FlyOnTheWall said:

rap said:

purplethunder3121 said:

He's carrying on the tradition...

so it would seem

duh...that urn paisley park replica was a sign..that he's still living in PP.....

IstenSzek said:

NinaB said:

DiamondsnPearls44 said:

I hate to see whats coming

So do I. Without P...I don't know what the future holds.

Its not a good look thats for sure.

DiamondsnPearls44 said:

NinaB said:

DiamondsnPearls44 said: So do I. Without P...I don't know what the future holds.

Its not a good look thats for sure.

anyone with enough money could conceivably use his music for commercials....blasphemy

luvsexy4all said:

DiamondsnPearls44 said:

Its not a good look thats for sure.

anyone with enough money could conceivably use his music for commercials....blasphemy

true....not to mention rappers using his music/beats

I would have thought it would worth alot more than $35 million, especially all the early recordings, demos etc.

When P started his NPG Music Publishing in 2014 he issued a press release stating:

“actively [seek] placement for some of Prince’s best-loved songs in film, television, video games and the commercial realm.”

So, maybe P wasnt against using his music for commercial ventures?

[Edited 10/12/16 20:21pm]

It's just too low idon't believe it.

luvsexy4all said:

rap said:

so it would seem

duh...that urn paisley park replica was a sign..that he's still living in PP.....

Idiota!

CherryMoon57 said:

Prince’s much-vaunted vault of unreleased music is being shopped for as much as $35 million by estate advisers Charles Koppelman and L. Londell McMillan, a source close to the situation tells Billboard. All three major labels are said to be in talks for rights to the music, the source said.

http://www.billboard.com/...xe-edition

Check Llondels twitter

https://twitter.com/LondellMcMillan/status/786353306142519296

Its NOT TRUE

laurarichardson said:

Ingela said:

It's a good thing. The family isn't a corporation with the capital expertise to manage it all. And it seems they need the money. There is a huge irony in a man fighting so hard for something and dies only to see most likely get what he fought for in the first place. We all die. If Prince was alive, it would be a different story, but if it's not important for the family to keep, then I see no problem. It will be in better hands. Let's remember, it was his own sister who sued the brother that most likely helped her financially for credit on a song. Again, he fought her in court and won. But in the end she got it all. Ats much as she could. It's all good. [Edited 10/12/16 16:23pm]

Then why don't they get their own jobs and EARN their money instead of mooching of Prince and his career?

Well..I read that MJ was worth $700 million..I would think Prince's music would be at least worth that..stay tuned

rap said:

Why the fuck doesn't Londell release an actual statement and let us fans know what the hell is going on. He's an educated man.

Jesus, it's like Prince is still alive and we're being drip fed cryptic bullshit and nonsensical tweets!!

All the people related to the Prince estate should understand that many fans had already grown tired of Prince's guessing games and mysterious announcements. It's way past time to just be straight forward. Announce and communicate things clearly. #NoRiddles

Here is the org thread about the press release...

http://prince.org/msg/7/406647

He definately had it in mind..

He said it !!

http://www.npgmusicpublishing.com/ is up and running...

and the domain was renewed on March 25 this year...SO he had PLANS

along with “the terms of the deal are not public” and that “it includes a schedule of songs that Prince considers ‘fit 4 eternal publication

I read somewhere that there are 935 Songs in that list...

Cant find the source but I will keep looking.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

When P started his NPG Music Publishing in 2014 he issued a press release stating:

“actively [seek] placement for some of Prince’s best-loved songs in film, television, video games and the commercial realm.”

So, maybe P wasnt against using his music for commercial ventures?

jdcxc said:

IstenSzek said:

indeed. they haven't catalogued it yet so there's no telling what is in there exactly.

they're probably negotiating with labels as to who gets to work with the estate on
future releases, re-releases, remasters etc.

the 35 mil is probably a licensing/distribution deal?

i can't imagine they would be selling the vault without knowing exactly what is in it
or how much that might be worth. you can only start to reasonably put a price on
it once it's all catalogued.

You would think Billboard would know this?

The media does not give a shit about facts anymore or research and sometimes just commonsense. The estate can work with a record company to put out the music without selling it outright. Prince had one off deals with labels all the time to distrubute and market.

fbueller said:

Lovejunky said:

Here is the org thread about the press release...

http://prince.org/msg/7/406647

He definately had it in mind..

He said it !!

http://www.npgmusicpublishing.com/ is up and running...

and the domain was renewed on March 25 this year...SO he had PLANS

along with “the terms of the deal are not public” and that “it includes a schedule of songs that Prince considers ‘fit 4 eternal publication

I read somewhere that there are 935 Songs in that list...

Cant find the source but I will keep looking.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

When P started his NPG Music Publishing in 2014 he issued a press release stating:

“actively [seek] placement for some of Prince’s best-loved songs in film, television, video games and the commercial realm.”

So, maybe P wasnt against using his music for commercial ventures?

Controversy was in one of the Scandal eposoids in April so yes he was already working on getting songs in TV and movies. He owned the whole thing so why not.

rogifan said:

fbueller said:

All the people related to the Prince estate should understand that many fans had already grown tired of Prince's guessing games and mysterious announcements. It's way past time to just be straight forward. Announce and communicate things clearly. #NoRiddles

So every time a rumor comes up the estate needs to issue a formal statement or press release? That's ridiculous. This was reported in Billboard not breaking news on CNN. And it didn't take long for Londell to deny it on Twitter. I'd argue "fams" need to take a chill pill and not freak out over every rumor that pops up.

Exactly the estate is not going to discuss whatever business arrangement they are working on until finalized. Many of the financial deals have been sealed by the court so public will only know something when it has been completed.

laurarichardson said:

The money to be made today in the music business is in touring (for the artist) and music publishing rights (for the owner of the rights - this is not necessarily the songwriter and/or the artist). Do you remember when Paul McCartney told Michael Jackson to buy music publishing rights, and when the time came MJ bought the Lennon/McCartney song publishing rights? His estate sold those rights for hundreds of millions of dollars a couple of years ago. It seems that ownership of the vault materials has not yet been established. The $35 million figure may just be a "feeler" to see how high the market will go while the estate is still in the investigatory phase. As in 2014, all avenues of distribution (movies, TV, commercials, streaming, etc.) will be on the table.

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

The media does not give a shit about facts anymore or research and sometimes just commonsense. The estate can work with a record company to put out the music without selling it outright. Prince had one off deals with labels all the time to distrubute and market.

I hope to God it isn't one off deals with different labels. I hope they can work out a deal with WB and get this music everywhere. I can purchase HNR Phase 2 on iTunes but not TGE or Musicology or 3121. That's whack and needs to be fixed. Doing deals with all sorts of different labels just makes this more complicated than they need to be.

You can buy those releashes from the Tidal store and import them to your I-Tunes. You can also go on Amazon.com and find the CDs or just go to the marketplace on this board and see if someone can help you. People are pretty cool on this board about getting the music to fans.

I do not think the estate will jump from label to put out the music. I think they will stick with one and go from there. I hope it is not WB because if you take a look at their roster it is not filled with talent that is exactly doing anything right now.

Trust someone will be interested in marketing and distrubuting the music. The estate would be foolish to sale the entire catalogue outright and at this point they want to maximize anything that can be revenue generating.

[Edited 10/13/16 5:12am]

laurarichardson said:

Maybe that figure does not relate to the entirety of the vault.

It is unclear about what the 300 milion would be for. Early in the article it implies it is for the unreleased materials but then later talks about the updgrades of existing material and the PR material. That is a big difference. There aren't many ways to make hundreds of millions off the unreleased material. So few peolple buy CDs anymore and even paid downloads of songs is a diminishing market. It seems that the main way to make a profit from even a $300 million purchase would be from getting it played repeatedly in commercials, shows, etc. Those sources are going to want to use the well known publicized material, not the unfamiliar to the masses unrelased music.

So, I don't think that $300 million for the unreleased stuff would be a low figure.

In any case, it is a sad thought to think that Prince's music - released and unreleased - comes down to what would be the best songs to sell products with.

gandorb said:

It is unclear about what the 300 milion would be for. Early in the article it implies it is for the unreleased materials but then later talks about the updgrades of existing material and the PR material. That is a big difference. There aren't many ways to make hundreds of millions off the unreleased material. So few peolple buy CDs anymore and even paid downloads of songs is a diminishing market. It seems that the main way to make a profit from even a $300 million purchase would be from getting it played repeatedly in commercials, shows, etc. Those sources are going to want to use the well known publicized material, not the unfamiliar to the masses unrelased music.

So, I don't think that $300 million for the unreleased stuff would be a low figure.

In any case, it is a sad thought to think that Prince's music - released and unreleased - comes down to what would be the best songs to sell products with.

Prince had put Controversy into a Scandal episode this spring so he knew that the best means to make money with the music was from T.V and Movies. If you pick the right places to put the music it is fine.

Yes,music sales are at a all time low but the estate would never sell the rights to catalogue for such a ridculous figure. Too much money to be paid from license deals.

Well, Prince definitely predicted this would all happen one day. It's just sad to see it actually happen.