Originally Posted by vailpass:
27? What are those 27 instruments?
A quick google says that he was basically the only musician on most of his albums, and the 27 number comes from the liner notes of "For You" which featured 27 instruments at some point on the album.
The small caveat is that the instruments were all strings, percussion, and keyboards, so it's really four core skillsets (including singing) and a huge number of variations.
Don't get me wrong - playing the guitar and playing the bass are very different, as are playing piano and playing the organ. And even then, there are very few people in the world who can play even the basic versions of all of those as well as he could. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud: Everyone knows Wendy & Lisa.
Originally Posted by Toby Waller:
Define everyone.
I had to look them up. Crossing Jordan (never saw it), Bionic Woman (never saw it), Carnivāle (never saw it), Heroes (never saw it), Mercy (never heard of it), Nurse Jackie (never saw it). They've done some films as well, but I haven't seen those either.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
A quick google says that he was basically the only musician on most of his albums, and the 27 number comes from the liner notes of "For You" which featured 27 instruments at some point on the album.
The small caveat is that the instruments were all strings, percussion, and keyboards, so it's really four core skillsets (including singing) and a huge number of variations.
Don't get me wrong - playing the guitar and playing the bass are very different, as are playing piano and playing the organ. And even then, there are very few people in the world who can play even the basic versions of all of those as well as he could.
While Prince was an excellent musician, his true gift was as a songwriter and producer.
He wrote hit songs for so many artists and was the consummate professional. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco:
I had to look them up. Crossing Jordan (never saw it), Bionic Woman (never saw it), Carnivāle (never saw it), Heroes (never saw it), Mercy (never heard of it), Nurse Jackie (never saw it). They've done some films as well, but I haven't seen those either.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
A quick google says that he was basically the only musician on most of his albums, and the 27 number comes from the liner notes of "For You" which featured 27 instruments at some point on the album.
The small caveat is that the instruments were all strings, percussion, and keyboards, so it's really four core skillsets (including singing) and a huge number of variations.
Don't get me wrong - playing the guitar and playing the bass are very different, as are playing piano and playing the organ. And even then, there are very few people in the world who can play even the basic versions of all of those as well as he could.
I saw him live only once, when he was the symbol. Dude played a lot of different instruments, don't know how many but he jammed. 27 just sounds like a lot but yeah, they are probably variants on the same thing in some cases... [Reply]
Guy was an amazing performer. Saw him in concert 3 times.
Only complaint about his shows were that he didn't seem to like playing some of his big hits--he'd either skip them or do medleys. And sometimes he'd disappear and let his sax or horn guy noodle on for 10 minutes. On the other hand, he would also throw in some completely unexpected blues and funk covers and just tear them up.
Guy was an amazing performer. Saw him in concert 3 times.
Only complaint about his shows were that he didn't seem to like playing some of his big hits--he'd either skip them or do medleys. And sometimes he'd disappear and let his sax or horn guy noodle on for 10 minutes. On the other hand, he would also throw in some completely unexpected blues and funk covers and just tear them up.
A weird dude, awesome musician.
he didnt do his real sexy overtoned stuff later because of being a jehovah witness.
Originally Posted by vailpass:
I saw him live only once, when he was the symbol. Dude played a lot of different instruments, don't know how many but he jammed. 27 just sounds like a lot but yeah, they are probably variants on the same thing in some cases...
If you can play piano proficiently, picking up and playing other instruments become infinitely more easy.
Film composer Brian Tyler (who's one of my favorite composers working today) plays more than 31 instruments.
Originally Posted by Toby Waller:
he didnt do his real sexy overtoned stuff later because of being a jehovah witness.
Yeah, I've heard that reasoning. But he still played some 'sexy' stuff.
I do remember him playing the opening of Darling Nicki...crowd goes nuts...he does the first line, then stops before 'masturbating' and goes on to another song. [Reply]
Originally Posted by vailpass:
Really? Did not know that. Wonder why?
Because with piano, the notes are laid out right in front of your fingers. C to C, which is referred to as an Octave (8 notes). There are 4 Half Tones, which are the black keys.
So once your brain has become accustomed to music theory via piano, picking up other instruments is easy because one already understands the relationship between the notes, also known as Music Theory.
At that point, it's just physical manifestation of the instrument. [Reply]
