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Double post as this is an amazing read from his drum programmer saying how Prince never made a mistake, and 'could play any instrument on the stage better than any of the band.' I got to this part and cracked up:
There was a rotating cast of sound men. He didn’t like it when the sound guy would tweak the mix while the band was performing; Prince could hear the mix change. The tour manager would try to bring in big-name engineers to mix his shows. I remember they brought in a guy who had just gotten off tour with Celine Dion, or someone like that, this guy who looked a bit like Darius Rucker, at the time when Hootie and the Blowfish were big. We’re doing a show at Paisley Park and halfway through, Prince says—over the PA—“Hootie, turn up my guitar.” Then, three quarters through, Prince says, “Hootie, you’re fired.”
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That is a really weird comment though... If a sound guy changes the Front of House sound (the sound that you're hearing in the audience), the band can't really tell. And unless you've dialed it in and run through a full set with the sound guy, he's probably going to at least adjust a thing or two here and there.Originally Posted by october_midnight
The sound guy is going to dial in your monitor wedges (which give the majority of what the musicians on stage are hearing) during sound check, and when the band is happy, he leaves them alone (unless someone in the band indicates that they need to hear more or less of something in their monitor).
So, it's a funny story, but it doesn't make much sense.
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He was PRINCE ... he knew EVERYTHING, heh.
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Not trying to spread rumors, but it's being reported pretty far and wide now that his medical emergency a few nights ago on the plane was an overdose of Percocets. Not saying he didn't also have a crazy flu, but apparently influenza + Percocets is a nasty combo, obviously. Word was he was taking them to combat hip pain; I believe he had hip surgery back in like 2010 or something? Addictive shit...
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Michelle McNamara, excellent true crime writer and wife of comedian Patton Oswalt passed away in her sleep at 46. They have one daughter.
Ugh. He must be shattered.
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Patton's my favorite working comic. They're kid's only 7. This is heartbreaking news. And so fucking young, just, good Christ. This year is pulling no punches with deaths regardless if they make sense or not. It's getting to where I check the news or open this thread and get extremely anxious.
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My friends and I are all checking our pulses, ugh.
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Well, I'm about ready to get off this ride. Wake me up when it's fuckin' 2017.
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"He was fireworks. He was art. He was the drugs that Nancy Reagan told you not to take."
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Oh man.
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He's used dealing with depression in his work. I hope he has a good support system.
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Awful. My condolences to Patton and his daughter. The day his new special came out. Fuck this year.
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Yeah, I heard about Michelle McNamara earlier tonight. I had only read a little bit of her work (through one of Patton's tweets) and had wanted to read more. It seemed interesting.
Patton is my comedy hero so this hit me a bit hard tonight. Whatever that means, because obviously I didn't know her and I don't know him personally but his comedy has always spoken to me on a personal level, more than any other comedian. I feel so awful for him and especially his daughter. I can't even imagine what it must be like to lose your mom at the age of 7.
46 is way, WAY too young to go. Ugh. So incredibly sad. As emptydesk said, I hope they both have a good support system in place.
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Whoops, for some reason the last post didn't show up. Yeah, that really sucks. Seemed like a very interesting person. Too young, though. =/
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Eric Clapton wrote this
"Holy Mother" is a great song and I can hear the Prince influence now that I've read this."I'm so sad about the death of Prince, he was a true genius, and a huge inspiration for me, in a very real way....In the the eighties, I was out on the road in a massive downward spiral with drink and drugs, I saw Purple Rain in a cinema in Canada, I had no idea who he was, it was like a bolt of lightning!...
In the middle of my depression, and the dreadful state of the music culture at that time it gave me hope, he was like a light in the darkness...
I went back to my hotel, and surrounded by empty beer cans, wrote Holy Mother....
I can't believe he's gone...."
I was nobody. Nothing.
jesus god i thought eric clapton had died too when i opened the thread.
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That's not the song I'd use
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The SNL special last night was super awesome. Wow.
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The version of Let's Go Crazy from the SNL40 after party is fucking amazing. I love how it's a little slower and heavier, almost like a Jimi Hendrix thing.
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Billy Paul at age 81: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36127223
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Looks like Prince died with about $150 million in assets. And no Will.
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Wow. That's crazy.
I skimmed some article before work this morning that Paisley Park is gonna turn into a Graceland kind of thing.
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No will? What?
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