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Printablemeow85 said: morningsong said: Maybe he's grooming one of his nieces/nephews, of course I do get the impression he isn't really that close to his siblings, but stranger things have most definitely happened. I mean his nieces/nephews are adults for the most part now aren't they?
This could all have been someone blowing smoke up my ass, but I was told once that Prince does indeed have a musically talented, fairly young nephew he's been encouraging in this direction. God only knows if that's true or not though.  Eh, it's possible. But a person (or persons) doesn't have to be musical to inherit an estate and handle it lovingly and responsibly. Hey I'm always expecting good things out of people, wishful thinking I guess. | |
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morningsong said: meow85 said: This could all have been someone blowing smoke up my ass, but I was told once that Prince does indeed have a musically talented, fairly young nephew he's been encouraging in this direction. God only knows if that's true or not though. Eh, it's possible. But a person (or persons) doesn't have to be musical to inherit an estate and handle it lovingly and responsibly. Hey I'm always expecting good things out of people, wishful thinking I guess. i wondered if mani would have handled it properly. up until the divorce his estate/legacy would have been in her hands. | |
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wonder505 said: morningsong said: Eh, it's possible. But a person (or persons) doesn't have to be musical to inherit an estate and handle it lovingly and responsibly. Hey I'm always expecting good things out of people, wishful thinking I guess. i wondered if mani would have handled it properly. up until the divorce his estate/legacy would have been in her hands. She might have. He was impressed by how well she took care of him as his personal assistant. If she wasn't fake who knows. | |
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morningsong said: wonder505 said: i wondered if mani would have handled it properly. up until the divorce his estate/legacy would have been in her hands. She might have. He was impressed by how well she took care of him as his personal assistant. If she wasn't fake who knows. that's true, and she seems to be doing a pretty good job with her companies so it looks like she knows what she's doing. | |
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his songs (videos, etc.) are probably being willed over to a company such as WB with MANY conditions attached, including large percentages of the profit going back into his estate toward the building of a music school named in his honor, expanding Paisley Park Enterprises, and various other charities
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wonder505 said: i wondered if mani would have handled it properly. up until the divorce his estate/legacy would have been in her hands.
Not to say that she wouldn't have handled things well, but just because she was his wife doesn't mean she would have automatically been responsible for his estate. Especially since the vast majority of his estate, assets, vault recordings (if such a thing exists) were acquired before they were married. Even so, he could appoint a trustee/executor not her to administer this stuff. Personally I wouldn't have left such a huge responsibility to her, no disrespect. | |
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meow85 said: Whatever happens, I'm sure Prince already has things arranged the way he wants them. He's too much of a control freak in life to let his legacy all go to shit when he's gone. The man'll rule with an iron fist from the beyond.
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squirrelgrease said: Very good question. In the wrong hands, managing postumous releases could be a disaster to fans and to his legacy. Jimi Hendrix's catalog was all over the place, and in various states of quality before everything was turned over to his sister.
My guess is that Prince wants to be burried with his masters and vault tracks.  that actually sounds likely | |
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stillwaiting said: Several Things 2 Consider here:
1. Prince may not even care what happens to his recordings after he passes. You're kidding, right?? With his ego and need for absolute control over everything? |
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seriously though...
I recall an interview from the 90s (before the marriage to Mayte) when Prince was asked if he wants children.He said "Yes.I need someone to look after things when I'm gone.".  it seems that he is really concerned about what will happen to his music when he is gone. | |
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PicassoFace said: stillwaiting said: Several Things 2 Consider here:
1. Prince may not even care what happens to his recordings after he passes. 2. The fanbase that will fork over lots of money for unreleased material is getting smaller each day. Basically every year a few die hard fans die, never getting the chance to hear what is in the vault. This is why he should just release the stuff now, while there are enough of us alive who care. The love that artist's from the 60's still get will be gone by the time Prince is in his 60's. The younger generation doesn't have as much exposure to real music in our "Microwave" society. (Quick results, no substance.) 3. Crystal Ball was overblown with 90's stuff. A new collection now would probably focus on 2000's material like the NPG Club. I really think he's done with the 80's Prince. 4. Bootleggers and whoever are making tons of money off of Prince on ebay, and other websites. If prince really cared that much, he would've done something about this by now. 5. If you're a fan, you just have to hope someday he'll follow the song he gave to the time "Release it Boy" Good points. Let's say Prince never releases much of his vault recordings and lives to be 90 years old. I'll be in my '70s then, and I doubt I'll have as much interest in music in general when I'm that age. So even if someone does take over his vault and release Prince tracks posthumously, even I won't likely have much interest in them at that point in my life. It would be nice if Prince would release his vault recordings as little "side albums" the way Ani DiFranco has started selling her "bootleg" concert CDs. He could release them strictly online to a smaller audience (his die-hard fans) and at the same time continue to release albums of new material which would be available in stores. Sure, Crystal Ball was a plagued with distribution and logistical problems, but I'm willing to bet that Prince could do something like that again without any problems this time around. I agree with both of you!! NOW is the time for Prince to release this stuff,while he still has a loyal,sizable fanbase that would shell out big money for it.Things will be different thirty years from now.Plus,it would be better for this stuff to come out while he is still around.I can't imagine that he would want these songs coming out with other people controlling how and when it is released. | |
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prince is immortal | |
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What if his music got into the hands of a cruel person and they just destroyed all of his vault material?Now that would be scary! | |
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i'm sure Prince has "people" working on something. Does he have any cousins, neices or nephews? Or maybe he minght donate some things to a museum or charity? It doesn't sound like Prince but who knows. "So shall it be written, so shall it be sung..."  | |
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With the way P's career has gone (wonderful) and the amount of $$$ he has (baby got bucks!!!) I'm quite sure P has all legal docs in order. He's been in the biz too long and have heard/spoke of/conversed with/read (as time permits - GET THE CD DONE ) pertaining to others in the same financial situation as he. P is too smart to allow just anyone to become an heir to his estate and I think he has or will make a good choice."I don't make the rules. I just play" | |
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ychismb said: What if his music got into the hands of a cruel person and they just destroyed all of his vault material?Now that would be scary!
If it's not destroyed, I think he should launch it out in2 space orbit. | |
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Quite Sad  | |
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XxAxX said: prince is immortal My thoughts xactly.  | |
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ychismb said: What if his music got into the hands of a cruel person and they just destroyed all of his vault material?Now that would be scary!
Unlikely. There's too much profit to be had off of Prince's catalogue for any sane person to just destroy it all. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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I just heard this morning that Timberlake is doing new material for Madonna.. so.. if she can still jump around on a stage and she's also pushing 50, and you have the Rolling Stones still jumping around on stages and they're mid-60's.. then.. I'll put Prince in that same boat.. and think positive that he'll be around for awhile too .. | |
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Flowerz said: I just heard this morning that Timberlake is doing new material for Madonna.. so.. if she can still jump around on a stage and she's also pushing 50, and you have the Rolling Stones still jumping around on stages and they're mid-60's.. then.. I'll put Prince in that same boat.. and think positive that he'll be around for awhile too ..
The guy takes care of himself. I wouldn't be surprised to see him rockin out on his 90th birthday. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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squirrelgrease said: Very good question. In the wrong hands, managing postumous releases could be a disaster to fans and to his legacy. Jimi Hendrix's catalog was all over the place, and in various states of quality before everything was turned over to his sister.
My guess is that Prince wants to be burried with his masters and vault tracks. Exactly - there were numerous greatest hits packages before the family took control again. I believe that happened in the mid-to-late 90s? I had only owned the cassettes prior to purchasing the family-authorized remasters. I love them. |
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ychismb said: What if his music got into the hands of a cruel person and they just destroyed all of his vault material?Now that would be scary!
That would never happen. If anyone got control of the Vault, greed would overtake them. They'd see dollar-signs everywhere they looked. If Prince does not stipulate what will happen, look forward to a bunch of mish-mash releases and a bunch of unfinished songs hitting the market. |
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Prince could be the one to destroy it before he leaves here, he did it with his houses didn't he we all know how selfish he can be. | |
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i don't care that much about his estate.
But I do hope someone comes along to take his place, someone with a similar brilliance. The main obstacle to this happening is the record industries indifference to genuine creativity in music. | |
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