blackguitaristz said:

of course you know that Dirty Mind was Prince's THIRD album

I always thought Madhouse was a Sheila affair...? I had hoped not, an heard rumours that '7' was, in fact, Prince...ow that's a good drummin'.

BoySimon said:

Yeah, that's P on drums on all of the Madhouse joints.

On 'all' of the Madhouse chunes? Are you ShUrE?

if u read prince innnerview he did in drum magg he stated how he always use the drum machine yet does a overplay wit real drums.its so hard 2 tell which iss which b/c he uses both on so many songs

kaptainkrunk said:

You're
right, sometimes it's even hard to tell a difference if it's Prince or John drumming

zaza said:

WHAT?!

'dre

ufoclub said:

"After Sheila E Showed Prince this drum beat - he snatched the sticks and pushed record in his warehouse recording studio."

I think it's easy to hear if it's Prince on the drums because he has this certain style of "funky" drum solo fills that almost changes the timing and then snaps back. Some may think of this as a flaw compared to Michael B or Blackwell, but Prince always brings it back. I'd say he was influenced by that "1 2 3 4, 5,6,7,8,9, 10" song off of Sesame Street.

Prince's drumming evolved from simplier in the pocket style to more complex John Blackwell influenced.
Listen to Prince's drumming on Glasscutter he adopted
a lot from John Blackwell style

thebanishedone said:

how do we know Blackwell didn't play on Glasscutter?

Glasscutter is Prince on all instruments.
He is credited for playing everything and while Prince played under John's influence you can hear its not John

if u listeb 2 most innerviews by his band memebers they will tell u prince doesnt use them much 4 studio only live and he teaches them the parts 4 live shows. i really believe prince is confident enuff 2 do it himself cuz he was signed 2 his 1st contract as a solo artist not a band

Blackguitarist you are right about everything except one thing .
IT was Prince on drums on I'm yours.
Bobby Z told me that info so its a first hand info.

thebanishedone said:

credited where?

errant said:

npgmc email:

"Time 2 jam in GLAM SLAM!

Now Spinning:

SAN JOSE JAM
New Power Generation
Recorded live at San Jose soundcheck

GLASS CUTTER
All instruments and vocals by PRINCE
Recorded at Paisley Park 2004

All weekend long in Glam Slam VIP!"

ElCapitan said:

thebanishedone said:

That's cool banished...As I stated in my post, Cymone told this. He told me back in 95 when I was recording with A.C and Morris. That's how I got the info that I relayed here. I don't know how u got the info from Bobby. But Andre said that it was Bobby and NOT Prince. Now A.C said he was present when this all went down but who knows? I have no reason to doubt Bobby obviously BUT I have no reason to doubt Andre either. Hell, it could have been Big Bird on the verses and Oscar on the choruses for all I know.

I love seeing Prince play drums. Does anyone have any pics they can post?

CLR said:

Great idea!

zaza said:

PatricioRey said:

Thank you! Very nice pics!

zaza said:

It stands to be mentioned that those first four songs were also recorded together. Prince sat at the drums, with his little sheet of paper (notes), and played all four songs back to back on the drums. He then went and played bass on all four tracks, back to back. Then went back and played keyboards on all four tracks, back to back, etc etc.

You can tell what's the Linn and what isn't on his songs. He's so known for detuning the drums here and there, some more than others, that it's noticeable which songs are live and which are not. I would imagine his first three albums were all live drums as well. "Tambourine" stands out as a live drum track too.

Great pictures and great information! Thanks everyone!

FunkinDaTrunk said:

Er, but surely its right that he's asking "Where the real drummer at?" on a track with a drum machine?? I mean, it wouldn't make sense if he was asking where the drummer is, when he's actually there playing drums now, would it?! That would be lame!!