too expensive because it excluded members who were not finacially stable. Prince performed seven nights for about $35 each night. Buying a pass to his performances at the celebration saved members $350. Furthermore, he knew he'd loose money listening to his fans who are members of NPGMC about this situation, but he refunded those Opherum tickets anyway.

Secondly, everyone was angered because he moved the theatre concerts to paisley park. Everyone thought non-club members did not have the right to be in Paisley park because they didn't pay $250 or that Prince was running some scam to steal money from them. If you do the math, you will figure out that those who didn't buy a pass actually paid more to go to paisley Park for the same seats members purchased and that people who were not a member of the club could witness that it is reasonable to be apart of the NPGMC. Also, if Prince sold 10 passes and considered the celebration event sold out, isn't that his decision?

Now, everyone is complaining that Prince's music isn't quality art therefore claiming that the club is worthless. Prince is finally practicing what he's always been preaching. Some of his music may not touch all of us, but to many of us, his music is still beautiful. Let the man be creative, he's experimenting and trying all possibilites in attempt to create a new sound that defines his artistical ability more profoundly.

I think Prince is a very good business man and shows more compassion for his fans than any other artist in the business. Allowing his fans to come to his home where he produces his music says alot about the man. I don't believe Prince's attitude about his career is currency motivated these days because it was, the NPGMC would have closed after the first year. Will NPGMC be around in the future? Well, I'll say if it isn't, it's won't be because he can't make any money from it, it'll be shut down because most of his fans can't comprehend exactly what the club is about and what it actually offers to us. I'll always support Prince. In my eyes, he has done almost everything ro try to please his "fams."
[This message was edited Tue Jul 9 6:55:09 PDT 2002 by SummerRain]

Moral of the story: U can't please everyone

Keep on doin' what you're doin', Prince, because it's unique, special, exciting and unpredictable. You can count me as a member every year. I wouldn't miss out on the music (months earlier than the public and so many downloads last yeat I lose track!), exclusive seating at shows (after years of Prince tickets fiascoes, this is the best part for me), soundchecks where we can hang with u, 7 days and nights of fam heaven at Paisley Park... I could go on but those of u that know, know. Long live the NPG Music Club and the New Power Generation. Peace and be wild,



Sbacon1999

I do, truly, miss the monthly music downloads.

BelleBeyond said:

With a 56K I sure as hell don't.