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Thread started 06/15/03 3:32pm

milty

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has Prince been playing the sitar?

the samples of NEWS seem to indicate this. is he getting into Indian classical music? does he think he is Frank Zappa? has he been hanging out with Ravi Shankar?
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Reply #1 posted 06/15/03 3:35pm

deMatthijs

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milty said:

the samples of NEWS seem to indicate this. is he getting into Indian classical music? does he think he is Frank Zappa? has he been hanging out with Ravi Shankar?


That is most probably a keyboard-patch - one can tell from the way the melodies
are played, as from the sound of course.

No need to worry wink
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Reply #2 posted 06/15/03 3:52pm

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I've read that Prince has a few sitars, and of course, he can play them.
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Reply #3 posted 06/15/03 4:09pm

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That is a keyboard patch, not a real sitar.
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Reply #4 posted 06/15/03 5:44pm

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Eleventeen said:

That is a keyboard patch, not a real sitar.

It could be a guitar processor effect as well. He could make it sound like a banjo if he wanted.
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Reply #5 posted 06/15/03 5:45pm

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deMatthijs said:

milty said:

the samples of NEWS seem to indicate this. is he getting into Indian classical music? does he think he is Frank Zappa? has he been hanging out with Ravi Shankar?


That is most probably a keyboard-patch - one can tell from the way the melodies
are played, as from the sound of course.

No need to worry wink



Why would you worry about him learning to play a new instrument?
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Reply #6 posted 06/15/03 5:52pm

milty

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Bambi319 said:


Why would you worry about him learning to play a new instrument?


who said i was worried? i'm just curious.
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Reply #7 posted 06/16/03 12:57am

deMatthijs

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squirrelgrease said:

Eleventeen said:

That is a keyboard patch, not a real sitar.

It could be a guitar processor effect as well. He could make it sound like a banjo if he wanted.


He could get the sound out of a guitar, true, but if you listen to the sample,
it is not the phrasing a guitar provides.


Bambi319 said:



Why would you worry about him learning to play a new instrument?


My comment was regarding the Zappa/Shankar remark.
I too would like to see him learn to play a new instrument, suggestions?

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