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Psychology Today: Charisma and Prince

The article is suposedly from 2013, so maybe it has been posted here before. For those who haven't read it, here you go:


9 Ways to Increase Your Charisma


Lessons from rock stars that can help you get heard.


When Prince finished a showcase performance in a small Minneapolis movie theater on January 7, 1979, the Warner Records representatives walked out shaking their heads. Prince couldn’t believe it. Not ready for a tour? How was he supposed to sell any records?


But the label believed its new artist wasn’t a good enough performer to make a tour profitable. Prince was an excellent musician, they knew, but he lacked charisma. He needed to develop the ability to get people excited about his music by getting excited about him. Instead of signing off on a concert schedule, they sent him back to the studio to record a second album.


Prince made the album and, propelled by the success of its first single, “I Wanna Be Your Lover,” it entered the Billboard charts. Finally, Warner saw enough momentum to risk sending the still-awkward performer on the road. A lucky break came when singer Rick James, of “Super Freak” fame, invited Prince to open for him on his 1980 Fire It Up Tour.


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Source:https://www.psychologytod...ign=FBPost

From a post published by: Post published by Rith Blatt Ph.D. pn Sep 07, 2013 in The rock Band Project

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