Aloha fellow P lovers...I have a dream..I want to have Prince grace our island with his Funk...I need help, support and direction...I also do not know where to buy his recordings anymore besides Amazon...I have much respect for him and want to NOT buy bootleg~ I am going to try and get on our public radio here and play "A Night with Prince' weekly, however I need inventory!!!!!! And and all positive help is GREATLY appreciated..Mahalo~~~

style66 said:

Aloha fellow P lovers...I have a dream..I want to have Prince grace our island with his Funk...I need help, support and direction...I also do not know where to buy his recordings anymore besides Amazon...I have much respect for him and want to NOT buy bootleg~ I am going to try and get on our public radio here and play "A Night with Prince' weekly, however I need inventory!!!!!! And and all positive help is GREATLY appreciated..Mahalo~~~

Prince did perform in Hawaii in 2003. You can find most of his recordings on Amazon as well as Ebay. Check independent record stores also for his CDs and records.

Thank you, He has not preformed on our island...My dream is to get him here!!!! More ideas please!!

Raise two million dollars to cover the costs of setting up a show and paying Prince to play.

First off is there a venue on Kauai that is large enough for a Prince concert? It would have to be comparable to the Blaisdel or Aloha Stadium in size and seating capacity. Without that it wouldn't be profitable for him to come there and play a club sized venue. Too many people to fly over and pay for the work of putting a show together.

style66 said:

I also do not know where to buy his recordings anymore besides Amazon...I have much respect for him and want to NOT buy bootleg~ I am going to try and get on our public radio here and play "A Night with Prince' weekly, however I need inventory!!!!!!

Unfortunately, if your local record stores don't stock them and can't/won't get them in (I assume you've tried this?), there aren't a lot of legitimate avenues by which you can get Prince albums these days.

Presumably there are some online record stores that would ship to you (I don't know of any off-hand), but otherwise your options are Amazon, eBay and similar, or else bootlegs, which you've ruled out.

Some albums were never released commercially (ie. they were given away or only sold to NPGMC members for a limited time, etc...), so your options with those are even more limited.

I'm not sure how public radio works regarding copyright and royalties, etc... but I don't think it's simply a case of inventory either. I think you need to get permission or pay something in order to play Prince's music on radio, so it's worth checking that out as well - no doubt the people that run the station will know.

Regarding getting him to play, the key thing (other than the logistics that HonestMan raised) is to get in touch with local promoters - ie. whoever brings other big acts to Kauai - and try to convince them that it's worth approaching Prince to do some shows there.

Presumably he tours wherever someone makes him the best offer.

Good luck!!

jpnyc said:

Raise two million dollars to cover the costs of setting up a show and paying Prince to play.

Why 2million? Just a number you picked or is this want he wants to play?

HonestMan13 said:

First off is there a venue on Kauai that is large enough for a Prince concert? It would have to be comparable to the Blaisdel or Aloha Stadium in size and seating capacity. Without that it wouldn't be profitable for him to come there and play a club sized venue. Too many people to fly over and pay for the work of putting a show together.

Umm...I was hoping to use a smaller venue ~ like 5 nights..I dont know what amount of $ he would come here and do a show? Lots of Stars live here part time and very wealthy peeps..wanted it more intimate..Dont know if P would dig that or ot? I felt he liked smaller venues..peeps partcipating..?

I've been to Kauai many, many times to work and semi-live for months at a time. I don't think there's actually ANY venue on the entire island, from what I recall. Perhaps in one of the resorts on the North/East sides?

And yes, it's very difficult to buy music there, unless it's local stuff, especially since Borders (the only decent store on the entire island) closed up.

ps: WEST SIIIIIDE!

errant said:

I've been to Kauai many, many times to work and semi-live for months at a time. I don't think there's actually ANY venue on the entire island, from what I recall. Perhaps in one of the resorts on the North/East sides?

And yes, it's very difficult to buy music there, unless it's local stuff, especially since Borders (the only decent store on the entire island) closed up.

I have been thinking an outside venue..7 nights on Kauai...private property? Where on west side?

style66 said:

style66 said:

Aloha fellow P lovers...I have a dream..I want to have Prince grace our island with his Funk...I need help, support and direction...I also do not know where to buy his recordings anymore besides Amazon...I have much respect for him and want to NOT buy bootleg~ I am going to try and get on our public radio here and play "A Night with Prince' weekly, however I need inventory!!!!!! And and all positive help is GREATLY appreciated..Mahalo~~~

Good luck to U!

I have a dream, that he COME BACK TO MPLS! That he get his FUNKY PERSON BACK HERE! IN FACT - I DEMAND IT L0L! He promised! He hasn't performed here since 7/7/07! He promised!

P.S. OH - THERE WAS THE DAKOTA THING....BUT, HE DIDN'T SHOW!

He could do a concert on the beach.

mzsadii said:

errant said:

mzsadii said:

He could do a concert on the beach.

Most of the beaches on Kauai aren't very easily accessible for something on this scale.

Yes, this is true....What about the sound? Does P have his own peeps do his sound?

style66 said:

errant said:

mzsadii said: Most of the beaches on Kauai aren't very easily accessible for something on this scale.

Yes, this is true....What about the sound? Does P have his own peeps do his sound?

He has a sound team but needs to get some better peeps if he hasn't already...some recent concerts have had significant sound problems.

style66 said:

jpnyc said:

Raise two million dollars to cover the costs of setting up a show and paying Prince to play.

Why 2million? Just a number you picked or is this want he wants to play?

It varies, sometimes you read it's 1million, sometimes 2. But not cheaper
If you manage to get him for 7 nights in a club, I will certainly be there