Since Prince's passing, I have noticed a consistently growing flow of creativity in me, coming out of nowhere. I've always been very passionate about music, and always sang and danced but never took the time and effort to learn to play an instrument.

Recently though, I have sensed a deep urge to play music and today, I actually started composing a song on my daughter's keyboard piano, even though I've never even played piano before. Melodies and chords are coming into my head and I suddenly played some chords and added more to them and this continued for hours until it was nearly a whole piece of music. It was melancholic and a little hypnotic, but it gave me a great sense of satisfaction whilst playing it.

I was also very pleased when my daughter heard me play and she said it sounded like it was prince playing, and she started dancing to it (bless her she's only 7). It could have possibly had something to do with all the Prince music I have been listening to lately but I'm intrigued and wondered if anyone had felt the same urge to create lately.

I am now looking into buying a bigger piano / keyboard as I couldn't do as much as I wanted on this one.

Prince inspired me to buy a piano AND learn to play it - if only for the sole purpose of spending thousands of dollars on lessons to learn just ONE of his songs. Happy. Bucket list item? Check.

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Death offends me. I'm not contributing to it anymore, now vegetarian.

meagemini2 said:

Prince inspired be to buy a piano AND to learn it - if only for the sole purpose of spendings thousands of dollars on lessons to learn just ONE of his songs. Happy. Bucket list item? Check.

No I'm sure this will lead us on to a very prolific musical path, well let's hope so anyway. And there's always ebay

That's really awesome. I wish I could say the same. I've actually felt the opposite, haven't got my groove back just yet. A month later and everything is still just bleh. I'm a Makeup artist and right before he passed I was gaining a lot of momentum as far as clients, creativity, thinking of making YT tutorials, etc. Then he passed and I just kinda lost interest and didn't have the desire anymore. I'm sure it'll slowly gain momentum again. We shall see. Good luck to you all in your musical endeavors!

RiotPaisley said:

Same. I just want to create something. Some of my friends have said the same. They are casual fans so I am not sure If they are grieving quite like some of us. They are the ones who ask if I am doing alright though. And I am not but I am trying to Push. Create. That's how he still speaks.

Yes, it sounds like we're trying to divert the sadness and diffuse it into something positive. Survival instinct perhaps?

RiotPaisley said:

Same. I just want to create something. Some of my friends have said the same. They are casual fans so I am not sure If they are grieving quite like some of us. They are the ones who ask if I am doing alright though. And I am not but I am trying to Push. Create. That's how he still speaks.

Oh thank God it's not just me! Since he left us I've had this overwhelming need to finish a (Princely) song I started 18 years ago as well as create new stuff. I'm collecting my thoughts and feelings for a song dedicated to him.

leslievette said:

That's really awesome. I wish I could say the same. I've actually felt the opposite, haven't got my groove back just yet. A month later and everything is still just bleh. I'm a Makeup artist and right before he passed I was gaining a lot of momentum as far as clients, creativity, thinking of making YT tutorials, etc. Then he passed and I just kinda lost interest and didn't have the desire anymore. I'm sure it'll slowly gain momentum again. We shall see. Good luck to you all in your musical endeavors!

Thanks! Though, like you, I have kind of lost my motivation for anything else, it seems that it is only things evolving around music that are keeping me going.

CuddlyBear said:

RiotPaisley said:

Same. I just want to create something. Some of my friends have said the same. They are casual fans so I am not sure If they are grieving quite like some of us. They are the ones who ask if I am doing alright though. And I am not but I am trying to Push. Create. That's how he still speaks.

Oh thank God it's not just me! Since he left us I've had this overwhelming need to finish a (Princely) song I started 18 years ago as well as create new stuff. I'm collecting my thoughts and feelings for a song dedicated to him.

That's really cool, Prince has touched and inspired so many people, it makes sense that we want to play an active part in this. I wish you all the best with your project.

Marrk said:

I've gone back to singing and dancing. Last week I learned a bit of the choreograhy from Janet Jackson's Dammn Baby music video and I just want to be the best singer/dancer I can possibly be

Marrk said:

daveonsale said:

Changes. A shadow is following me, something sad; at the same time I dare more than before, telling what I think. I do not feel so curious as before because not many can surprise me with creativity and joy. I think Prince was for me the best part I try to find in everyone I know.

It has felt very sad for me as well for the past month and it has been difficult to cope at times, but I think it will ultimately be a strengthening experience for most of us. Whilst we will have to continue our life knowing that someone we loved so much is no more, what we have gained from knowing him and his music will continue to grow and make us grow. His music is so multidimensional and there is so much of it to listen to, it gives us unlimited experiences and joy for years to come. It ain't over!

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CherryMoon57 said:

ivey0126 said:

Marrk said:

Death offends me. I'm not contributing to it anymore, now vegetarian.

Same here! Stopped the day after the 21st. Haven't looked back. Also I really want to learn how to play the piano or the drums(more drums) . Is it too late to start? I'm 31

DarlingKris said:

I've gone back to singing and dancing. Last week I learned a bit of the choreograhy from Janet Jackson's Dammn Baby music video and I just want to be the best singer/dancer I can possibly be

How wonderful! I've always loved dancing, our dance teacher actually used Janet's music a lot (it was Control at the time), and we did most of her choreographies, but that was a while back .

RiotPaisley said:

ivey0126 said:

Same here! Stopped the day after the 21st. Haven't looked back. Also I really want to learn how to play the piano or the drums(more drums) . Is it too late to start? I'm 31

not too late at all there are DVDs and YouTube videos.

And Cloreen Bacon Skin. I probably had my neighbors real sick of that song. If
You can get a lot you can learn. If you can dance, it's easy.

CherryMoon57 said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Since Prince's passing, I have noticed a consistently growing flow of creativity in me, coming out of nowhere. I've always been very passionate about music, and always sang and danced but never took the time and effort to learn to play an instrument.

Recently though, I have sensed a deep urge to play music and today, I actually started composing a song on my daughter's keyboard piano, even though I've never even played piano before. Melodies and chords are coming into my head and I suddenly played some chords and added more to them and this continued for hours until it was nearly a whole piece of music. It was melancholic and a little hypnotic, but it gave me a great sense of satisfaction whilst playing it.

I was also very pleased when my daughter heard me play and she said it sounded like it was prince playing, and she started dancing to it (bless her she's only 7). It could have possibly had something to do with all the Prince music I have been listening to lately but I'm intrigued and wondered if anyone had felt the same urge to create lately.

I am now looking into buying a bigger piano / keyboard as I couldn't do as much as I wanted on this one.

My heart seems to be more into learning pentatonic scales and shapes on guitar and am determined to one day be able to pick up my guitar and play some Prince tunes. Am going to buy some Prince sheet music books too. Good luck with learning the piano.

Guitarhero said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Since Prince's passing, I have noticed a consistently growing flow of creativity in me, coming out of nowhere. I've always been very passionate about music, and always sang and danced but never took the time and effort to learn to play an instrument.

Recently though, I have sensed a deep urge to play music and today, I actually started composing a song on my daughter's keyboard piano, even though I've never even played piano before. Melodies and chords are coming into my head and I suddenly played some chords and added more to them and this continued for hours until it was nearly a whole piece of music. It was melancholic and a little hypnotic, but it gave me a great sense of satisfaction whilst playing it.

I was also very pleased when my daughter heard me play and she said it sounded like it was prince playing, and she started dancing to it (bless her she's only 7). It could have possibly had something to do with all the Prince music I have been listening to lately but I'm intrigued and wondered if anyone had felt the same urge to create lately.

I am now looking into buying a bigger piano / keyboard as I couldn't do as much as I wanted on this one.

My heart seems to be more into learning pentatonic scales and shapes on guitar and am determined to one day be able to pick up my guitar and play some Prince tunes. Am going to buy some Prince sheet music books too. Good luck with learning the piano.

Thanks! You will need a lot of patience for that I'm sure but it will pay off in the end, when it becomes automatic and then you can just start playing what you really like and enjoy it. Would love to play the guitar too, but I tried once and couldn't face practicing Stairway to Heaven for the 50th time so I gave up I might start again one day as I'd love to play some blues.

I do feel like things are changing in me. In some ways, it's as if a spell is broken, and I am seeing and hearing things with a fresh clarity that harkens back to before my obsession with Prince sort of colored everything. Now, I mean that he colored everything within my creative world. It's not like I was constantly trying to mimic him or anything, but creativity is something I have been devoted to since childhood in the 70's. So his sort of excellent variety and intensity of creative exploration and industry was iconic and set a royal standard for me all these years from high school until now.

I'm also so much more tender now about appreciating life and everyone around me. I hope this feeling lasts! Prince was like mythology that was physically real... reassurance that not all magic is fiction, some of it can be pure creative power incarnate that is real and affecting us as true experience. It is a huge mental shift to take in his passing on as a creative.

But on the downside, I'm also cautious now. I do need to know what happened. I only want to be guided by the parts that I believe were wise.

ivey0126 said:

Marrk said:

Death offends me. I'm not contributing to it anymore, now vegetarian.

Same here! Stopped the day after the 21st. Haven't looked back. Also I really want to learn how to play the piano or the drums(more drums) . Is it too late to start? I'm 31

i no longer look for funky clothes for the next paisley park party

This is a really nice thread. Glad I clicked on it. Well, I can remember writing a few things recently and it really felt like something was "different"....When I went back and read it and looked at certain things I could see the results of what felt so different in my heart as I was writing it. It's as if his words somehow in my heart and mind were flowing. I think that gave me a lot of peace. The past few years have been really tough but the worst of it was probably the end of last year going into the beginning of this year. But, his music and his passing have solidified certain beliefs that I have about the importance of walking into your destiny and never settling for second best. That song "Way Back Home" really gets deep within my soul because of how my life was when that song was released and then hearing it now because the lyrics are related to how I feel and have felt for most of my life. I never wanted a typical life, scripted roles, none of that.....and it's because of that I've been able to experience certain things that brought me close to my destiny. Prince will never be forgotten and I'll love him for eternity.

Marrk said:

Death offends me. I'm not contributing to it anymore, now vegetarian.

I have been changing my eating habits to eat more vegetarian meals and also to lose weight more.

-It does come from reading about how Prince did these things in his own life.

For me, also, I believe I found to a small degree a kindred spirit in Prince - if just because he apparently was introverted and the fact that he was a misfit- sometimes a person needs a bit of encouragment in the form of a role model or a person who "has made it" and yet who was different.

It can do wonders for anyone who does not fit the mold themselves.

In any case, mostly I have just gottent a sense of motivation to go for goals. To believe that I, too, could be a success, not in spite of my highly sensitive and introverted nature -but maybe actually even BECAUSE of it!

...Yep, this has been the "revelation" of sorts for me. Feeling happy about being my self more.

ufoclub said:

I do feel like things are changing in me. In some ways, it's as if a spell is broken, and I am seeing and hearing things with a fresh clarity that harkens back to before my obsession with Prince sort of colored everything. Now, I mean that he colored everything within my creative world. It's not like I was constantly trying to mimic him or anything, but creativity is something I have been devoted to since childhood in the 70's. So his sort of excellent variety and intensity of creative exploration and industry was iconic and set a royal standard for me all these years from high school until now.

I'm also so much more tender now about appreciating life and everyone around me. I hope this feeling lasts! Prince was like mythology that was physically real... reassurance that not all magic is fiction, some of it can be pure creative power incarnate that is real and affecting us as true experience. It is a huge mental shift to take in his passing on as a creative.

But on the downside, I'm also cautious now. I do need to know what happened. I only want to be guided by the parts that I believe were wise.

...Wow. I love what you wrote... "reassurance that not all magic is fiction, some of it can be pure creative power incarnate that is real and affecting us as true experience..."

Brilliantly said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...Truly.

It sums things up for me really well. -It IS a huge mental shift to take in his passing as a creative. ( I am not a musician, but I am creative in visual arts, and someone like Prince I know is the REAL DEAL - and I feel it in my soul that such a force has gone).

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