What a cool way for a superstar to communicate with his fans!

Listening through some of the stuff now and it's really interesting.

http://princevault.com/index.php/3rdEye_TV

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It was so cool he did not continue.

And that is typical of the Prince man.

udo said:

It was so cool he did not continue.

And that is typical of the Prince man.

To be fair to the Prince man, it wasn't really appreciated by the fans.

To be fair to the fans, many of us did appreciate it--however, Prince's practice of having the shows in the middle of the night and not archiving them so people could watch according to their own schedules meant that many people either missed them (so they couldn't "appreciate" them in any way) or accessed them through other unapproved channels (which I'm sure Prince would claim not to appreciate). I did spend a few weeks staying up until 1:00 or so every night on the off chance that he'd do a show, but once I was pretty sure someone else would save and share the things, I decided to give up that little pleasure (since I had to be up at 5:00 in the morning) and just download elsewhere.

And I'm sure that would count against me in Prince's view, but some of us live in his timezone but have non-musician hours.

EddieC said:

To be fair to the fans, many of us did appreciate it--however, Prince's practice of having the shows in the middle of the night and not archiving them so people could watch according to their own schedules meant that many people either missed them (so they couldn't "appreciate" them in any way) or accessed them through other unapproved channels (which I'm sure Prince would claim not to appreciate). I did spend a few weeks staying up until 1:00 or so every night on the off chance that he'd do a show, but once I was pretty sure someone else would save and share the things, I decided to give up that little pleasure (since I had to be up at 5:00 in the morning) and just download elsewhere.

And I'm sure that would count against me in Prince's view, but some of us live in his timezone but have non-musician hours.

EXACTLY!!

trax said:

I usually miss anything live out of Paisley because of the time difference, and the inconsitency of what happens when I do sacrifice sleep to watch. I think the Piano and Microphone event was a missed oppurtunity to promote what appears to be his new business model for touring.

EddieC said:

To be fair to the fans, many of us did appreciate it--however, Prince's practice of having the shows in the middle of the night and not archiving them so people could watch according to their own schedules meant that many people either missed them (so they couldn't "appreciate" them in any way) or accessed them through other unapproved channels (which I'm sure Prince would claim not to appreciate). I did spend a few weeks staying up until 1:00 or so every night on the off chance that he'd do a show, but once I was pretty sure someone else would save and share the things, I decided to give up that little pleasure (since I had to be up at 5:00 in the morning) and just download elsewhere.

And I'm sure that would count against me in Prince's view, but some of us live in his timezone but have non-musician hours.

Which is exactly why I don't mind getting that kind of stuff from fans that were able to capture it and don't care if Prince thinks we're bootlegging. I'm too old to play his games, and as a fan who has purchased everything he has released (and continues to do so) I think I've earned the right to get to hear anything he puts out there even if I wasn't logged on in the middle of the night to catch it live.

I'm not trying to say that I have a right to rifle through the vault. But, this was officially out there for fans to hear.... IF they stayed up and stayed logged in. I don't buy this "only for the lucky few" trick he likes to pull. I have a job, a family and a life so too bad for me? Yeah, right!

Just sayin'...

funksterr said:

BobGeorge909 said:

funksterr said:

I usually miss anything live out of Paisley because of the time difference, and the inconsitency of what happens when I do sacrifice sleep to watch. I think the Piano and Microphone event was a missed oppurtunity to promote what appears to be his new business model for touring.

A new business model for touring?

Nothing complicated.. I just think all signs are that he's planning to tour with the Piano and a Mic concept. It's way cheaper than dragging 5-20 bandmemembers around, so he could probably make more money while giving fans a new reason to come out to the shows. Looks like a new business model for his concerts.