KEROUAC said:

I came across another example today quite by accident. There is a really great site for learning guitar called Justinguitar.com where the guy who runs it teaches guitar completely free in his youtube videos and he is excellent at it. I just saw this message from him....

"I was of course gutted to hear about the passing of Prince and a lot of people have been asking about a tribute lesson and I really want to, but he pulled all the lessons of his songs I had done (including some that never went live!) and it nearly cost me my channel! So I'm reluctant to risk it again until it's clear what's going on - though it seems a few others have managed to get some done without them getting pulled... I'll do some as soon as I can."

Kind of sad that Prince wouldn't even let a video of somoeone teaching how to play one of his songs be allowed on the web don't you think?

(PS Sorry I can't figure out how to insert spaces between my pargraphs)

[Edited 5/13/16 9:03am]

well that sux

The fan base was clearly there, yet he chose not to give them a fair chance at hearing his music.

Prince kept the joy of his music from fans who loved his music. Heck, I'm a Prince fanatic and I haven't seen that "Batdance" video in decades. That should never have been the case. Never. He also kept that great music from young people who use youtube to discover music.

Couldn't agree more. For someone who uttered the fairly repellent, "I don't talk to old people…they try to find ways to stay static. Young folks are the ones with the ideas and constantly moving forward," he was awfully quick to reject the young folks ideas all the same.

So I wasnt imagining that fact I sometimes felt cheated

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RiotPaisley said:

sonshine said:

Yet how could they know when he made it so difficult. I feel quite strongly about artists being compensated and respected Prince for what he was doing mostly. But I don't see how having his music videos at least available for viewing. I've never stolen any music from any artist yet I know so many others do. That's sad. My kids all love music and I always wanted to share my love for Prince with them. They just never quite got there and that's where the music videos make a huge difference. It always takes the artist to a higher level of admiration imo when you have that visual experience to enhance the audio.

Im not sure how you say it was so diffict to access him. I had his videos on VHS in the 80s/90s, I bought his Hits DVD (it was stolen and I just bought it again) and his music could be found online FOR PURCHASE pretty easily. There were ALWAYS some Prince CDs/ DVDs in used book stores etc. besides, in the end he didn't care about fame or money he just wanted to make music and if it was out there he wanted to get paid. He's put out amazing albums that critics dissed because they just didn't get it. It's funny to me all these cats saying now what a genius he is... Rolling Stone giving him a whole mag when for years they acted like he was just that freaky dude who had a few hits. I mean part of me is happy he's getting the recognition he deserves now, but another part of me is pissed because he was ours, the fams, those of us that got it and respected his artistry and put up with his hijinx all these years cuz we LOVE HIM SO HARD. People coming on here saying oh he blew it... Garbage. He didn't blow nothing. He lived for his art and he died for it. He ran his ass to the ground. He worked himself to death and people are going to complain cuz they couldn't just type his name in a search bar and enjoy the show for free!!?!? As Prince would say, shut up already, damn!

i totally agree with you

I agree that he was difficult and in his life he made his legacy harder to share past the generation that lived during his popularity. He should of had a vevo and re - released concert films etc. But I don't know if he would have been him if he did all those things. What I love about him is that he went his own way and did his own thing no matter what. That's what made me love him in the 1st place. Idk maybe if he was more accessible he wouldn't have had sold out shows with no notice decades after a hit single, or he wouldn't have been able to tour just himself and a piano and made it as magical as a full band. If we had unlimited access maybe we wouldn't have as much as of appreciation For the magic that was him. Idk

stinasings said:

If we had unlimited access maybe we wouldn't have as much as of appreciation For the magic that was him. Idk

I don't think anybody was advocating unlimited access, they are saying SOME access would have given many people (especially younger ones) an opportunity to experience his performances for the first time and likely turn them into fans.

laurarichardson said:

Actually I have been buying more of his music lately largely because of first hearing samples of it on youtube.