i was recently inspired to send a video of myself to Paisley Park, but i have no idea what to do , like what address to send it to, if i need to fill out anything about it, or if they're even accepting anybody. im completely clueless can anyone offer me any help on what to do? please?

katara said:

Paisley Park Studios
7801 Audubon Road
Chanhassen, MN USA
55317-8201

Good luck.

Don't hold your breath.

It will go right in the trash.

Matters what you look like. Prince is a mack.

ernestsewell said:

drgnfly said:

And for the record, I'm not being negative. It's truth. It's an unsolicited video. They'll trash it in a hot second. Not even an intern will view it. It'll be a waste of time, effort, money, and energy.

how can you all be so sure ?
really , you can't , imo
[Edited 3/1/10 21:37pm]

utopia7 said:

And for the record, I'm not being negative. It's truth. It's an unsolicited video. They'll trash it in a hot second. Not even an intern will view it. It'll be a waste of time, effort, money, and energy.

Prince brings a disabled fan to tears.....
Monday, April 01, 2002

Hello. My experience at the Easter Sunday Prince concert was completely humiliating. I have been a fan of Prince's for 24 years, seen many concerts, even danced on-stage with him at the Crown in Cincinnati. He's inspired me to become a songwriter myself - to date, I've written over 600 compositions, close to 50 about Prince. Who would've known I was in for a good cry on Sunday.
My husband & I traveled 5 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh in a rainstorm to attend Sunday's concert. We couldn't afford 2 tickets, so my husband stayed in a motel why I attended Sunday's event alone. Little did I know I was hours away from be mistreated by none other than Prince himself. We arrived in Washington D.C. with a couple hours to spare; enough time for me to dye my hair purple underneath and finish sewing the costume I had been working on all week. We proceeded to the venue & my husband kissed me on the cheek & told me "have a good time, honey." Little did he know.

So I proceed to the soundcheck. I'm shy, so I sat quietly in the back & saw no harm in placing one of my CD's on the stage. I thought hey, maybe he'll take a listen & see the next generation of what he's inspired. What a mistake.
When Prince appeared on-stage he immediately picked up my CD & said "who's is this?" I said "mine, I'm Divinity" to which he rudely demanded "come & get it." I said "that's o.k., it's for you." Prince demanded "come & get it." I told him "no, you've embarrassed me enough already." He said "what's this about?" I proceeded to tell him I traveled 5 hours to get here & would like him to have a copy of my CD. To give him a frame of reference I told him, "I'm the one who wrote a 2nd verse to 'Crazy You.'" (o.k. the history. I was briefly signed at Oar Fin Records in Minneapolis. One of my favorite Prince songs is "Crazy You" an accoustic guitar song off his first album. I've listened to it over & over, & only having one verse I found the song to end too quickly for me. I thought wouldn't it be great if the song had a 2nd verse? So out of love & respect for Prince I chose to write a 2nd verse & I was told I had permission to record the song. I violated my contract at Oar Fin when another producer's original music was copied - so you see, I'm not into stealing intellectual property. In fact I added my own intellectual property to an existing work, thus making it a collaborative effort. Furthermore, when I dissolved the contract with Oar Fin, I called Paisley Park personally to tell them I was the one who wrote the 2nd verse to the song, asked them if they wanted a copy, and called Prince's attorney in N.Y. as directed. I gave Prince's attorney the infomation, he took down my personal info & told me he would call back if things were favorable.
That was the end of that.)

So, back to the story: To give him a frame of reference I told him, "I'm the one who wrote a 2nd verse to 'Crazy You.'" Prince said "did someone say you could do that?" I proceeded to tell him I had been a fan & why I did it. He repeated his question. I told him I called Paisley Park & his attorney & nothing ever became of it. Prince went on lecturing the crowd about the value of intellectual property & how Alicia Keys stole one of his songs. At one point another fam member yelled out to Prince, "hey man, she brought it to your house, no disrespect." To which he replied "would it have made a difference if Alicia Keys brought me my song in a catsuit?"(referring to my costume) Meanwhile, my addition to "Crazy You" is dead in the water. I never reproduced it, sold it - nada. It wasn't even on the CD I was trying to give him. As I said, I was using that comment to give Prince a frame of reference as to who I was in case he had heard it in the mix that - hey some girl called wanting permission to release a song - I wanted him to know I was her. What a dumb idea.

Long story short, Prince assumed I had reproduced a copy of his song & profited off it, not true. But still he went off on me humiliating me publically in front of all the NPGMC members & mistreating me verbally. I yelled out "it's too bad you don't want to hear what you inspired." My CD was returned to me & I was told to be quiet or I would be forcefully removed & my ticket taken for me. Immediately I was hysterical crying which continued for 2 hours in which I was consoled by other fam members & employees at the Warner Theatre - thanks to the kind people in D.C.

I stayed motionless in my seat crying & shaking, wimpering & sniffling with the security guard hovering over me waiting for any excuse to throw me out. What a rotten trip. Thanks a lot Prince.

As for Prince, I & all the other fams present got to see why people say he's mean & difficult to get along with. The rotten twin was definitely on hand for Easter Sunday making me sorry I ever was a Prince fan, making me sorry I put forth so much effort. All night people were saying, oh, you're the girl Prince yelled at...great! Yeah, that's me - I'm the one Prince yelled at, I'm the one he misunderstood. Add me to the list of broken hearts.

Most of all, practice what you preach - "love for one another" was not what I experienced & "one night alone with Prince" was definitely enough for me.

www.divinitysse.com - the discography page of my website verifies the Prince collaboration song was never released. I am a songwriter myself; I know the value of intellectual property, I would not disrespect someone I've spent my life respecting...don't get it twisted.

http://prince.org/msg/12/11483

Divinity6 said:

squirrelgrease said:

[Edited 3/2/10 0:22am]

how can you all be so sure ?
really , you can't , imo

how can you all be so sure ?
really , you can't , imo

how can you all be so sure ?
really , you can't , imo
[Edited 3/1/10 21:37pm]

well this was all just a thought and a foolish dream. thanks for all your comments everybody

katara said:

... Or you could upload it to youtube and title it "Prince: Purple Rain" or "Prince, Purple Rain, the cut out homosexual sex scene".

That'll insure that someone from the Prince staff sees it.


[Edited 3/2/10 9:00am]

Dewrede said:

It a FACT jack.
Safety issues,
Copyright issues,
Common business practice issues.