Everyone's mentioning on him only being qualified to teach guitar. Don't 4get the piano. I mean that is the first intrument he had taught himself.

ecstasy said:

Everyone's mentioning on him only being qualified to teach guitar. Don't 4get the piano. I mean that is the first intrument he had taught himself.

And drums...there's a whole lot of shit that Prince plays. Then when you get into stuff like writing lyrics and song composition...and he probably knows alot about the history of popular music too...then throw in what he knows about the business side...

I think people tend to want to understimate how much Prince probably knows.

The instrument Prince is more proficient on is guitar and, as discussed before neither his guitar technical skills nor his theory music knowledge are nowhere near the required level for a (master)class).

Only aspects like recording and producing techniques or 'peripherical aspects of music', like touring, bandkeeping or the like could be within Prince's reach.

vitriol said:

I don't think Prince qualifies for that.

What could he teach about? The only thing I think he could teach is guitar technique and, honestly, being a monster guitar player he doesn't go too far out in any field because there are LOADS of people much more qualified than him for that job (ever heard of Berkleee School Of Music?).

He might know a thing of two about recording techniques and production. But mostly his lastest productions are far from being a subject to be taught.

When an artist has achieved a peak in perfection as Prince has, he/she can definitely teach in a university. I am sure that UCLA or UC Santa Barbara would extend the offer, UCSB did, afterall, acquire the late most devine Cesar Chavez. The late Raymond Massey taught for Sonoma State U in California.