what would you ask him?

Is "sister" true?

which is your favorite to play in?: major or minor key?

supermom said:

That's just not right coming from somebody named "Supermom"!

Would u please write something just 4 me?

Hey Prince... what's with the Strat'?

Why don't you release a few cd's with songs from ur vault?
We want more new music from u!

777Zannalee said:

weird how we both have lines from the song LOVE.

Negritaluvyu said:

Cool, great minds think alike!!

Would U teach me how 2 play guitar?

I'm curious about the man & I think his music is a reflection of who he is and where he's been...I'd like to get inside his head and understand what makes him tick! I actually don't even know if he has a "sister". BUT that's 1 serious song!

squirrelgrease said:

interesting...u dont like the strat?

Can you give me money?

Which program do use 4 recording? Cubase SX?
Whats about REASON? How do u find them?

what inspired you to scream like a little girl throwing a tantrum at the end of kiss, besides james brown

Does he reget not doing any of the songs that he gave away to other artist

I hope he regrets doing that horrible madonna duet on like a prayer, OUCH!

txladykat said:

Yeah. Not so much. It sounds fine, but it's so "plain vanilla" to me. Fender should have destroyed the tooling for the Strat' when Hendrix went boots-up.

Why don't you do an Unplugged show on MTV or VH1?
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alphastreet said:

Ohhh! MEOW!!!!!

squirrelgrease said:

LOL. my first guitar (and only at the moment) is a strat. got my eyes on something a bit heavier though. i like a variation of musical styles so the strat works for some, but not for others.

Lilith said:

i remember seeing an article awhile back about what he uses..i think it was pro tools....i will have to see if i can dig it out. ,

Why don't you start usng Oberheims and the Linn again?

Can you show me how to get that signature "h-o-h-e-n" sound?

Amaxx said:

meow is right. HE sounded like a cat who couldn't decide whether he was constipated or in need of life support. Sorry guys but he's capable of singing better than that and writing melodies better than that.

txladykat said:

That's cool. Enjoy! If you want a heavy guitar, peep the Les Paul by Gibson or Epiphone.

squirrelgrease said:

les paul was what i was thinking too. my son is stuck on wanting jackson.

txladykat said:

Paisley Park uses Protools, altough one of the smaller studio rooms had something else installed (most likely Cubase or Digital Performer). Prince doesn't necessarily operate the recording program much himself, there's an engineer to perform those duties. Basically he approaches hard disk recording much like he used to approach recording in the tape days. When he records elsewhere he has to use what they are mainly using in the studios, I doubt that he would do the most pain-staking editing chores himself though.

Prince would have no use for a program like Reason, he doesn't work that way.

What is your favorite of all your songs?

novabrkr said:

**** I really thank u 4 the explanation.
I dont use these programs either, my engineer does it 4 me. I assist him with the editing, mixing, mastering work.
EDITING is a VERY HARD WORK. Maybe Im a maniac but I like 2 control which way my songs r taking....

Is Protools 4 Window, Unix or Mac?

Im not an enginer but I've seen that Reason is used 4 midi files. Doesnt Prince use midi files? I will ask informations about it.

Lilith said:

Protools is for Macintosh . There is a lighter version for PC, but I doubt Prince would use it. There are no professional recording programs for Unix at the moment.



Reason isn't really a recording program, it's a bunch of software synthesizer/drum machine module / sample players integrated together. An old concept that sells a lot to the amateur end of music production because of its straightforwardness. But it really is no use for recording of real instruments, vocals and so on. Prince probably has it too if I remember correctly, but I doubt he would use it. He seems to have a lot of stuff he doesn't really employ.

I'm not sure what you are exactly referring to with "midi files" (.MID files are these days of limited use, but I think you are just referring to the use of MIDI in general which of course is as typical practise as ever) - all sequencer programs of today are capable of handling sequential midi data and it is the standard communication language between different pieces of electronic musical gear and computers. Reason can handle it too, but Reason is more of a budget solution. Prince can afford all the features that are available in Reason as separate professional quality units.