mardi 23 décembre 2014
lundi 8 décembre 2014
Prince nominated for BBC Music Awards
Prince est nominé pour les prochains BBC Music Awards !!!
BBC Music Awards: Ed Sheeran and David Bowie go head to head
The shortlists for the BBC Music Awards, which have been announced, include Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, Prince and Dolly Parton
Photo: David Fisher/REX
By Telegraph reporters
12:01AM GMT 08 Dec 2014
The shortlists for the inaugural BBC
Music Awards have just been announced.
Competing for the title of British Artist of the Year are David Bowie, Ed
Sheeran, Elbow, Jungle, Royal Blood and Sam Smith.
The nominees for International Artist of the Year are Dolly Parton, Gregory
Porter, Lorde, Pharrell, Prince and Taylor Swift.
The awards were launched as a rival to the Brits, and billed as the music
version of Sports Personality of the Year, but there are only three
categories: British Artist of the Year, International Artist of the Year and
Song of the Year.
The winner will be announced before a live audience at Earl's court in London
on December 11, and the show - hosted by DJs Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton -
will be broadcast on BBC One and Radios One and Two. Performances by some of
the nominees will be complemented with appearances from One Direction, Clean
Bandit, Coldplay and Paloma Faith.
lundi 1 décembre 2014
2014.12.01 (am) Hollywood Jazz Night
Prince a fait une brève apparition hier soir au Hollywood Jazz Night avec Ryan Edgar, Nikki Leonti & The Honest Cheaters au W. Hollywood Hotel, Living Room Lounge, Hollywood.
With A Little Help From My Friends
vendredi 28 novembre 2014
Prince disparaît des réseaux sociaux
Le chanteur Prince a disparu des réseaux
sociaux. Aucun de ses comptes officiels Twitter (@3rdEyeGirl), Facebook
et YouTube n'était accessible ce mercredi 26 novembre.
Le "Kid de
Minneapolis" a vraisemblablement fermé l'ensemble de ses comptes sur
les réseaux sociaux, deux mois après la sortie de ses deux derniers
albums.
Le chanteur n'a jamais caché son aversion pour l'industrie
musicale et s'est toujours montré sceptique quant à l'apport de Twitter
et Facebook.
De manière générale, les musiciens, qu'ils soient
inconnus ou acclamés dans le monde entier, voient dans les réseaux
sociaux un moyen indispensable de promouvoir leurs oeuvres.
Prince,
au contraire, avait signé en 1978 chez le géant Warner Bros pour rompre
quelques années plus tard, ulcéré par la façon dont il s'estimait
traité par les dirigeants du label. Pour autant, cette année, le
chanteur a resigné chez Warner Bros. pour sortir ses deux nouveaux
albums, Art Official Age et Plectrumelectrum.
dimanche 23 novembre 2014
2014.12.04 Sortie du magazine MUZIQ N°3
Muziq n°3
En librairies le 4 décembre
Fondé en 2004, le magazine Muziq a séduit plusieurs générations de lecteurs amoureux des musiques plurielles, du rock au jazz en passant par la soul, le hard-rock, le funk, la pop et la chanson. Aujourd'hui disponible sous la forme d’un « bookzine », mi-livre, mi-magazine, Muziq propose des interviews fleuves, des dossiers géants, des discographies commentées, des témoignages rares, des portraits, des tops imaginaires et des surprises en tout genre sont de retour dans le bookzine qui aime les mêmes musiques que vous !
Au sommaire de ce troisième numéro placé sous le signe des années 1980, un dossier géant consacré à l'immense Kate Bush à l'occasion de son incroyable retour sur scène à Londres cet été. Muziq lui consacre 28 pages, aux côtés d’une sélection maison de 80 albums cultes de la décennie et des portraits, analyses et interviews de Miles Davis, Richard Gotainer, Dale Bozzio, Donald Fagen, Jeff Beck, Ramon Pipin, Pat Metheny, Deep Purple, Prince, Eddie Van Halen, Ali Farka Touré et George Harrison. Dans ce même numéro, Nile Rodgers raconte la naissance du “Let’s Dance” de David Bowie, Chrissie Hynde passe avec succès notre blindtest, John Landis se souvient de Michael Jackson et du tournage du clip de Thriller.
Et aussi : la naissance du mouvement techno à Detroit, Lou Reed, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Allan Holdsworth, David Sylvian, etc., etc. Party like it’s 1984 (again) !
164 pages, 15,90 €. En librairies le 4 décembre (éditions Jazz & Cie)
Disponible en librairies et sur internet
En librairies le 4 décembre
Fondé en 2004, le magazine Muziq a séduit plusieurs générations de lecteurs amoureux des musiques plurielles, du rock au jazz en passant par la soul, le hard-rock, le funk, la pop et la chanson. Aujourd'hui disponible sous la forme d’un « bookzine », mi-livre, mi-magazine, Muziq propose des interviews fleuves, des dossiers géants, des discographies commentées, des témoignages rares, des portraits, des tops imaginaires et des surprises en tout genre sont de retour dans le bookzine qui aime les mêmes musiques que vous !
Au sommaire de ce troisième numéro placé sous le signe des années 1980, un dossier géant consacré à l'immense Kate Bush à l'occasion de son incroyable retour sur scène à Londres cet été. Muziq lui consacre 28 pages, aux côtés d’une sélection maison de 80 albums cultes de la décennie et des portraits, analyses et interviews de Miles Davis, Richard Gotainer, Dale Bozzio, Donald Fagen, Jeff Beck, Ramon Pipin, Pat Metheny, Deep Purple, Prince, Eddie Van Halen, Ali Farka Touré et George Harrison. Dans ce même numéro, Nile Rodgers raconte la naissance du “Let’s Dance” de David Bowie, Chrissie Hynde passe avec succès notre blindtest, John Landis se souvient de Michael Jackson et du tournage du clip de Thriller.
Et aussi : la naissance du mouvement techno à Detroit, Lou Reed, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Allan Holdsworth, David Sylvian, etc., etc. Party like it’s 1984 (again) !
164 pages, 15,90 €. En librairies le 4 décembre (éditions Jazz & Cie)
Disponible en librairies et sur internet
samedi 22 novembre 2014
2014.11.29 Jesse Johnson in Santa Monica
Jesse Johnson will play at Harvelle's in Santa Monica
[1432 4th Street - Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA]
on 29th November 2014 at 9:00pm
Buy your ticket here
"Sending Everyone A Humble Sincere Thank You For Making My Upcoming Party A Success In Advance...SOLD OUT SHOW!!!!
I want to thank all the advance ticket buyers, in advance, "Thank you for your show of love"!
I just hope I can deliver for you all. There will be a meet and greet after the show.
Again with all my heart, thank you."
LovePeace,
Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson
dimanche 16 novembre 2014
2014.11.16 (am) After Dark
Prince a joué dans les studios de Paisley Park tôt ce matin. FKA Twigs a fait son set dans la L4OA Room et est venue rejoindre Prince sur scène sur quelques morceaux.
Let's Go Crazy (incl. Frankenstein)
Plectrumelectrum
Play That Funky Music (feat. Joshua Welton)
[Sampler Set]
Kiss (feat. FKA Twigs)
17 Days
Hot Thing (feat. FKA Twigs)
Sign "☮" The Times
When Doves Cry
Funknroll
The Screams Of Passion (sample)
Housequake
Plectrumelectrum
Play That Funky Music (feat. Joshua Welton)
[Sampler Set]
Kiss (feat. FKA Twigs)
17 Days
Hot Thing (feat. FKA Twigs)
Sign "☮" The Times
When Doves Cry
Funknroll
The Screams Of Passion (sample)
Housequake
From the org:
FKA Twigs performed in the L4OA room. After her set was over, they opened the doors to the soundstage room. Joshua was on stage an played Xcess Space, Revelation, the Rito Ora song, and a new remake of If I Could Get Your Attention (Taja Sevelle) with Prince on vocals. Prince took the stage and did Let's Go Crazy Reloaded. He came back about 1/2 hour later and it seemed like they were waiting on FKA Twigs to do Water Me. I watched the minions go and get her, but Prince went with PLECTRUMELECTRUM instead, followed by Play That Funky Music. He left the stage again and came back about an hour later. He played Kiss, Hot Thing, and Sign "☮" The Times and FKA Twigs was dancing center stage. Prince was on keys. When Doves Cry was awesome, he took Ida's bass and tore that shit up! Then FUNKNROLL and Housequake.
FKA Twigs performed in the L4OA room. After her set was over, they opened the doors to the soundstage room. Joshua was on stage an played Xcess Space, Revelation, the Rito Ora song, and a new remake of If I Could Get Your Attention (Taja Sevelle) with Prince on vocals. Prince took the stage and did Let's Go Crazy Reloaded. He came back about 1/2 hour later and it seemed like they were waiting on FKA Twigs to do Water Me. I watched the minions go and get her, but Prince went with PLECTRUMELECTRUM instead, followed by Play That Funky Music. He left the stage again and came back about an hour later. He played Kiss, Hot Thing, and Sign "☮" The Times and FKA Twigs was dancing center stage. Prince was on keys. When Doves Cry was awesome, he took Ida's bass and tore that shit up! Then FUNKNROLL and Housequake.
mardi 11 novembre 2014
Donna Grantis: Days (and Nights) of Wild
Donna Grantis: Days (and Nights) of Wild
Donna digs into "Elektra," a PRS CE 22 that's been her main guitar since her teenage years
There’s a definite, almost tangible, musical force that surrounds Prince. When musicians are offered a chance to pass through the Purple One’s sphere of influence, rarely do they say no—even Miles Davis had a late-night jam inside Paisley Park Studios (Prince’s $10 million-dollar recording compound located in Chanhassen, Minnesota). In late 2012, Prince asked drummer Hannah Ford Welton to help recruit a guitarist for a rock-oriented project he was putting together. As Welton was cruising YouTube she came across Toronto guitarist Donna Grantis and her fusion trio play Billy Cobham’s “Stratus,” a tune that was already in Prince’s live show. At the time, Grantis was making her name as a forward-thinking, jazz-inspired rocker in the clubs with her eponymous group. Once Prince saw the video he invited her to Paisley for a jam. The chemistry was immediate. “Within a week I had booked a one-way ticket to Minneapolis,” remembers Grantis.
In the 18 months since that fateful jam, 3rdEyeGirl—the trio of Grantis, Welton, and bassist Ida Nielsen—have become a powerful and funky rock ’n’ roll outfit. Without the behemoth of the New Power Generation’s 11-piece horn section, the group is more nimble, explosive, and so incredibly full of energy, it’s hard to believe it’s just a quartet. “Because we are so small, just the four of us, there’s a lot of room for improvisation. We can really stretch things out,” mentions Grantis. PLECTRUMELECTRUM, the group’s first full-length album shows off the bombastic playing of Welton, the hard-driving bass lines of Nielsen, and of course the adventurous and inventive playing of Grantis. This alone would make for a formidable trio, but with Prince’s Hendrixian, wah-fueled explorations, the result sounds like Jimi fronting Led Zeppelin with a James Brown swagger.
Grantis gives Premier Guitar a glimpse of life inside Paisley Park, explains her love for vintage Traynor amps, and shares guitar tips from Prince himself.
The album is finally out. Was this something you started working on as soon as you joined the group?
It was one of those things where when we started recording the album, we didn’t realize what we were doing. We just set up to rehearse and everything was miked. Recording is just part of our day-to-day existence. It wasn’t until we started hearing the songs with vocals that we thought there was something bigger being planned. Out of everything we recorded, Prince asked us to find 12 songs that we thought went together really well. I’m sure Prince had a master plan, but when we were recording we thought we were just cutting takes.
That’s probably the best way to get over the “red light” syndrome.
Absolutely. The really cool thing was that it was recorded live with all of us in one room playing together. We just had to nail takes that we would keep. If one person made a mistake it was like we all made a mistake.
With a musician as iconic as Prince, it’s nearly impossible not to
be aware of his music. Was he a formidable influence on you growing up?
He was a huge influence on me. Before I got the call for this gig people would ask me, “If you could play with anyone, who would it be?” My answer was always Prince. About a year before I went to Paisley I actually saw him play in Toronto and then one of the infamous after-show jam sessions. Playing with him is literally a dream come true.
[Laughs]. Yeah, the vault is real!
Can you describe what it’s like at Paisley Park from a musician’s standpoint?
It’s the ultimate creative space. Every day we go in to the huge soundstage. It’s like a live music venue. Sometimes we open up on the weekends on short notice and invite people in to have dance parties, listen to new music, or even have breakfast. We played a show once called The Breakfast Experience. It was in support of Prince's single, “Breakfast Can Wait” and we performed in our pajamas at four in the morning to a packed room. Everyone was in pajamas and pancakes were served—it was pretty crazy. There are a number of recording studios. Of course, there’s a lot of purple. There’s a ping-pong room. That’s usually where we unwind. Prince and Ida go at it. Since the first day we all arrived, our ping-pong skills have greatly improved.
"Because there's so much ground to cover sonically, and tonally, I needed to have all the essentials in front of me," describes Grantis about her pedalboard.
How structured are the rehearsals?
Every day we have new things to work on and new goals to accomplish. Sometimes it’s working on new arrangements or lifting songs, putting a setlist together, recording, or jamming out on different grooves. It’s amazing to be able to do that together every day for hours on end.
When Prince brings in a song, is it a completed demo or just a few riffs?
Most of the time it would be jams that we would learn really quickly. He would come in, show us something, or maybe give me a chord progression. Prince really left a lot of room for us to contribute to the arrangement, to decide on our tone, how we would play things, or what inversions to use. Sometimes we would just record songs without playing them all the way through. He would just queue things on the spot. That really kept us on our toes. We would jam on parts for a while to really lock in the feel. Other times he's giving me directions like “Use the wah on this.” And then I just take it from there.
PRS CE 22 “Elektra”
PRS S2 Mira
PRS 513
PRS Starla with Bigsby
PRS SE Angelus
Effects
Boss RC-30 Loop Station
Line 6 DL-4
MXR M159 Stereo Tremolo
MXR Micro Amp
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Fulltone OCD
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (modded)
Fulltone Octafuzz
Foxrox Octron
Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
TC Electronic Flashback Delay
TC Electronic Vortex Flanger
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Ibanez DML20 Modulation Delay III
Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge
Boss TU-2 Tuner
Fulltone Deja Vibe MDV-2
Jim Dunlop Eddie Van Halen Signature Wah
Ernie Ball volume pedal
Amps
Early ’70s Traynor YBA-1 (modded by Pat Furlan)
Strings and Picks
D’Addario .010–.046
Steve Clayton Delrin .73 picks
EBow
It seems like there's this line between an extremely tight arrangement and a free-form jam.
He’s a master bandleader and we’ve really learned how to communicate onstage. We always keep our eyes on him. He could break things down at any time, queue solos at anytime, stretch out sections—anything can happen. Yeah, the other really cool thing is that he wrote the songs on PLECTRUMELECTRUM specifically for us and with us in mind knowing our styles and musical personalities.
The band also went out on a few tours of small club shows. How important was that in developing these songs?
I think in terms of playing live it just really solidified the vibe of the band and the energy we put behind those tunes. We actually recorded the songs before playing them live. During the tours we only played a couple of songs from the album. The rest of the material went all the way back to Prince’s first album. The interesting thing is that all of those songs were arranged for the four-piece band. That was really cool because a lot of the songs have horns and arrangements with keys and synth sounds. We had to take those songs and figure out how to make them sound massive with only four people.
What guitar did you use on the album?
I used “Elektra” on the entire album, which is a PRS CE 22. That’s been my main guitar since I was a teenager. Plus, it’s purple—so I guess it was meant to be.
You cover an amazing amount of sonic space with all the different tones in your live show. I imagine your pedalboard is pretty sizeable.
I have a massive pedalboard that Craig Pattison built me specifically for this gig. One of my techs calls it the starship. It’s three pedalboards, all connected together. Something like 20 pedals. Because the group is only the four of us, there’s so much ground to cover sonically, and tonally. I wanted to have all the essentials right in front of me.
What pedal, or combination of pedals, do you use for your lead tone?
I actually use a lot of different combinations and when thinking about the solos on the album, I wanted them all to be slightly different, tone-wise. For example, there’s a song called “AINTTURNINROUND,” and there’s a part where the guitars are feeding back and the lyric is “What you are listening to now is an ultrasound of Donna’s playing.” I stepped on almost everything. That was probably an Octa-Fuzz mixed with an OCD and a TC Electronic Flashback Delay with a Vortex Flanger and a Line 6 stereo delay—at minimum. For something like “ANOTHERLOVE” that was pretty much straight OCD plus wah with a little bit of the Flashback Delay. For “WHITECAPS” I wanted to get a warmer tone so I used reverb with an Ibanez Tube Screamer that was modded for me.
Rehearsals with Prince can be pretty intense. “Sometimes we are given a list of six songs to learn for
the next day. Or learn them by dinner!," mentions Grantis.
What was the mod?
A guy from Toronto named Pat Furlan did it. I’ve worked with him a lot to mod my amps as well. I was looking for added warmth, a greater range of attack, and longer sustain. Basically, I would describe to him a sound, and then he would work his magic until we got to the right place. On the album, I played through vintage Traynor amps from the ’70s that were handmodded by Pat. We went through the process and he knew who my influences were and what kind of sound I liked. He modded the amp for me and after we went back and forth a few times, we landed on the right tone.
What’s a typical day at Paisley Park like for you?
We go in and play all day, break for dinner, and then go back in and play either late into the night or early into the morning. We’re always working on new songs—it's become just part of the process. Over the past year and a half it’s a lot easier for me to learn songs quickly and remember them. I lost track of how many songs we’ve learned.
Do you chart them out?
I chart them out and we usually make our individual charts but we lift by ear for our parts. Then I bring those to rehearsal and then the arrangement will get changed or really picked apart. Then I make notes and really try to commit it to memory at that point. Sometimes we are given a list of six songs to learn for the next day. Or learn them by dinner! I find that charts can be really helpful as a starting point. There’s always a period of internalizing music and that just comes from playing it and listening to it a ton.
Is there a particular song on the album you feel especially connected to?
“PLECTRUMELECTRUM” is really special. It’s a song that I wrote that Prince rearranged. It’s an instrumental and everyone’s musical voice and personality really shines through. Hannah has some wicked drum fills, there’s this heavy bass groove, and Prince and I both solo. It was a real honor to have Prince arrange a song I wrote. I definitely have special memories about every song. One in particular is “ANOTHERLOVE.” That was a song that we were recording at a three- or four-in-the-morning jam. Prince has a way of really pulling out the best in everyone. I really thought I would have to spend some time working out something for that since it’s a giant solo in a Prince song, but he wanted to record it right on the spot. Prince and I are trading fours, and as a guitar player, that’s so much fun.
Have you picked up any gear tips from Prince?
He can play any guitar through any amp and make it sound incredible, but I think one of the sounds I really like is how he uses a flanger pedal. There's a lot of room for feedback and really cool sounds. Other than the melodic side of things and note choices, I’ve also really learned a lot from him on how to create soundscapes to end tunes or between phrases or before hitting a solo.
How has Prince changed your musical instincts?
I’ve learned so much from him about when to play and when not to play. Plus, how to make every note count and play everything with conviction. I’ve learned a ton about funk and rhythm guitar. I’ve put together a “funklopedia” of all the funk lines and riffs I’ve learned from him. It’s so incredibly tight and precise and there’s such a special way of approaching that type of playing in terms of the attack and rhythms, but loose at the same time. Hearing Prince, Hannah, and Ida play still blows my mind. I just love where things are at right now.
He was a huge influence on me. Before I got the call for this gig people would ask me, “If you could play with anyone, who would it be?” My answer was always Prince. About a year before I went to Paisley I actually saw him play in Toronto and then one of the infamous after-show jam sessions. Playing with him is literally a dream come true.
“If one person made a mistake it was like we all made a mistake.”
After more than a year of recording and some touring, is there a
fair amount of music that didn’t make the album and was put into the
vault? [Laughs]. Yeah, the vault is real!
Can you describe what it’s like at Paisley Park from a musician’s standpoint?
It’s the ultimate creative space. Every day we go in to the huge soundstage. It’s like a live music venue. Sometimes we open up on the weekends on short notice and invite people in to have dance parties, listen to new music, or even have breakfast. We played a show once called The Breakfast Experience. It was in support of Prince's single, “Breakfast Can Wait” and we performed in our pajamas at four in the morning to a packed room. Everyone was in pajamas and pancakes were served—it was pretty crazy. There are a number of recording studios. Of course, there’s a lot of purple. There’s a ping-pong room. That’s usually where we unwind. Prince and Ida go at it. Since the first day we all arrived, our ping-pong skills have greatly improved.
"Because there's so much ground to cover sonically, and tonally, I needed to have all the essentials in front of me," describes Grantis about her pedalboard.
How structured are the rehearsals?
Every day we have new things to work on and new goals to accomplish. Sometimes it’s working on new arrangements or lifting songs, putting a setlist together, recording, or jamming out on different grooves. It’s amazing to be able to do that together every day for hours on end.
When Prince brings in a song, is it a completed demo or just a few riffs?
Most of the time it would be jams that we would learn really quickly. He would come in, show us something, or maybe give me a chord progression. Prince really left a lot of room for us to contribute to the arrangement, to decide on our tone, how we would play things, or what inversions to use. Sometimes we would just record songs without playing them all the way through. He would just queue things on the spot. That really kept us on our toes. We would jam on parts for a while to really lock in the feel. Other times he's giving me directions like “Use the wah on this.” And then I just take it from there.
Donna Grantis' Gear
GuitarsPRS CE 22 “Elektra”
PRS S2 Mira
PRS 513
PRS Starla with Bigsby
PRS SE Angelus
Effects
Boss RC-30 Loop Station
Line 6 DL-4
MXR M159 Stereo Tremolo
MXR Micro Amp
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Fulltone OCD
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (modded)
Fulltone Octafuzz
Foxrox Octron
Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
TC Electronic Flashback Delay
TC Electronic Vortex Flanger
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Ibanez DML20 Modulation Delay III
Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge
Boss TU-2 Tuner
Fulltone Deja Vibe MDV-2
Jim Dunlop Eddie Van Halen Signature Wah
Ernie Ball volume pedal
Amps
Early ’70s Traynor YBA-1 (modded by Pat Furlan)
Strings and Picks
D’Addario .010–.046
Steve Clayton Delrin .73 picks
EBow
He’s a master bandleader and we’ve really learned how to communicate onstage. We always keep our eyes on him. He could break things down at any time, queue solos at anytime, stretch out sections—anything can happen. Yeah, the other really cool thing is that he wrote the songs on PLECTRUMELECTRUM specifically for us and with us in mind knowing our styles and musical personalities.
The band also went out on a few tours of small club shows. How important was that in developing these songs?
I think in terms of playing live it just really solidified the vibe of the band and the energy we put behind those tunes. We actually recorded the songs before playing them live. During the tours we only played a couple of songs from the album. The rest of the material went all the way back to Prince’s first album. The interesting thing is that all of those songs were arranged for the four-piece band. That was really cool because a lot of the songs have horns and arrangements with keys and synth sounds. We had to take those songs and figure out how to make them sound massive with only four people.
What guitar did you use on the album?
I used “Elektra” on the entire album, which is a PRS CE 22. That’s been my main guitar since I was a teenager. Plus, it’s purple—so I guess it was meant to be.
You cover an amazing amount of sonic space with all the different tones in your live show. I imagine your pedalboard is pretty sizeable.
I have a massive pedalboard that Craig Pattison built me specifically for this gig. One of my techs calls it the starship. It’s three pedalboards, all connected together. Something like 20 pedals. Because the group is only the four of us, there’s so much ground to cover sonically, and tonally. I wanted to have all the essentials right in front of me.
What pedal, or combination of pedals, do you use for your lead tone?
I actually use a lot of different combinations and when thinking about the solos on the album, I wanted them all to be slightly different, tone-wise. For example, there’s a song called “AINTTURNINROUND,” and there’s a part where the guitars are feeding back and the lyric is “What you are listening to now is an ultrasound of Donna’s playing.” I stepped on almost everything. That was probably an Octa-Fuzz mixed with an OCD and a TC Electronic Flashback Delay with a Vortex Flanger and a Line 6 stereo delay—at minimum. For something like “ANOTHERLOVE” that was pretty much straight OCD plus wah with a little bit of the Flashback Delay. For “WHITECAPS” I wanted to get a warmer tone so I used reverb with an Ibanez Tube Screamer that was modded for me.
Rehearsals with Prince can be pretty intense. “Sometimes we are given a list of six songs to learn for
the next day. Or learn them by dinner!," mentions Grantis.
A guy from Toronto named Pat Furlan did it. I’ve worked with him a lot to mod my amps as well. I was looking for added warmth, a greater range of attack, and longer sustain. Basically, I would describe to him a sound, and then he would work his magic until we got to the right place. On the album, I played through vintage Traynor amps from the ’70s that were handmodded by Pat. We went through the process and he knew who my influences were and what kind of sound I liked. He modded the amp for me and after we went back and forth a few times, we landed on the right tone.
What’s a typical day at Paisley Park like for you?
We go in and play all day, break for dinner, and then go back in and play either late into the night or early into the morning. We’re always working on new songs—it's become just part of the process. Over the past year and a half it’s a lot easier for me to learn songs quickly and remember them. I lost track of how many songs we’ve learned.
Do you chart them out?
I chart them out and we usually make our individual charts but we lift by ear for our parts. Then I bring those to rehearsal and then the arrangement will get changed or really picked apart. Then I make notes and really try to commit it to memory at that point. Sometimes we are given a list of six songs to learn for the next day. Or learn them by dinner! I find that charts can be really helpful as a starting point. There’s always a period of internalizing music and that just comes from playing it and listening to it a ton.
Is there a particular song on the album you feel especially connected to?
“PLECTRUMELECTRUM” is really special. It’s a song that I wrote that Prince rearranged. It’s an instrumental and everyone’s musical voice and personality really shines through. Hannah has some wicked drum fills, there’s this heavy bass groove, and Prince and I both solo. It was a real honor to have Prince arrange a song I wrote. I definitely have special memories about every song. One in particular is “ANOTHERLOVE.” That was a song that we were recording at a three- or four-in-the-morning jam. Prince has a way of really pulling out the best in everyone. I really thought I would have to spend some time working out something for that since it’s a giant solo in a Prince song, but he wanted to record it right on the spot. Prince and I are trading fours, and as a guitar player, that’s so much fun.
Have you picked up any gear tips from Prince?
He can play any guitar through any amp and make it sound incredible, but I think one of the sounds I really like is how he uses a flanger pedal. There's a lot of room for feedback and really cool sounds. Other than the melodic side of things and note choices, I’ve also really learned a lot from him on how to create soundscapes to end tunes or between phrases or before hitting a solo.
How has Prince changed your musical instincts?
I’ve learned so much from him about when to play and when not to play. Plus, how to make every note count and play everything with conviction. I’ve learned a ton about funk and rhythm guitar. I’ve put together a “funklopedia” of all the funk lines and riffs I’ve learned from him. It’s so incredibly tight and precise and there’s such a special way of approaching that type of playing in terms of the attack and rhythms, but loose at the same time. Hearing Prince, Hannah, and Ida play still blows my mind. I just love where things are at right now.
dimanche 2 novembre 2014
2014.11.01 SNL Performance
Comme dirait les américains "WTF !!". Yessss... Quelle performance ! On oserait dire quelle promo ! Pas de Purple Rain, Let's Go Crazy ou encore de Raspberry Beret; mais bel et bien 4 morceaux provenant de ses deux derniers albums Art Official Age et Plectrumelectrum. WOW !! Quelle pêche... faut que je m'en remette ! J'imagine la prochaine tournée !
Clouds°
Plectrumelectrum
Marz
Plectrumelectrum
Marz
Anotherlove*
Superbe version de Clouds avec Prince aux claviers (j'accroche bien); le reste : un excellent clin d'oeil aux filles 3rdEyeGirl, un set très rock avec beaucoup de soli de Prince et Donna.
Prince - vox, keyboards, guitar
Hannah Ford - drums, vox
Ida Nielsen - bass, vox
Donna Grantis - guitar, vox
Joshua Welton* - keyboards
Trevor Guy* - guitar
Trevor Guy* - guitar
Lianne La Havas° - vox
Liv Warfield* - vox, tamborine
jeudi 30 octobre 2014
mardi 28 octobre 2014
2014.10.27 Empty Room Rehearsal
Empty Room Rehearsal
at Paisley Park Studios on 27th October 2014
lundi 27 octobre 2014
mardi 14 octobre 2014
2014.11.01 Saturday Night Live
Chris Rock accueillera Prince & 3rdEyeGirl lors du TV-show Saturday Night Live (NBC) le 1er novembre prochain. Il ne s'y est pas présenté depuis le 4 février 2006 où il interpréta 2 chansons comme prévu dans l'émission (Fury et Beautiful, Loved And Blessed). Cette fois-ci, il jouera un "uninterrupted eight-minute long jam session" comme l'on peut lire partout sur le net (info du 27/10).
1ST REHEARSAL 4 SNL
vendredi 10 octobre 2014
mercredi 1 octobre 2014
2014.09.30 Yahoo! Live album release party for AOA & PE
DOWNLOAD LINKS COMING SOON !!!
Prince a prévu une petite fête (la Yahoo! Live Album Release Party) pour la sortie simultanée de ces deux derniers albums Art Official Age et Plectrumelectrum le 30 septembre 2014 dans les studios de Paisley Park, Chanhassen.
Avec un streaming de Trevor Guy et Joshua Welton dans les Studios C et proposant des morceaux princiers via leurs ordinateurs à Maya comme :
Plectrumelectrum (full video)
Unknown Acoustic Song (video)
Ain't About To Stop (Rita Ora with Prince & Joshua Welton)
Revelation (audio snippet)
The Ex's Face (audio snippet)
Le set live de Prince accompagnée des 3rdEyeGirl comprenait
Pretzelbodylogic
Stratus
What's My Name ? (with Kendrick Lamar)
Thankful N' Thoughtful (with Liv Warfield)
mardi 9 septembre 2014
mercredi 3 septembre 2014
LET'S GO CRAZY
Buy the next book about Purple Rain
Let's Go Crazy : Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
and read an excerpt from it
lundi 1 septembre 2014
WHITECAPS from Plectrumelectrum
Bon on ne dit jamais deux sans trois, retrouvez aussi un titre de l'album Plectrumelectrum sur la toile : WHITECAPS. Ballade à la Wendy & Lisa époque Eroica et leur Mother Of Pearl.
3rdEyeGirl - Whitecaps
U KNOW from Art Official Age
Les surprises se multiplient : après Clouds offert lundi dernier, voici U know, la 5è plage du futur album Art Official Age disponible le 30 septembre prochain. Morceau très actuel à la... ben écoutez plutôt Blinded* (et oui Prince pompe aussi !!) de Mila J (elle avait fait une apparition dans le clip Diamonds And Pearls). [* joué lors du sampler set à Oakland le 15 mars 2014]
En écoute ici
Mila J - Blinded
dimanche 31 août 2014
fDeluxe au Dakota Jazz Club
fDeluxe se produira au Dakota Jazz Club de Minneapolis le 7 septembre prochain pour 2 shows dans la soirée (1 à 7pm et 1 autre à 9pm).
Buy tickets here
lundi 25 août 2014
2 new albums on 30th september 2014
Prince is releasing not one but two new albums on September 30th! One is a solo LP titled Art Official Age while the other one is from his girl group 3rd Eye Girl called PLECTRUMELECTRUM and both are releasing through NPG Records / Warner Bros.
Both albums are available for pre-order right now on iTunes. When you
buy the Purple One’s album right now, you also receive two a pre-order
singles — the already released ‘Breakdown‘ and the new one ‘CLOUDS‘. Peep the complete track list for Art Official Age below.
1. ART OFFICIAL CAGE
2. CLOUDS
3. BREAKDOWN
4. THE GOLD STANDARD
5. U KNOW Prince
6. BREAKFAST CAN WAIT
7. THIS COULD BE US
8. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
9. affirmation I & II
10. WAY BACK HOME
11. FUNKNROLL
12. TIME
13. affirmation III
2. CLOUDS
3. BREAKDOWN
4. THE GOLD STANDARD
5. U KNOW Prince
6. BREAKFAST CAN WAIT
7. THIS COULD BE US
8. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
9. affirmation I & II
10. WAY BACK HOME
11. FUNKNROLL
12. TIME
13. affirmation III
1. WOW
2. PRETZELBODYLOGIC
3. AINTTURNINROUND
4. PLECTRUMELECTRUM
5. WHITECAPS
6. FIXURLIFEUP
7. BOYTROUBLE
8. STOPTHISTRAIN
9. ANOTHERLOVE
10. TICTACTOE
11. MARZ
12. FUNKNROLL
vendredi 15 août 2014
dimanche 10 août 2014
2014.08.10 Recording Session
John Blackwell - drums
Andrew Gouche - bass
Marcus Anderson - saxophone
Xavier Taplin - keyboards
Andrew Gouche - bass
Marcus Anderson - saxophone
Xavier Taplin - keyboards
Roadhouse Garden, présent à la party, précise :
- Ouverture des portes 22h
- 60 personnes maxi
- Début du premier set : 23h 25. Durée une heure.
- Pause de 25 minutes.
- Deuxième set identique à 00h 55 jusqu'à 1h 55
- 1h 55 fin du deuxième set.
- 60 personnes maxi
- Début du premier set : 23h 25. Durée une heure.
- Pause de 25 minutes.
- Deuxième set identique à 00h 55 jusqu'à 1h 55
- 1h 55 fin du deuxième set.
Premier titre joué : Hit it And Quit it; deuxième : Trojan horse. Dernier titre joué : Eblues. Autres morceaux joués (entres autres) : Shaft, 6/8 joint, Dome. Je n'ai pas pu lire les autres titres sur la tracklist de John Blackwell. Prince a joué de sa nouvelle guitare rouge (celle de Screwdriver, la Vox Series 77) que lors du deuxième set et sur les premiers morceaux seulement. Au fur à mesure il a été indiqué qui avait composé les titres. Aucune mention de Prince.
samedi 2 août 2014
lundi 28 juillet 2014
2014.07.26 Listening Party
Listening Party
Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
26th July 2014
Listen... listen...
Live in the L4OA Room, Paisley Park
Kandace Springs - Beautiful Ones [cover]
blog.thecurrent.org
thebeatmpls.com
Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
26th July 2014
Listen... listen...
Prince a ouvert les portes de ses studios pour une listening party avec entre autres quelques titres comme Wow, Aintturninround (metal/grunge sound !!), This Could Be Us, Funknroll et The Gold Standard.
Prince's show
Plectrumelectrum
Let's Go Crazy (including Frankenstein [The Edgar Winter Group])
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
U Got The Look (including I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (instrumental) [James Brown])
Musicology
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Four
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [Ewan MacColl's] (featuring Kandace Springs)
Nothing Compares 2 U
Kiss
Let's Go Crazy (including Frankenstein [The Edgar Winter Group])
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
U Got The Look (including I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (instrumental) [James Brown])
Musicology
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Four
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [Ewan MacColl's] (featuring Kandace Springs)
Nothing Compares 2 U
Kiss
The Guest
L'invité de la soirée : Kandace Springs, je vous l'ai présentée avec la reprise de Beautiful Ones. Son concert fût diffusé en streaming sur la 3rdEyeTV entre 1h25 et 2h05 (am du 27 juillet). Elle met en avant son savoir-faire soul-jazzy au keyboards en compagnie de John Blackwell (et oui !! remarquez bien son solo !!) à la batterie, Andrew Gouche (basse) et Marcus Anderson (saxophone). Prince y joua des percu vers la fin.
blog.thecurrent.org
thebeatmpls.com
samedi 26 juillet 2014
2014.07.24 George Clinton au Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, France
BLACK SUMMER FESTIVAL : GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
1ère partie : SPLEEN feat Heezbus
Concert • Funk
Jeudi 24 Juillet 2014
Ouverture des portes 19h30
Ouverture des portes 19h30
Du 14 juillet au 2 août 2014, le BLACK SUMMER FESTIVAL sera la quatorzième édition du Festival d’été du Cabaret Sauvage. Cette année coup de projecteur sur les musiques noires: Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afrobeat, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Blues, Salsa…
Le point commun de toutes ces musiques qui colorent les nuits de New-York, Londres, Bamako, Kingston ou Paris depuis des décennies se trouve dans leurs racines africaines. Le continent noir a su insuffler à sa diaspora un rythme qui se décline à l’infini pour toucher les publics les plus divers.
A travers le Black Summer Festival, le Cabaret Sauvage rendra hommage à toutes ces musiques qui n’ont pas leur pareil pour émouvoir, faire danser et éclater les frontières de la fête aux quatre coins du monde !
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Aquaboogie
P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
Flashlight
Vanish In Our Sleep
(I Wanna) Testify
Up For the Downstroke - Cookie Jar - Ain’t That Loving You ? - Pass The Peas
Bounce To This
Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples
One Nation Under A Groove
Atomic Dog
Maggot Brain (aborted)
Aquaboogie
P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
Flashlight
Vanish In Our Sleep
(I Wanna) Testify
Up For the Downstroke - Cookie Jar - Ain’t That Loving You ? - Pass The Peas
Bounce To This
Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples
One Nation Under A Groove
Atomic Dog
Maggot Brain (aborted)
jeudi 24 juillet 2014
2014.07.26 Living Room Session with Andy Allo
mardi 22 juillet 2014
Adonis And Bathsheba
Nouvelle outtake princière sur la toile depuis hier et au grand bonheur des fans, voici :
Adonis And Bathsheba
[1986.07.26]
Adonis And Bathsheba
[1986.07.26]
dimanche 20 juillet 2014
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Fake pic I think... But he plays with our nerves !!!
vendredi 18 juillet 2014
Morris Day and The Time - Next shows
Morris Day and The Time LIVE
26th July 2014 - Charenton, LA, Cypress Bayou Casino (tickets)
7th-8th Auguest 2014 - San Francisco, Yoshi's (tickets)
9th August 2014 - Los Angeles, CA, Greek Theatre (tickets)
13th September 2014 - Lincoln, CA, Thunder Valley Casino Resort (tickets)
(with Sheila E. and Doug E. Fresh)
26th July 2014 - Charenton, LA, Cypress Bayou Casino (tickets)
7th-8th Auguest 2014 - San Francisco, Yoshi's (tickets)
9th August 2014 - Los Angeles, CA, Greek Theatre (tickets)
13th September 2014 - Lincoln, CA, Thunder Valley Casino Resort (tickets)
(with Sheila E. and Doug E. Fresh)
2012-07-13 New York, BB king blues club & grill - Jungle Love
TLC - Get It Up
TLC - Get It Up [The Time cover]
For the Poetic Justice film (starring Janet Jackson and Tupac)
included in the greatest hits album: Now and Forever, The Hits (2003-2005)
For the Poetic Justice film (starring Janet Jackson and Tupac)
included in the greatest hits album: Now and Forever, The Hits (2003-2005)
Video shot in June 1993
dimanche 13 juillet 2014
Sheila E. at NSJ 2014
Sheila E. faisait partie de la programmation du North Sea Jazz festival 2014 à Rotterdam. Prévue à 19h30 ce vendredi 11 juillet dans la salle Nile, elle y a interprété entre autres : A Love Bizarre, The Glamorous Life, Erotic City ou encore The Belle Of St. Mark avec en guest : Candy Dulfer.
A Love Bizarre
Un peu plus tard dans la soirée, elle venait se trémousser sur la scène en compagnie de Pharrell Williams sur She Wants To Move... titre qui lui colle bien à la peau !!!
She Wants To Move
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