PRINCE's work ethic

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Prince Rogers Nelson was a creativity machine.
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@CitizenPain69 6 ай бұрын

Duuude...your video is so totally aligned with what Prince was about that we got more outta these 10 minutes than we have outta 2-hour long documentaries about The Man! We've been lookin' for an edge to JUMPSTART our own creativity ~ we're sump'n of a Poet ourselves, sump'n to get us back in our own writin' game...and THIS was It. You EARNED a lifelong sub for this shit...cuz we'll be checkin' out your other work, as well...BUT...we'll be returnin' to THIS One...OFTEN. #SoExcellent

@makeartnotcontent 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate it. We're only getting started...

@discohandgliding 5 ай бұрын

I came here to say the same thing. This video, like Prince, is gold.

@leif1075 4 ай бұрын

@makeartnotcontent NO DONT FUCKONG SAY I CANT REACJ HIS OUTPUTMFUCL.WHY WOULD.TPU EVEN THINK I'm not a genius at his level..its.me.dammot..How.can I be as creative and talented as he? And why was Prince so demanding and impatient?

@puresoulg 4 ай бұрын

💯✊🏽

@theexpresidents 4 ай бұрын

Uh huh "Artist." Okay.

@chesneytube1 3 ай бұрын

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the reason he could 'work' so much is because it wasn't work to him, he was deeply enjoying himself.

@RickAnderson1 Ай бұрын

you're not going out on a limb at all. It's obvious to anyone that Prince never considered it "work"

@biegebythesea6775 Ай бұрын

exactly.

@anthonygordon9483 20 күн бұрын

He was never off tour either. He was constantly throwing concerts year around. Especially after he turned himself into a symbol. he sony would not pay for his tours cause he refused to work for him so he threw his own tours. he was pretty much a james brown. He never stopped. james brown was the hardest working man in entertainment and he was up there with him

@JilleneLuce 3 ай бұрын

1.- WORK FAST 2 - BECOME A FINISHER 3- ABANDON PERFECTIONISM 4- MAKE ART EVERY DAY 5- SLEEP 6- VAULT MENTALITY Thank you for this super cool video which is great inspiration for any artist who's lost momentum or drive or is weak in any of these rules. What a gift he had, and what a gift he gave us! It's sad that his over-exertion (stage antics) caused the physical pain which took him down way too young.

@JoeNormal 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the bulletpoint list

@alienzardsketter.9076 2 ай бұрын

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes this is the way real artist create living art.

@dxcSOUL 2 ай бұрын

This sounds like you're on the verge of a manic collapse, dude. I hope you're well.

@user-cs7tc6cw1i 2 ай бұрын

FRANK ZAPPA. TOM PETTY. NEIL YOUNG. THEN "the kid", the most prolific after them!

@hardlines5472 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget ... lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of drugs! ⚰

@carl_anderson9315 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been planning on producing my own album since I was 20. I have 15 full songs in my head: guitar parts, bass lines, drum fills, synths, percussions, strings, cello, oboe, clarinets, high distortion, fuzz, metal, funk, acoustic, sax, tubular bells. Everything has been in my head for years. Different situations have pushed me away from getting my own band and recording. A few weeks ago I said “f*ck it” andd decided to do it myself, completely, using DAWs, and playing all instruments I can myself. I know I’m not Prince but I won’t wait to be 80 to start complaining about not accomplishing my dreams.

@makeartnotcontent 5 ай бұрын

That's the way. While you work, remember to get feedback from your audience often. Get people invested in you early. Dig your well before you're thirsty.

@EB-mc6xc 5 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! It’s really hard to find the right musicians for the music most of the time and it shows true musicianship to be able to do everything yourself so top stuff, I respect you 👏

@apexone5502 4 ай бұрын

I’ve my fair share of full songs in my head that I’ve been sitting on for years. With the way the internet has given us small timers a shot at putting out our own music without having to deal with record labels, I’ve been considering doing the same thing you’re doing. I have an MPC Live 2 with a number of the plugins and expansions, I have Logic Pro X and a considerable amount of VSTs, and I have Ableton (though I don’t really use it), as well as Pro Tools and Melodyne. I might as well make something to put on Bandcamp and streaming even if it’s just to say I put some music out. I wish you success with your endeavors and I hope to get my stuff out as well. Not only do we share the same mission but we also share the same last name, lol.

@LADYCHRISBROWN0 4 ай бұрын

No for real I keep dancing movin all the time it’s a song in my body I can’t get it out but in my head baby please I’m shy

@afnanbogey 3 ай бұрын

👏🏻

@JalenJaguar 6 ай бұрын

As an artist, who just spent Thanksgiving in a dark apartment by himself, I feel like I need to see this it was very motivational for me

@makeartnotcontent 6 ай бұрын

I feel for you. Stay tuned. I'm going to be deep diving into the sometimes lonely path for much of 2024.

@JalenJaguar 6 ай бұрын

@@makeartnotcontent thanks for saying that, wishin you much growth & happiness 🙏🏽

@thelittlemoonling 5 ай бұрын

The first time I spent Christmas alone i was so weirded out but deeply satisfied

@JalenJaguar 5 ай бұрын

@@thelittlemoonling i had something of a similar sensation actually 😆

@alx.8721 5 ай бұрын

Feels this, been living in a garage for most of the year. Things finna get better, I promise.

@yudisthiralistya745 2 ай бұрын

Prince was the embodiment of the saying "I was born for this".

@michaelconner1771 6 ай бұрын

This was Wolfgang Mozart's creative process also... quick, precise, finished. Prince is literally our time's Mozart... in physical stature and musical output. Prince will be revered in perpetuity just as Mozart is today, never to be forgotten.

@sexobscura 6 ай бұрын

[ or Tristan Tzara ]

@alx.8721 5 ай бұрын

💯

@notknown6605 5 ай бұрын

Nope

@swisschocolatecake4547 5 ай бұрын

Prince was similar to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “a God gifted musical genius”

@leif1075 4 ай бұрын

@@swisschocolatecake4547HOW CAN I BE LIKE THEM.TJEN DAMMIT..and who the hell says we can't all be like him??

@CraigMansfield Жыл бұрын

I like this because - well one: it's accurate and two: they're not talking about Prince as "a genius". They're talking about his work ethic, which was basically second to none. It's true that he would work non-stop for 3 or 4 days with no sleep, crash out then wake up and do it again. You'd have to learn every song he regularly played, rehearse for a show, do the show, then do an aftershow. And he'd do things like wait until you'd memorised everything, and change it at the last minute. He was basically horrible to work for :D and he could be quite a nasty, manipulative shit until later in his life when he became more religious. The music is only one side of Prince as well, you had the choreography, the media releases, the fashion, the implementation of new technology (the first video I watched on my PC was a Prince video, "Interactive" I think - from a CD on a magazine cover. And he was the first major artist to sell his own music on the internet - but distribution was a problem (Crystal Ball CD). Then there was the legal and business side of things, he got out of his atrocious recording contract with Warner Brothers, and still managed to survive whilst running a multi-million dollar recording complex: Paisley Park. The man was a fucking beast. I mean...................... came from nothing, worked harder than everybody, was better than everybody, never let anybody put him down, didn't crumble under mockery or critisism..... was altruistic (donated money to charities under the condition they didn't tell anybody). Then he had a quite tragic personal life - with all of the normal things that will happen to people, and that are traumatic. I really don't think there are many people in the history of the world, that compare to him. James Brown did............. he had recording companies and all that, he worked hard. I like the comparison to Mozart, I think that's fair and accurate - a person of extraordinary ability, output and clearly outstanding, in their chosen field. Maybe somebody in the Roman Empire, would out do his work rate............. maybe..... Michalangelo in the art world.......... Tesla in science......... But Prince, in music. And he was funny, too. Man, I loved him.

@JamesMinerTattoo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that

@gfanarakos Жыл бұрын

totally agree

@paulflanagan5395 6 ай бұрын

IF IT'S 1 THING THAT I KNOW WITHOUT FAIL IS THE TRUE HISTORY OF MY PEOPLE, THE TRUTH CAN NEVER B DOWNPLAYED, ONLY FEARED

@VuotoPneumaNN 6 ай бұрын

If you read or hear what past members of his band say about him, James Brown was nothing like this. He was no composer, he basically put everybody else at hard work and then claimed credit for their ideas. Great performer and dancer, really passionate and hard working, with an ego the size of the northern hemisphere, but nowhere near as creative as Prince.

@dominiquejones3805 6 ай бұрын

Even the religious side, he was nasty. U had 2 believe what he believed

@bohemiamusicgroup 3 ай бұрын

It's so great to hear that Prince wasn't a perfectionist. This whole video is so inspiring

@andershattne 3 ай бұрын

Don't they say ' perfect is the enemy of done'?

@manelandmediagroup 3 ай бұрын

I totally agree. I know this is inspiring me!

@accentontheoff 3 ай бұрын

It’s stunning how similar lots of this sounds to how Frank Zappa was. No point comparing the music, as they had different styles, but Zappa was exactly like this - fiercely independent, incredibly prolific, and a workaholic. He even had a vault they’re now slowly releasing.

@johntabacco 3 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@maivezonk Ай бұрын

Great analogy

@17purpledays73 6 ай бұрын

Prince was the epitome of music! Keep resting easy, Prince.

@nicolasgeiser1556 6 ай бұрын

epitome = a nice new word i discovered today, thanks

@MarcusJayMusic 3 ай бұрын

Resting? I can’t imagine anything he’d enjoy less! lol

@kaleidojess 3 ай бұрын

Prince is something else man. The fact that he could play like 8 instruments successfully and make it sound good too, and sing on top of it all and do it in style !

@diagnosticgeorge1365 2 ай бұрын

27 instruments! Not 8. 27!

@kaleidojess 2 ай бұрын

@@diagnosticgeorge1365 😲

@scottcates 2 ай бұрын

Mozart-level creativity. His music conveyed so much about him and his efforts.

@lpschaf8943 2 ай бұрын

Humanity is beautiful. Why can't we have more people like them. Or at least nice people.

@lv67890 5 ай бұрын

When you’re in love with the process, you’re going to become a maestro.

@natasha5822 2 ай бұрын

It’s obvious that Prince was divinely led

@j0pj0p 4 ай бұрын

Prince had fabulous handwriting

@redghost3170 4 ай бұрын

I’m not much into Prince’s style, but as a musician myself, Prince is the cream of the crop.

@jonbeltrano3925 3 ай бұрын

I will say, while the constant drive to produce (which is also work) is impressive, Prince died at a young age, and in a way that feels aligned to a state of overworking / constantly performing. Also, putting a bed in a studio doesn't mean you value sleep, it is an act of overworking. In Hong Kong, people bring sleeping bags to the office, and I wouldn't say that means they value sleep.

@morgan5941 2 ай бұрын

It just comes off as unhealthy obsession.

@user-pt8qp4ws7n 2 ай бұрын

Prince died of fentanyl. and he worked that much because he loved what he was doing

@MrMadalien 2 ай бұрын

Nah, the whole "candle burns twice as bright burns half as long" thing doesn't apply to humans, we are organic beings with self regenerating capacity, all we need is energy to heal. I can list off tons of prolific artists who lived to their 80s and 90s. an artist cannot overwork, because he/she is working for themselves, that's very different from someone overworking for another person, this creates a different stress profile that will definitely slowly kill you. There's a huge difference between forcing yourself to work hard and hustle to meet the expectations of others, versus just flowing in perpetual creativity for no purpose other then to enjoy life. Some examples of long living artists: Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Elton John...

@jensenraylight8011 2 ай бұрын

yes, working for 8 hours a day, only put up work once every 6 month, Rehearse for only 5 minute a day, is how you become a Normie. yes you will have balance in life, but you'll also die in a markless grave as if you never exist in the first place. clearly people who criticize him was a nobody, while he is cemented in the History as a Legend, someone who will be remembered even 1000 years from now, he was immortal leave people with their way of life alone, it's not anyone place to judge, mind your own business.

@hmorton490 18 күн бұрын

@@jensenraylight8011You need to take your own advice. If no one should judge Prince’s lifestyle, you shouldn’t judge anyone else. Not everyone really gives a fuck if they become a “normie”, a lot of people are okay being themselves. If you want to strive for more, so be it. But don’t turn around and shit on somebody else because they don’t want to stay awake on a week long drug bender to make a good album. Some people are happy to just be of service to those they love, their community, and being happy. And you should respect that as well if you want it back. Idk how many people will remember or care about Jensen Raylight when you’re gone, but that doesn’t mean your life was any less meaningful or impactful than Prince’s.

@urdad9853 6 ай бұрын

I seen Prince 25-30 yrs ago at a small gig in a San Jose college gymnasium....AMAZING he played drums, bass, guitar and piano....I was left flabberghasted....how could all this creative genius come out of that diminutive man....I was blessed to see alot of my favorite musicians live ..Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Ramones, Black Flag, Germs George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic, S Pumpkins.....etc....Prince still is the best.....R I P Prince.......

@reycesarcarino4653 5 ай бұрын

Big things come in Small packages

@g3nov3s 3 ай бұрын

What does height have to do with musical talent?

@CraigMansfield Жыл бұрын

I think if you asked Prince how to be more creative, he'd say to listen to yourself and pray to God. And work hard. "I work really hard, and I hope that shows".

@makeartnotcontent Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this heartfelt thoughtful comment

@joshlewis575 6 ай бұрын

And get super high all the time. This all sounds like any creative addict, get high and the art flows.

@joiisler8986 6 ай бұрын

@@joshlewis575 Shut up.

@sexobscura 6 ай бұрын

He'd also be thinking that it's more *unique* than *universal*

@Ashamed.Loser69 6 ай бұрын

I say coffee and sugar, and nobody knows more than me.

@thumbnailgreen9155 3 ай бұрын

I'm 52 and a huge prince fan but I write music. I've never lived up to my expectations musically but I have in how I've lived my life off-grid with a wife and kids in the wilderness. It takes work every day and constant commitment. I just copied and pasted this video into ten new tabs - the first time I've ever done that with KZfaq. This is all I will think about for a while now. Thank you.

@SwirlsOfSparkle 3 ай бұрын

lol awe

@tamukart3359 3 ай бұрын

any tips for living off grid?

@thumbnailgreen9155 3 ай бұрын

@@tamukart3359 Work hard and know you can do what it takes. Strawbale is better than they say. Focus on infrastructure not vegies - they come quick - tanks, power, structures take longer.

@gogospeedracer808 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting this together, as someone who sang and cried to Purple Rain and When Doves Cry. This video makes me wanna create. "why wait any longer? Take a chance, it can only make you stronger! Its your time, its your time"

@makeartnotcontent Жыл бұрын

That's the greatest gift he gave us. Making creatives realize how much we're leaving on the table.

@leif1075 4 ай бұрын

@@makeartnotcontentWHY CANT I WORK JUST A FEW HOURS A DAY..I like to read a lot espdcially.sci fi and trabel.and have a lot of free time..

@sottilario7213 26 күн бұрын

One thing that people often forget is that he had complete control over his body. Strength, coördination, mobility and flexibility. This was the absolute foundation of everything he did, mentally and physically.

@S.Karmamusic 3 ай бұрын

I’d say be inspired by this and work understanding your own abilities and limitations so you don’t get frustrated but steadily grow. Prince was prince, you be you.

@leeharrison8222 Ай бұрын

Well said. I never try to compare any other artists to Prince. He was so much in his own lane and such a different animal, I honestly didn't think it fair to compare others to him. His output was extreme. It's definitely not a pace or lifestyle for everyone.

@lancel71 7 ай бұрын

Prince has been a big influence on my own music for alot of years. Rip Prince🙏

@nigelcarren 3 ай бұрын

The great thing about working so fast is that once it is in the public domain that pretty much mentally underlines the piece as finished, so there won't be like in my case, discovering a song I wrote on Christmas day 2021 that 'still needed better strings!'. Find your flow... keep moving forward and don't look back or down!! BOOM 🇬🇧💣🇺🇲

@keithbell9348 3 ай бұрын

I like that! Sounds like Prince- as described by his Peggy, and Susan Rogers 2 of his former recording engineers,- was a hyper creative. His head was constantly flowing with ideas and concepts for his music. So to get them out of his head and put them in a recorded song format, he had no time to overthink amd rework stuff, he wasn't like a Steely Dan, who would spend all day retwerking over a minor detail, taking them an entire week to do half a song, (that was their approach which worked great for them) but for Prince, imperfection and minor mistakes that came out afforded him to see a new musical landscape that he would work with during the process and he would build around them and include them. A poet, he saw these mistakes as real human expressions. And real humans make mistakes all the time and so to him, it was an artform all unto itself. And so he kept them in there. A famous bass player once said that is what made him stand apart from the rest. It was so refreshing for her to work with him because he kept it moving. Play it, leave it in there and let's not waste too much time fussing with it because we will lose out on other opportunities coming our way. Thus it was typical of him to record several different versions of one hit song. Each one was just as fabulous, and unique within itself as the original. I know of no other recording artist who does that!! Not on his level anyway. Usually they may take the best version of that song and discard the others. But not Prince. He kept each one.

@makeartnotcontent 3 ай бұрын

you get it ❤️

@kyhxx 3 ай бұрын

. etc 100% friend. n othr prolific artists like basquiat accented th importance .f speed. akin to capturing th peak at moment .f conception. laws .f ëxp-

@nigelcarren 3 ай бұрын

@@keithbell9348 Mate!!! No sarcasm here but I am taking one line in your reply as a sign!!! A poke from the sky!!! (Don’t waste too much time fussing or we will miss out on other opportunities!) That’s it…. Truly this year I am not going to get bogged down with that and ALSO, I am going to try and stay on a project until it is finished, because as we all know… the best song we ever wrote is the latest one!!! 🙈🤣 Only today I started recording the song I wrote yesterday (when you’re upside down) yet the two I SHOULD have been working on remain unfinished (need to replace guide-vocals with final vocal). My fear is… if I don’t get it down, if I don’t record this Marvellous gift from the universe… somehow the God/Goddess of music will be unhappy!!! That is my cycle… over 300 songs sketch recorded in last five years and NOT ONE finished!!!!! F##### hell!!!! Thank you… your comment was a lifesaver!! Best wishes from an Englishman making armour and music in a French forest! ⚒️🎶⚒️ Stay creative mate. 👍

@jillflores3076 2 ай бұрын

"Make art NOT content"! Love it

@user-kx6qh1yf3u 2 ай бұрын

Its a shame we lost him so young. He was very talented yes because he could play alot of instruments and he knew what he wanted and he had the focus to achieve it. When you can go into a studio and lay down tracks , and mix them by yourself with just a engineer , you have my respect. R.i.p my friend.

@TheTangofrog 2 ай бұрын

"It's as if someone was pouring songs into him". The same someone that took his life.

@makeartnotcontent 2 ай бұрын

Damn...

@zyrover 2 ай бұрын

A song a day for five years? That's unbelievable! Prince was a music-producing machine!!!

@leeharrison8222 Ай бұрын

Naw, Prince wrote a song a day for the five years that his engineer Susan Rogers worked with him. He wrote songs prolifically for essentially 40 years, starting at least as early as 1976. Cat Glover, his dancer/backup singer from 1986-1988 estimated Prince had approximately 2,000 songs in his vault at Paisley Park. And that was in 1988! 😳That number reflects the first 10 years of his output. He kept writing and producing music, and releasing albums for another 28 years--until early 2016. That's why I personally estimate his lifelong output of songs is much closer to 8,000 than 2,000 (the number I see most often cited in articles about him).

@zyrover Ай бұрын

@@leeharrison8222 Based on what you are saying a new Prince album could be released every year for the next 100 years. Wow!

@naohaotingala6433 23 күн бұрын

I can see why Kendrick is inspired by him, absolutely amazing artist Prince was

@gurleyco 15 күн бұрын

I'm probably at about 300 or so demos in the vault at 25. 39 released so far plus collaborations and credits. I started originally maybe 4-ish years ago because I grew up wanting to be in my friends' band but was too shy to put myself out there. I learned that Prince stated he also started making music to impress his friends, and coincidentally I stand at merely 5'6" and do it all myself. Now, when I sing a song like "I Wanna Be Your Lover," the tonal resemblance is uncanny. I've had huge Prince fans begrudgingly admit to the comparison, and people that have won multiple Grammy awards say that hearing some of my songs was "the first time they've heard something that they've never heard before." (That comment specifically relates to my song "Contrivance," but I also make stuff that's a bit more familiar). Truthfully, I still am not a huge fan of putting myself out there, and am somewhat resentful of the ego it requires to sell oneself. It's hard to pinpoint quite the right level of comfort between humility and hubris - I say after tooting my own horn. It's wild to me that - even though I'm super unknown right now - I've gotten notified of random people in South America tagging my songs in their stories and such. Still, I'm super depressed and unemployed, so hopefully I can keep things moving. I can't imagine giving up on music, and I hope that one day it becomes as externally gratifying as it is fun to create.

@damfhokage4993 4 ай бұрын

He was so fucking real. I struggle with perfectionism, but it is true that mistakes are part of the human experience, in all stages of life. He inspires me to embrace rawness, without compromising quality nor falling into laziness. He's the true definition of a genius.

@justinsixx90 6 ай бұрын

As a student of Prince, and a musician. I fuckin love this, you did him justice, and captured what I think are the keys. Nice instrumentals btw!!

@healthwealthgurus 6 ай бұрын

Can you name the tracks in this video? They are amazing

@healthwealthgurus 6 ай бұрын

What’s the very first track? He plays a kraftwerk riff then a beaut jam kicks in? Never heard this one before.

@justinsixx90 6 ай бұрын

@@healthwealthgurus timestamp?

@justinsixx90 6 ай бұрын

@@healthwealthgurus first one I recognize is Lady Cab Driver. The others I've not heard either.

@healthwealthgurus 6 ай бұрын

@@justinsixx90 the very beginning. It sounds like a kraftwerk track. The synth riff hits and then a pure funk track breaks. It must be a live performance. Dying to know what a lot of the tracks are. They are almost live versions or b studio. Or perhaps the creator has access to the vault 👀

@user-uc9ne8ow2u 2 ай бұрын

Thank you bro you really are a saint

@matthewcassette 3 ай бұрын

Not over thinking and keeping productive momentum has helped me vastly. Ill finish a song then keep moving to the next one. Ive been able to write more and faster now. Im less perfect and more productive. Im aiming for song completion and not perfectionism. This is such a great video.

@briannord950 6 ай бұрын

I'm a total metal guitarist Prince had a major influence on me pure guiness! Forever missed Bro

@jenhasken 6 ай бұрын

Love the he used so many women as musicians and as shown here engineers and mixers.

@cheriwinn3852 Жыл бұрын

Nobody has more talent💜

@makeartnotcontent Жыл бұрын

You know what's up

@mikedavis8008 6 ай бұрын

Sure there's tons playing a funk riff and screaming like a girl isn't new lol

@natehtf5760 6 ай бұрын

Not true.

@Yourmomgoestocolledge 6 ай бұрын

Most overrated "artist" ever. Not to mention he was a total ass.

@HueyFreeman666 6 ай бұрын

Fanboy

@rose4490 2 ай бұрын

"It was just funky, you know..." 😎

@rchgmer863 2 ай бұрын

This needs to be more popular

@andrewharris7517 6 ай бұрын

This video is Electric!!!! I’m a huge Prince Fan and I really miss the Brother. I got advice from him and this video will be my companion to his advice to me as an Artist. Back in the 90s I worked at a insurance company and I had a supervisor who believe came straight from the depths of hell..😅 Dig it Prince and NPG were going to be at Tower Records here in New York. And this Supervisor knew how big of a fan I was of him. I asked for the day off even offered to work extra overtime to make up for the day off so I could go to Tower Records to meet him. Well that Demon denied me the day off and laid threats of termination.So my cousin went but unfortunately couldn’t get me an Autograph because they were only signing one per person. Dig what my cousin did When he met Prince he said.” Prince my little cousin Drew loves you and inspires to be an Artist like you. What you give me to bring back to Drew? “… He said Prince leaned back in his chair cane in hand and said.. “ You tell Drew I said just be Cool..” Blew me away when my cousin told me . Well I’ve been cool ever since. I was blessed to see him a number of times live , I was even at the Purple Rain tour back in the 80s. And Recently Was able to purchase an Autograph picture which has a great story to it. But I will save that for next time.. please keep up the the fantastic content.. Inshallah and Peace…

@michaelsevilla3697 6 ай бұрын

love seeing stories like this about prince from fans

@sexobscura 6 ай бұрын

[ it's more *purplectric* ]

@andrewharris7517 6 ай бұрын

“ Can you tell me now… My face is wet.. I stand corrected…”

@ZsaraRealTalk 2 ай бұрын

Great story. Thanks for sharing ❤

@andrewharris7517 2 ай бұрын

Inshallah.. Thank you for listening and replying

@ArisEmriis Ай бұрын

I get a feeling that some of those unheard songs and albums, if brought to light now and listened to, might help make the world a better place. Prince was his own kind of mystic, messenger and healer, and always ahead of his time. I'm willing to bet he wrote some things for right here, right now. 🌟❤️‍🔥🌟

@FilGelabert 3 ай бұрын

ABC = Always Be Creating

@lauric1464 2 ай бұрын

“ Prince outlived mike jack’ “

@puglife6291 6 ай бұрын

Prince and Frank Zappa were creative forces of nature who transcended genius.

@lavenderbee3611 6 ай бұрын

Just an observation, both were anti-drug and alcohol.

@Ashamed.Loser69 6 ай бұрын

Frank Zappa's not even close to being genius, just an observation.

@gerardlawrence3837 5 ай бұрын

@@Ashamed.Loser69😂

@craigprice1598 5 ай бұрын

Really, Frank Zappa, he may be good but no where near Prince's level of genius.

@kennethrussell1158 5 ай бұрын

He and Michael Jackson would have been 66 this year.

@bsullivan7 17 сағат бұрын

Great Lessons, but most importantly...Only HE was PRINCE.

@skittlesgarage Ай бұрын

One of my favorite songs by Prince is DANCE ON. That track is so purposely imperfect and the percussions offbeat that its imperfections make it a great song.

@Toracube 6 ай бұрын

God bless Susan Rogers.

@newpowersoul2005 Жыл бұрын

We r never gonna have a musician like him 4ever

@makeartnotcontent Жыл бұрын

I believe you're right...

@LEGEND1377 6 ай бұрын

I agree with you 100%.

@MichaelSydneyJones 6 ай бұрын

Stevie. 😊

@babyzorilla 6 ай бұрын

Perhaps but we don’t know every musician.

@joiisler8986 6 ай бұрын

@@MichaelSydneyJones Even STEVIE took a Break every once in a while. He had a strong mother, who was very supportive from his beginnings at MOTOWN (she was a songwriter, too), until she died when he was in his sixties, I believe. They were extremely close. Plus, he raised Nine Kids. Parenthood tends to affect one’s perspective. But not his Genius. Can’t Not Love STEVIE.❤

@harperwelch5147 15 күн бұрын

I saw him in concert here in Seattle and he was spectacular! He worked the audience like a preacher!

@Timescratch1 13 күн бұрын

Cant wait to grow old and get every 5 Years a new banger album from prince. This guy is music!

@lmGod 2 ай бұрын

Rest In Heaven Prince 🕊️

@tblack9711 Ай бұрын

Prince was a totally and completely mentally and creatively connected being that took the form of a male while embracing the female energy as well and was funneling music through his existence effortlessly without resistance. I believe he embodies what a true creative is and he is one of many. Long live the little guy, the purple conduit to the universe!

@JohnnyDukane 5 ай бұрын

I've watched this multiple times. One of my favorite videos on KZfaq

@vigi_bri 5 ай бұрын

As a grieving artist, this inspired me. Thank you.

@Alien-Breeze 6 ай бұрын

Holy sh!t, I loved his music for about 40 years, but never knew his genius and work ethic like this!

@stoveguy2133 3 ай бұрын

I lived 3 blocks from his studio. 1980 mpls. I could feel it. Great times.

@KALIQX 6 ай бұрын

THE G.O.A.T HANDS DOWN!!!!!

@labaebae 5 ай бұрын

i love Prince so much. i wish i could have seen him live. rest in peace ❤

@con_doorman Ай бұрын

While Def Leppard were recording/producing Hysteria, Prince released Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, Parade and Sign O' The Times, plus loads of other songs for the vault, live tours and a couple of movies.

@Danny-sd5vm 6 ай бұрын

HOLY COW. DID YOU SEE THAT VAULT??? I really hope that a member of Prince's family or close circle is going through everything in that vault.

@KevinWendellJones 3 ай бұрын

It's managed jointly by Primary Wave and Prince Legacy LLC. Someone is going through listening to his music and trying to figure out how they going to release his music.

@MISCchout 3 ай бұрын

The bed in the studio was for laying down and writing lyrics, not specifically meant for sleep. It seems the guy really didn't seem to sleep much.

@leeharrison8222 Ай бұрын

Prince was known for only sleeping about four hours a night. He had that pattern back in the 1980s. I hope it improved later on for him, but not certain.

@auntyshakira747 16 күн бұрын

And when he was on Tour he appeared to have very little sleep at all. 4 hour sound checks, on top of all that Talent, he had incredible stamina too❤

@Dellthaproducer1 5 ай бұрын

Thank You Bro for creating such a dope piece of content on prince! We all really needed this 🔥🔥🔥

@thecandlebombs 26 күн бұрын

PRINCE and FRANK ZAPPA baby!

@skyhigh_butterfly 5 ай бұрын

Needed this...thank you.

@impressiveprogressive7343 6 ай бұрын

In the 80's it was Prince, Prince owned the 80's. His compositions were infectious, his grooves were uncanny, his lyrics were like words plucked from a magical tome that could capture your mind and make your body move. The epitome of an artist and a musician. He was born for his art and there will never be another like him ever again. Rest in Purple Peace Prince and thank you for all the work, effort and music you shed blood sweat and tears to bring to the world, never forgotten.

@Modernaire 6 ай бұрын

Wonderfully written.

@mikedavis8008 6 ай бұрын

Guns n roses sold more albums so did Michael Jackson Madonna George Michael Tom petty journey whom prince ripped off to create purple rain

@mikedavis8008 6 ай бұрын

@@Modernairevery inaccurate

@impressiveprogressive7343 6 ай бұрын

@@mikedavis8008 wow who hurt you for having the Purple Rain CD?

@Modernaire 6 ай бұрын

@@mikedavis8008 Prince did not rip off Journey. Neal and or Jonathan spoke on that, Prince actually called Neil, and Jonathan, and asked if they felt Purple Rain was too close to 'Faithfully'. That was professional and courtesy amongst great musicians. They, Journey, gave Prince their blessing of course. No problem. Purple Rain is Prince's crossover hit, he was going for that mainstream rock audience, and so it mimics the SPIRIT and power ballad rock of 'Faithfully'. I'm also a HUGE Journey fan, don't get me started!

@universalmeditation8631 3 ай бұрын

That vault has to be worth 100s of millions of dollars!❤

@RozayMalikOG 2 ай бұрын

🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐

@egg-lady7899 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for such high quality narration and editing. so cohesive and engaging!!

@marcelocarpinetti9184 3 ай бұрын

Good video. Just a correction about work ethics: Frank Zappa was like this and much more. There was no one more prolific and with a better work ethic than him. His vault has thousands of hours of material and he released more than 40 albuns during his career , many of than double LPs.

@-----hk6jj 6 ай бұрын

Really good mini documentary!!

@lawrencenjawe9875 6 ай бұрын

I had a permanent smile on my face thru out this video from the very first second to the very last despite myself....Man, I really loved this brilliant artist. We'll never have any one like him again M.usic has changed so much...

@DaniloDelfino 6 ай бұрын

Your videos are amazing, great work!!!!

@streetmansam5073 6 ай бұрын

Big thanks for a great video, this struck hard!!

@bubaks2 3 ай бұрын

Man was blessed with talent, passion and discipline. Dedication.

@TwiztedGenius Жыл бұрын

GENIUS

@nuke97 6 ай бұрын

So awesome and inspiring!! I can only hope for more uploads like this. But this is fantastic.

@angelcoyote9802 6 ай бұрын

Wow, this was enlightening. Thank you.

@a.c.cordova9840 Жыл бұрын

Well, I hope we get to listen to some of those incredible records SOON! With the Estate finally settled something entirely new should be on the horizon. The PR and SOTT reissues were good but I want something even die-hards never heard of! I will admit at times I worry that the "vault" is more of a gimmick....something that adds mystery and amazement to the overall package. There is no doubt he has some unreleased stuff BUT how good is it really. I know the Revolution said they have at least 2-3 albums fully complete - these have to be good! Sheila E. said they recorded at least 90 tracks together....I am sure he did the same with NPG among other artists.

@dominiquejones3805 6 ай бұрын

Hopefully the tapes etc hold up

@DrunkJester 5 ай бұрын

Prince came to town so i went to all 3 shows after the first night i learnt quickly ya gotta get there early cuz when he wants to play he be on that stage early. And each night a different sensory ovrrload of upmost musical joy. 😢 will be missed but his music will live forever long.❤😊

@TheMangyCalf 4 ай бұрын

Prince was such a gem. Thanks for this.

@debsongwriter 5 ай бұрын

Wow 🤩 this is amazing Thank you for putting this out there So inspirational ❤

@JpeterZoom-gt3pn 6 ай бұрын

This is what I never knew about Prince and something I believe God even challenged me about recently...never stop being creative

@VINZBROWN Жыл бұрын

Bruh!!! This video ....... It's BRILLIANTLY done. Thank you! 😊

@makeartnotcontent Жыл бұрын

🙏🏾 Thank you

@EnergySpinners 5 ай бұрын

Amazing piece you droped!

@UlyKansas 3 ай бұрын

Prince has a vault like Zappa. Both prolific guitar players who were workaholics.

@rugersociety30 5 ай бұрын

This breakdown is ABSOLUTELY amazing. Thank you for extracting these principles. They are spot on.

@slowboi1688 6 ай бұрын

Prince was the best period!

@makeartnotcontent 6 ай бұрын

@kieranng1172 6 ай бұрын

to the team or individual behind this channel, great stuff and a very big thank you!

@nogoogleplus 6 ай бұрын

Great inspiring vid, thank you!

@johnnybraxton5539 6 ай бұрын

Words can't describe how great prince is that's why he the symbol

@pallmall7385 6 ай бұрын

He had epilepsy... He had a dream and his music was that dream. He didn't have to try at all. He just laid down what was in his dream.

@Karimsatta 6 ай бұрын

That last move…amazing!!!

@AfroChillOut 8 күн бұрын

incredible lessons for work ethic on this video! Thanks!

@angierox6964 2 ай бұрын

We all have our way. His way nailed it for him! And probably would give somebody else a heart attack.

@livannal.t.9068 2 ай бұрын

this. prince's flow was output. maybe somebody else's flow is steeping. so the latter would take longer, but doesnt mean its not any less of a gem. enya takes forever, but songs like orinoco flow are true diamonds.

@cymro6537 5 ай бұрын

All hail the Purple One 💜

@b00gi3 5 ай бұрын

Came over here because of the channel name -- was not disappointed -- and even surprised at what a tremendous video. It's like sharp incisive analysis of creative processes -- and that's a special art in itself.

@mrclaytron 4 ай бұрын

What an absolute inspirational legend. Great video guys

@DeeDee-bk5jr 6 ай бұрын

R.I.P his Royal Badness.

@StratsRUs 6 ай бұрын

I saw him only three times and it was an amazing experience. He did go a bit overboard in jamming live for too long and releasing some dross via the internet.Some of his sounds have dated. I adored the Produced, Edited and controlled creations.Knowing when to stop recording a song was part of his best art.

@michaelsevilla3697 6 ай бұрын

nah majority of prince's music is timeless he was light years ahead of his time none of his albums sound dated at all outside of his 2 albums ✌️