"Hot off the presses!
July 2004 Guitar Player - On sale now at your local newsstand."

Here's the link to see the cover.

http://www.guitarplayer.com/

The piece is short, but Prince says some interesting things. He has a thing about avoiding technical stuff. lol

It is a worthwhile read. But I aint about to transcribe the whole damn thing. lol.

They also do a bit on Mike Scott.

someone transcribe please. I am a guitar player, fan of this magazine, fan of guitars and fam (ehh) of prince, this is the article of my dreams. please someone transcribe please, I cant buy the mag cause i live in south america. pleeeaze someone save my life, i am about to kill myself

[This message was edited Tue Jun 22 15:51:31 2004 by 7salles]

This issue was on stands a month ago.

He's SO pretty 2 me I CAN'T STAND IT!!

I won't get my hopes up. Every time he has talked to guitar magazines or bass magazines in the past, they asked him guitar-related questions and he replied talking about God and shit like that. C'mon Prince, you moan that people are only now realising you are a musician, yet when you get a chance to talk to fellow musicians in interviews you talk about any old shit except fucking music.

Why not:

- Show off your guitar collection
- Talk us through your stage and studio setups, what gear you're currently trying out etc
- Talk about your favourite guitars, guitarists and favourite guitar solos
- Shit like that, funk music, left hand technique, whatever


That's what people who read "Guitar Player" and their ilk wanna hear...
[This message was edited Tue Jun 22 16:40:12 2004 by ian]

ian said:

ian....this is prince.

I suspect that he lacks the technical speak to explain what he means so he just avoids the questions.

I cant explain it but he never answers technical questions directly. In fact, he never answers questions about songwriting directly either i.e does he start with beats, melodys, lyrics etc?

He's a fucking mystery wrapped up in a riddle.

bkw said:

...with a little bit o' fOnk in tha middle

bananacologne said:

damn, that's cute the way that rhymed.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yeah I know. I guess I just wanted Princey to be as big a guitar nerd as I am

I bought the Prince issue of Guitar Player three weeks ago for $5.99!
Save your money--not worth the price. He doesn't discuss his gear. There are some good pix. Here's one.
[This message was edited Tue Jun 22 17:43:52 2004 by Copycat]
[This message was edited Tue Jun 22 17:45:42 2004 by Copycat]

He doesn't have to discuss gear since it's already listed in the article. Just as it was the last time he was featured in GP mag.

can't someone scan the full article? pleaaaze

Tell me, ain't this shit old newz??? Looky here:
http://www.prince.org/msg/7/96277

That Magazine is old,get some New News

The only problem I had with the article was that Prince put Beyonce in the same sentence with Ella Fitzgerald She's nowhere close to Ella's level.

crs350 said:

Actually, it's not. It's the July issue. It may have been on the market for a few weeks, but this issue isn't old.

i think some of you all are confusing this with the rhonda smith cover of bass player magazine w/ prince on the cover with her. this may have been out on newsstands for a while (though i can't find it ANYwhere in chicago yet), but it certainly hasn't been out for "months"....prince mentioned this story in a radio interview the day musicology came out, that might be another factor people are getting the actual magazine confused with...

Yeah, it's been out for apprx. 3 weeks... that's when I bought mine.

7salles said:

WOULD U LIKE ME TO BUY U A MAGAZINE AND SEND IT TO YOU... email me here an ADDRESS and I WILL GET YOU ONE AND SEND IT TO YOU.

GODBLISS
SingMia

Anxiety said:

No. I picked this magazine up almost a month ago. It may be the July issue, but that's not uncommon. Many times magazines put a cover date that is a month or two ahead to insure more time on the stands. You can still find it on most stands, but it isn't all that new in magazine terms.

cool article

i don't think Prince wants everyone to know all of his secrets, because i sincerely doubt he lacks the ability to get all technical. he may have taught himself to play instruments, but he also prides himself on knowing how to read and write music. Prince doesn't strike me as the kind of person to just start babbling about all his behind the scenes effects. he doesn't want anyone to start trying to duplicate his sound and techniques.

This issue did come out about a month ago... Prince says he doesn't want to get into how he creates his "sound" because he feels it's more important for individual players to develop their own sound rather than try to copy his. I think he has a valid point there. What difference does it make how he does it? Develop your own.. There are too many copycats as it is!

The article doesn't really add a lot of insight beyond what I've seen posted on the org. It does, however, have a couple of cool shots of him playing various guitars.

adorable2 said:

HELLO! If anything THIS sounds the most like Prince.

ian said:

1/2 a page on larry graham & the bible

Prince has divulged very little in the few intances where he's been covered in the guitar press.
How he still manages to get cover billing is beyond me. I'd actually rather read about a lesser known guitarist, who actually offers some real insight into their craft. The current article in Guitar player has some nice pics, but is pretty meager otherwise.

I respect Prince's varied opinions, but mentioning Beyonce & Ella Fitzgerald in the same breath
sounds a little weak to me.

As you mature as a guitarist/musician hopefully you realize that emulation is pretty much a dead end, and deveolping your own voice on your instument is the most important thing.
I gave up on my quest to "sound like" or "play like" so & so a long time ago. Though I do backslide from time to time.


I'm mystified how, let's say Jesse Johnson for example comes out with a really guitar intensive album & gets virtually no coverage in the guitar press. There are alot of really good good musicians with cd's just "under the radar" that deserve more coverage.

adorable2 said:

Agree!! The mans gotta have mystery

I added this issue to my collection a couple weeks ago.

One thing he mentioned was about the way the guitar player from the 70s group BOSTON played his guitar. He also mentioned a couple obscure groups from that era as well. He gave nice mention to Ike Turner also.

The Boston mention makes a lot of sense to me. I got back into BOSTON some a couple years ago. When I did I thought the guitar playing sounded like Prince~

Check it Out~