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Prince hired sooo many women as engineers, when most people were not doing this. Peggy McCreary, Susan Rogers, Sylvia Massey, and many others that I can't remember at the moment. Big props to him for this.
Prince's relationship to women in general was...not like other rock stars relationships' to women. I'm sure it varied from person to person, but I think he came at women from a very different angle than most guys.
@@jimdixon3470: I agree, and Peggy seems to confirm that about 2/3rds of the way through this interview. She postulates that perhaps any perceived male energy in that room quire possibly would have made him feel competitive, in a way that might have reduced or diminished his capacity to be the biggest badass in the room - which is what any artist needs to feel when rolling tape. Cheers!
@@jahnbon Yup it was very noticeable when I worked in the UK film industry 95% of directors were male and 70% producers were female. And I put it down to exactly the same thing; creative men wanted to be unquestionable whilst the women worked with people to get things done. Both sexes could be arseholes or nice, egomania wasn't sexist.
That's a crock. Prince was an asshole who abused women because he knew guys wouldn't put up with his arrogant, demanding bullshit and kick his little ass across the room. That's why he always walked around with bodyguards.
As a 58 year old man going to engineering school Sept 12th 2022 I realy appreciate these videos inspires me even more chasing this 40 odd year dream.I was a single dad at 17 with two children I had to go to work.What are my chances making a living doing this either way it's never to late to follow your dreams.I wish everyone following the same dream all the best hope you all do well ..Bless you all..☮️🎼👊
Thank you from the bottom of my heart bless you ..I don't have Instagram just email.I would love to wear a t-shirt from you I would wear that with pride and wear it to school..I thank you so much for that wonderful offer you just inspired me more.I would love to work for you in the future I would even mop floors and clean bathrooms I would do anything to follow this dream.Hope your all well and stay well and safe please...💙☮️🎼👊
I love the fact that this woman has forgotten more about being around Van Halen than most people have actually been around Van Halen. lol I love her honesty and casual manner about their music.
...that was illuminating. Peggy is awesome. Has she written a book, i wonder? Dweezil is great -- smart guy; his papa was a genius. i get that Dweezil loves 'Edward' VH, understandably so, but i venture to say he has not heard much Prince (probably just Purple Rain, 1999, and that vid from the RnR Hall of Fame) and so i have to chuckle at his assessment of his guitar abilities. Dweezil certainly does not seem to have a solid grasp on Prince in the 20 years following his rebuke of the industry machine. Prince was an absolute master of his main instrument, and a creative genius. Also, the best modern bandleader since Zappa, and he ranks with Miles in terms of knowing who to work with and how to maximize each musician's potential. The footage of Prince from Vegas with Maceo and Ramano et.al. is fucking monstrous. Miss you, Prince. The live footage surfacing since your passing (particularly post 2000) is both inspiring and humblng. Praise be. Thanks for these round tables btw. Really great interviews.
I love Prince. Love him, but he doesn't operate the instrument in a manner that a monster like Dweezil really relates to all that much. I'm sure Dweezil respects him, but Prince is not considered a master in the Zappa world. In the nicest way possible, he was just a decent musician compared to some of the giants Dweezil plays/played with. Just a different thing. Both great, but not the same type of demands placed on both approaches.
The movie “Diva” was very well known in the 80s and even the 90s but they have no idea what she’s talking about when she mentions it. It was pretty much exactly the most Prince-appropriate film in release at that time.
On the one hand I"m glad that I get all the references & technologies, on the other hand I"ve definitely got one foot in the grave!!! (Diva was a silly film but everyone thought it amazing at the time!!!!)
I spent my entire life working as a musician and arranger in studios. She does a wonderful job of explaining the reality of how things were and are. I would like to hear even more of her discussion of how the music has been effected by the changes in technology. She eluded to some of it. But I wanted to hear more.
This is one of the most interesting videos I've ever watched. I could watch fifty hours of this woman telling stories about Prince in the studio. It is endlessly fascinating.
I have never heard of Peggy, it’s really great to learn about her and her career from this! It’s amazing how many people work behind the scenes who don’t do or get a lot of interviews, but who have played such a large part in music we love. Thanks for highlighting “Unsung heroes.”
You definitely don't hear about her as much. I knew who she was only from reading the credits on Controversy, 1999 and Purple Rain. You hear about Susan Rogers more than anyone else.
I tilt my hat to you Peg and all that you have accomplished in your tenure. I worked at a University’s theatre doing sound and stage work at the lowest level and was lost everyday. These are some of my fondest memories in college. My career path took a different direction but hearing you brings back those memories. You are truly a joy.
Peggy has some amazing stories and she's really good with telling them. The guys doing the interview do such a great job of just asking a question and letting the subject have the spotlight. That's a rare thing in the business.
As a writer and engineer myself, I love that you guys are doing this. It gives insight on some of the greatest music ever produced and you get to hear the back stories of how it was done. Somethings that I think it’s very important for future generations. Some thing I said to Dennis DeYoung and Steve Lukather. We need to get the insights and information from these people about their biggest hits and from the producers on how it was recorded, how it was done. Because we are losing the art of recording to simplistically produced digital crap that we are lucky if it has two chords in the entire song and is nothing but an 8 Bar Loop. Not that every piece of music has to be Shostakovich or Beethoven, but A lot of what is out there today is so simplistic that you wander why they even hire producers anymore. Since record companies obviously don’t care about quality, only look and marketability. Why does it even matter? Which is why I think you guys documenting this is so important, because maybe current and future generations will see these and experiment by mixing both the past and present to at least have some sort of production quality. Of course, then again record companies don’t want true artist anymore, because they cut into profit margin‘s. They would rather buy a bunch of music outright from a collection of writers then have somebody with talent come in and I actually know what they’re doing. That way they own the publishing rights to the music and make all of the profit and can pay the actual artist nothing. Which is why many actually talented writers and performers are taking two platforms such as RUclips to get their music out there without having to jump through the hoops and be a slave to the grind of these record companies. Who serve no other purpose than mass promotion. Which, you can do yourself, maybe not on such a large scale but you are still reaching the people who want to hear your music. Which is the most important thing anyways. Because you have your target audience listening and therefore that same audience will come out and see you. As opposed to putting your Music out to the entire world and hoping that you get a decent minority of those people that enjoy that music and want to see that artist live. In any case, you guys are doing something very important and I hope you know that.
The major record labels are star makers, they have all the connections and the roadmap. It's a shame that they've jettisoned talent for money. Most of the pop music isn't bad, but it isn't good either. It's actually boring, who wants to listen to boring music? I hope independent artists find a way to be true to themselves and still survive this tough game. Analog recording has a lot of personality, this is being lost.
See Peggy, he thought about you getting a nap when tired. That actually was very considerate of him. A long way around to the fact of thanking you for your good work.
Having spent 7.5 years on staff at a studio myself (runner, assistant, engineer, head engineer...) I love hearing all of these studio stories and all the lingo. I'm having staff-engineer flashbacks! Love these videos Sunset Sound, legendary!
Regarding Prince guitar playing, the first time I heard "Watermelon in Easter Hay" was only around 5 years ago (even though I have been a fan of Frank Zappa's music since high school circa 1980). And the first thing that struck me about certain parts of the solo in WiEH is how much it sounds like Prince. OR, more precisely, it made me think that Prince must have listened to and studied that solo -- especially the middle part where the guitar tone gets really thick. The phrase that starts around 5:35 in WiEH sounds so much like something that Prince might have used in his power ballads, including the tone - and (at least in my own mind) I imagine that Prince, like all great artists, would have assimilated material far and wide and internalized all of the great stuff and then re-imagined it in his own style. And by the way, I have been glued to my computer for the last four hours watching and re-watching both of these interviews --- thank you Sunset Sound and thank you Peggy McCreary (and Dwezil and everyone else) - such an awesome interview!
How many people will get the chance to have someone like David Anderle give them a shot in a real studio these days? What a golden perspective Peggy has. Thank you for this interview, folks.
Thank you for taking the time for presenting the history from the first-person perspective of participants such as Ms. Peggy McCreary. Her perceptions are very much appreciated. The interviewers are well-prepared and expert in their line of questioning.
Was he a high functioning autistic but no one wants to come out and say it? It sure sounds like it when you take the whole of the interviews about him.
An absolute Gold Mine you are, Peggy! Dweezil , I can appreciate your method of framing the VH-related question so as the guest might scrape any resin from their memory of the minutest of details. These interviews are priceless!
I did a little engineering back in the 80’s, but I stopped because I didn’t have the nerves for punching in and out. It’s funny to listen to Peggy talk about it because it was so scary. Nowadays, that’s not a worry.
Absolutely riveting and inspiring and nostalgic interview all in one. Really enjoyed it. It's like being there vicariously thru Peggy! Thx for these interviews, keep em coming!
Thank you Prince and all of these talented, funny, hilarious great women as sound engineers. Peggy is so awesome and chill, what a personality and character. Love hearing all these stories. What a cool looking recording studio, love Sunset Sound. And yes Eddie Van Halen is so cute, love his guitar work for Van Halen. 💜 😆🎶🎵🎙️🫡 🎸 ❤ ♥️
@@sunsetsoundrecorders Thinking the same exact thing. It's like come on dude give the lady a break. Just like she said she worked there 10 years every day for 15 hours A-day. Maybe had one day a week off. Do the math that's a lot of music/work!!! On a side note she seems sooo cool. Love her attitude and charisma!!!!
@@sunsetsoundrecorders There's no doubt she hustled her butt off and to hear her personal history is priceless on its own. In my original comment I was literally making reference to her saying she got sick and was home recovering for 10 days (I think she said 10 🤔) durring the Van Halen sessions. I didn't intend for it come across as if she flippantly slept through Van Halen's history. I should have worded my original comment better.
You gotta think too, At that time VH was just another band. No body’s as it were. I’m sure if she had any idea what they were headed for she may have had a different perspective. But in the 70’s it was just another job. And too, try to remember all those details 40 years later. I have trouble remembering what I did a week ago in detail.
@@kellecetraro4807you could understand not remembering much about VH 1 but she didn't remember that shd also did Van Halen 2 so by that time they had done well that's why it's hard to believe she doesn't remember. She's lovely and so cool but there's something odd about how every question he asks her she sidesteps it and is very dismissive about DLR. Even if you don't like DLR you would hardly forget him lol.
These videos are absolutely fantastic! I was fortunate enough to record at Sunset for two weeks in 1990. Recording overdubs and mixing. Wendy and Lisa were there at the same time in another room. Such a cool place to be...the history there, wow! Keep the vids coming!
@@sunsetsoundrecorders Ha, thanks, no worries though, I'm a Prince fanatic, but I like hearing about any band's studio practice or stories if its cool. I'm reading Geoff Emerick's (controversial) book on recording The Beatles right now.
The story about Teac in City of Commerce reminded me of something. For a couple of years, I had an experimental 12 × 4 x 2 Teac mid 70s console that was wired for A&M Studios to beta test, work with. It was sold to a studio in San Pedro. A lot of Indie stuff recorded for ten years and I bought it in 90. It was a full size short length desk with a stand and a huge power supply.
yeah well he only wore a string at´some point on stilletos i mean stones fans don´t care but they don´t wanna see that on stage i wouldn´t wanna see it
I have seen part of the Apollonia one, but mainly have been checking out the VH stuff. I am not familiar with the David "Z" thing, but I want to check it out. Thanks
I am so jealous of everybody that got to experience life in that time. It would’ve just been so cool everything was tangible and the world must’ve seemed so much bigger. I’m grateful I at least get to listen to the music and get a small snapshot of that period
Peggy rocks. I’m glad Eddie’s guitar was on one track panned hard left. Made VH sound like a live band being recorded off the floor. Templeman was a clever guy.
Cannot wait ! So happy about all of this! Part 2 should be just as exciting👂👂 🎶 (* I truly love this! Another stream of magic! Shows just how important studio🎙 time is too! ) .... 🌇 📻
This lady is an American treasure. Shes worked with everyone. Bet she knows so much more then shes saying. She should write a book, if she hasn’t already.
Wow incredible sunset 🌅 you seem to pull it off every time, love listening to these people's story and what they have to say, amazing just freaking amazing, it's never a let down, keep them coming
And let’s not forget Prince called Jonathon Cain of Journey because “Purple Rain” sounded so much like “Faithfully” and he “didn’t want to get sued”, according to Neal Schon.
vidsforsquids - that's considerate, and rather humble because I think a simple chord movement shouldn't be easy to copyright. It's 1-6-5-4 (which must be pretty common) but the melody is way different. Plus Prince has his own little way with a rhythm and the bar counts are also pretty original.
@@j_freed Happens often, so yes the artist shaping the melody, harmonies, and beat makes each song unique. Rick Beato did a video on 1-6-5-4/1-6-4-5 progressions being the most popular used in pop songs. A recent Bieber song basically sounds exactly like a Toto song. Something like nine writers involved in “copying” that song.
Loved Peggy's candor and wealth of information. I am a fan of both Van Halen and Prince but wish the interviews could have focused on each artist separately. Dweezil's body language was a distraction to me when the conversation focused on Prince. He seemed impatient.
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I swear I could listen to these Prince stories all day
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Same!
@@toddnelson7711 I see what you did there.
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Came for Prince, Stayed for Peggy!
Prince hired sooo many women as engineers, when most people were not doing this. Peggy McCreary, Susan Rogers, Sylvia Massey, and many others that I can't remember at the moment. Big props to him for this.
Prince's relationship to women in general was...not like other rock stars relationships' to women. I'm sure it varied from person to person, but I think he came at women from a very different angle than most guys.
@@jimdixon3470: I agree, and Peggy seems to confirm that about 2/3rds of the way through this interview. She postulates that perhaps any perceived male energy in that room quire possibly would have made him feel competitive, in a way that might have reduced or diminished his capacity to be the biggest badass in the room - which is what any artist needs to feel when rolling tape. Cheers!
@@jahnbon Yup it was very noticeable when I worked in the UK film industry 95% of directors were male and 70% producers were female. And I put it down to exactly the same thing; creative men wanted to be unquestionable whilst the women worked with people to get things done. Both sexes could be arseholes or nice, egomania wasn't sexist.
@H C Women actually tend to have a better ability to hear high frequencies than most men, and that disparity becomes more pronounced with age.
That's a crock. Prince was an asshole who abused women because he knew guys wouldn't put up with his arrogant, demanding bullshit and kick his little ass across the room. That's why he always walked around with bodyguards.
"...except for David Lee. He was...a lead singer."
Master class in diplomacy, right there. :)
A quiet, unsung GIANT of one the most brutal of professions and industries.
Truth
As a 58 year old man going to engineering school Sept 12th 2022 I realy appreciate these videos inspires me even more chasing this 40 odd year dream.I was a single dad at 17 with two children I had to go to work.What are my chances making a living doing this either way it's never to late to follow your dreams.I wish everyone following the same dream all the best hope you all do well ..Bless you all..☮️🎼👊
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart bless you ..I don't have Instagram just email.I would love to wear a t-shirt from you I would wear that with pride and wear it to school..I thank you so much for that wonderful offer you just inspired me more.I would love to work for you in the future I would even mop floors and clean bathrooms I would do anything to follow this dream.Hope your all well and stay well and safe please...💙☮️🎼👊
Wish you all the best! Always been fascinated with the making of music..knock em dead kid....!!!!
Good for you man. Go get it👍
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I could listen to this wonderful woman speak all day!
Us too. She’s a special one
I love the fact that this woman has forgotten more about being around Van Halen than most people have actually been around Van Halen. lol I love her honesty and casual manner about their music.
Prince: "Let's listen to what we did last night... oh it sounds great, don't know what was wrong yesterday" Peggy is awesome
Peggy is an incredible human being. She’s so authentic and such an incredibly gifted engineer, given her long history at Sunset Sound. 👏🏻
Peggy pulls no punches, I love her candor!
Which is probably why Prince kept her around. How many people did he have like this in his life? That & she was dedicated.Committed. Ride or Die.
At first I thought I didn't want to sit through a video of this length. But by the time it ended I wanted it to be twice as long. Oh look! part 2!!
...that was illuminating.
Peggy is awesome. Has she written a book, i wonder?
Dweezil is great -- smart guy; his papa was a genius. i get that Dweezil loves 'Edward' VH, understandably so, but i venture to say he has not heard much Prince (probably just Purple Rain, 1999, and that vid from the RnR Hall of Fame) and so i have to chuckle at his assessment of his guitar abilities. Dweezil certainly does not seem to have a solid grasp on Prince in the 20 years following his rebuke of the industry machine. Prince was an absolute master of his main instrument, and a creative genius. Also, the best modern bandleader since Zappa, and he ranks with Miles in terms of knowing who to work with and how to maximize each musician's potential. The footage of Prince from Vegas with Maceo and Ramano et.al. is fucking monstrous. Miss you, Prince. The live footage surfacing since your passing (particularly post 2000) is both inspiring and humblng. Praise be.
Thanks for these round tables btw.
Really great interviews.
I love Prince. Love him, but he doesn't operate the instrument in a manner that a monster like Dweezil really relates to all that much. I'm sure Dweezil respects him, but Prince is not considered a master in the Zappa world. In the nicest way possible, he was just a decent musician compared to some of the giants Dweezil plays/played with. Just a different thing. Both great, but not the same type of demands placed on both approaches.
And I really mean that with all due respect. I am a big fan of Prince.
@@EthnHayabusa Prince could play drums too. Does that level it up a bit?
Prince could and DID play everything. Zappa could talk the talk AND walk the walk. But Prince just ooozed. He didn’t NEED to walk or talk.
Sunset Sound needs to be recognized as a historical landmark! A lot of huge names in music have recorded some successful albums here. Come on people!
The movie “Diva” was very well known in the 80s and even the 90s but they have no idea what she’s talking about when she mentions it.
It was pretty much exactly the most Prince-appropriate film in release at that time.
On the one hand I"m glad that I get all the references & technologies, on the other hand I"ve definitely got one foot in the grave!!!
(Diva was a silly film but everyone thought it amazing at the time!!!!)
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I spent my entire life working as a musician and arranger in studios. She does a wonderful job of explaining the reality of how things were and are. I would like to hear even more of her discussion of how the music has been effected by the changes in technology. She eluded to some of it. But I wanted to hear more.
Part 2 out tonight
what an absolute unsung living legend
This is one of the most interesting videos I've ever watched. I could watch fifty hours of this woman telling stories about Prince in the studio. It is endlessly fascinating.
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Peggie, Purple limo driver here, good times x
I have never heard of Peggy, it’s really great to learn about her and her career from this! It’s amazing how many people work behind the scenes who don’t do or get a lot of interviews, but who have played such a large part in music we love. Thanks for highlighting “Unsung heroes.”
She's credited on the albums
@@alexcho9737 I think you missed the point.
You definitely don't hear about her as much. I knew who she was only from reading the credits on Controversy, 1999 and Purple Rain. You hear about Susan Rogers more than anyone else.
I saw Peggy’s name on the first Van Halen album she worked on the first 4.
And the Toto 4 album.
Before I saw Susans.
Peggy, R U listenin'?
This is amazing! She is a MASTER engineer. The names she's worked with are astounding. 0_0
Elton John, Toto, Van Halen, Prince, Tom Waits, The Time and so many more. This is unreal that she is giving an interview!
This is a real "Behind the Music" interview. I love it! I hope she writes a memoir.
I tilt my hat to you Peg and all that you have accomplished in your tenure. I worked at a University’s theatre doing sound and stage work at the lowest level and was lost everyday. These are some of my fondest memories in college. My career path took a different direction but hearing you brings back those memories. You are truly a joy.
Thank you for listening and interviewing Prince's engineering team.
Peggy has some amazing stories and she's really good with telling them. The guys doing the interview do such a great job of just asking a question and letting the subject have the spotlight. That's a rare thing in the business.
As a writer and engineer myself, I love that you guys are doing this. It gives insight on some of the greatest music ever produced and you get to hear the back stories of how it was done. Somethings that I think it’s very important for future generations. Some thing I said to Dennis DeYoung and Steve Lukather. We need to get the insights and information from these people about their biggest hits and from the producers on how it was recorded, how it was done. Because we are losing the art of recording to simplistically produced digital crap that we are lucky if it has two chords in the entire song and is nothing but an 8 Bar Loop.
Not that every piece of music has to be Shostakovich or Beethoven, but A lot of what is out there today is so simplistic that you wander why they even hire producers anymore. Since record companies obviously don’t care about quality, only look and marketability. Why does it even matter? Which is why I think you guys documenting this is so important, because maybe current and future generations will see these and experiment by mixing both the past and present to at least have some sort of production quality. Of course, then again record companies don’t want true artist anymore, because they cut into profit margin‘s. They would rather buy a bunch of music outright from a collection of writers then have somebody with talent come in and I actually know what they’re doing. That way they own the publishing rights to the music and make all of the profit and can pay the actual artist nothing.
Which is why many actually talented writers and performers are taking two platforms such as RUclips to get their music out there without having to jump through the hoops and be a slave to the grind of these record companies. Who serve no other purpose than mass promotion. Which, you can do yourself, maybe not on such a large scale but you are still reaching the people who want to hear your music. Which is the most important thing anyways. Because you have your target audience listening and therefore that same audience will come out and see you. As opposed to putting your Music out to the entire world and hoping that you get a decent minority of those people that enjoy that music and want to see that artist live.
In any case, you guys are doing something very important and I hope you know that.
The major record labels are star makers, they have all the connections and the roadmap. It's a shame that they've jettisoned talent for money. Most of the pop music isn't bad, but it isn't good either. It's actually boring, who wants to listen to boring music? I hope independent artists find a way to be true to themselves and still survive this tough game. Analog recording has a lot of personality, this is being lost.
Thank You for talking about how music is no longer about the musicians creativity. Absolutely wanna shoot myself when I hear today's product.
What a great interview! Prince was so misunderstood as a person though. You very seldom hear some of the wonderful things he did for people.
I hope they never stop making these video's. Another Awesome interview !!! thank you so much !
The Prince stories were fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
See Peggy, he thought about you getting a nap when tired. That actually was very considerate of him. A long way around to the fact of thanking you for your good work.
I cannot thank you guys/gals at Sunset for these interviews. I'm like a giddy little school kid every time I listen!!!! 💯
God. I could sit with this lovely lady and listen to her stories all day.
Thanks so much Sunset for sharing this. Such great stuff.
Having spent 7.5 years on staff at a studio myself (runner, assistant, engineer, head engineer...) I love hearing all of these studio stories and all the lingo. I'm having staff-engineer flashbacks! Love these videos Sunset Sound, legendary!
Part 2 tmrw!!!
Regarding Prince guitar playing, the first time I heard "Watermelon in Easter Hay" was only around 5 years ago (even though I have been a fan of Frank Zappa's music since high school circa 1980). And the first thing that struck me about certain parts of the solo in WiEH is how much it sounds like Prince. OR, more precisely, it made me think that Prince must have listened to and studied that solo -- especially the middle part where the guitar tone gets really thick. The phrase that starts around 5:35 in WiEH sounds so much like something that Prince might have used in his power ballads, including the tone - and (at least in my own mind) I imagine that Prince, like all great artists, would have assimilated material far and wide and internalized all of the great stuff and then re-imagined it in his own style. And by the way, I have been glued to my computer for the last four hours watching and re-watching both of these interviews --- thank you Sunset Sound and thank you Peggy McCreary (and Dwezil and everyone else) - such an awesome interview!
Prince calls out Peggy on International Lover (Live in studio).
He says “I know how to keep you wet...Peggy are you listening?”
No. Peggy was listening 🎧 to King 👑 Edward Van Halen. Have you seen Peggy's grades?..Peg was Hot 🔥 for Ed.
How many people will get the chance to have someone like David Anderle give them a shot in a real studio these days? What a golden perspective Peggy has. Thank you for this interview, folks.
I now have a huge crush on Peggy, she's BEAUTIFUL!!!
Zappa asked all the right questions. What cool dude.
He did but her memory let her down about Van Halen except that shd fancied Eddie. 2 Albums and she remembers nothing?
@@soggypaws4944 Exactly 💯...a bit disappointed.
didn't even recognize him at first.
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Thank you for taking the time for presenting the history from the first-person perspective of participants such as Ms. Peggy McCreary. Her perceptions are very much appreciated. The interviewers are well-prepared and expert in their line of questioning.
Thank you!!!!
Peggy has her shit together. She has a great vibe.
What a cool woman, love the frank discussion. What a great career and life. Thanks for the video.
great interview. prince was an enigma but, thats why he was great.
Was he a high functioning autistic but no one wants to come out and say it? It sure sounds like it when you take the whole of the interviews about him.
An absolute Gold Mine you are, Peggy! Dweezil , I can appreciate your method of framing the VH-related question so as the guest might scrape any resin from their memory of the minutest of details. These interviews are priceless!
I did a little engineering back in the 80’s, but I stopped because I didn’t have the nerves for punching in and out. It’s funny to listen to Peggy talk about it because it was so scary. Nowadays, that’s not a worry.
i love her demeanor. I hope she gets her dues as one of the best to do it
Listening to her stories is just mesmerizing. What an incredible life and career. Thanks for sharing Peggy!:)
Absolutely riveting and inspiring and nostalgic interview all in one. Really enjoyed it. It's like being there vicariously thru Peggy! Thx for these interviews, keep em coming!
All those years with Prince?
Would definitely love to hear a full episode entirely on him
Thanks so much for this!!
Part 2 out tonight. Lots more
@@sunsetsoundrecorders It was a blast!! Thank you!!!
Thank you Prince and all of these talented, funny, hilarious great women as sound engineers. Peggy is so awesome and chill, what a personality and character. Love hearing all these stories. What a cool looking recording studio, love Sunset Sound. And yes Eddie Van Halen is so cute, love his guitar work for Van Halen. 💜 😆🎶🎵🎙️🫡 🎸 ❤ ♥️
She seems to have slept through history as it relates to Van Halen. But has priceless info regarding Prince. This is great stuff 🙂
Didn’t know it was gonna be history in 1977. Every week she worked with a different band
@@sunsetsoundrecorders Thinking the same exact thing. It's like come on dude give the lady a break. Just like she said she worked there 10 years every day for 15 hours A-day. Maybe had one day a week off. Do the math that's a lot of music/work!!! On a side note she seems sooo cool. Love her attitude and charisma!!!!
@@sunsetsoundrecorders There's no doubt she hustled her butt off and to hear her personal history is priceless on its own.
In my original comment I was literally making reference to her saying she got sick and was home recovering for 10 days (I think she said 10 🤔) durring the Van Halen sessions. I didn't intend for it come across as if she flippantly slept through Van Halen's history. I should have worded my original comment better.
You gotta think too, At that time VH was just another band. No body’s as it were. I’m sure if she had any idea what they were headed for she may have had a different perspective. But in the 70’s it was just another job. And too, try to remember all those details 40 years later. I have trouble remembering what I did a week ago in detail.
@@kellecetraro4807you could understand not remembering much about VH 1 but she didn't remember that shd also did Van Halen 2 so by that time they had done well that's why it's hard to believe she doesn't remember. She's lovely and so cool but there's something odd about how every question he asks her she sidesteps it and is very dismissive about DLR. Even if you don't like DLR you would hardly forget him lol.
Great interview!!! Love the Prince stories........
Peggy has the personality of 3 people and the 3 interviewers have the personality of 1 person.
This ladies a trip. Awesome stories.
I could listen to stories like these forever. Thank you!
The legendary 'Peggy Mac', per Prince liner notes...Long Live the Revolution!
These videos are absolutely fantastic! I was fortunate enough to record at Sunset for two weeks in 1990. Recording overdubs and mixing. Wendy and Lisa were there at the same time in another room. Such a cool place to be...the history there, wow! Keep the vids coming!
Peggy , btw ...thank you for sharing , basically anything you could remember .....cheers 👍
I sense a great disturbance in the force, as if a million Prince fans are gritting their teeth when Dweezil keeps focussing on Van Halen. ;)
Part 2 is up in 20 mins. All Prince ! ruclips.net/video/NKJGOaGIIBg/видео.html
@@sunsetsoundrecorders Ha, thanks, no worries though, I'm a Prince fanatic, but I like hearing about any band's studio practice or stories if its cool. I'm reading Geoff Emerick's (controversial) book on recording The Beatles right now.
Were fans of both that's why were here. Long haired mullet or jheri curl
These videos are so amazing and fun! Every time I get a few minutes I watch 5, 10, 15 minuets at a time.
Peggy is delightful and real! Great sense of humor too! Wonderful lady to listen to!
She comes across so well. Super smart but humble, wise and friendly.
Her 1st show is JIMMY CLIFF? Yaaaas!!
Hooked me from the get-go!🏆
She's a legend! Thank you, Peggy!
The story about Teac in City of Commerce reminded me of something. For a couple of years, I had an experimental 12 × 4 x 2 Teac mid 70s console that was wired for A&M Studios to beta test, work with. It was sold to a studio in San Pedro. A lot of Indie stuff recorded for ten years and I bought it in 90. It was a full size short length desk with a stand and a huge power supply.
What does this mean
I was in the audience when he was boo'd off the Stones stage. I think that's what pushed him to succeed. I always wondered how he processed that.
Wow. What songs were played?
yeah well he only wore a string at´some point on stilletos i mean stones fans don´t care but they don´t wanna see
that on stage i wouldn´t wanna see it
VH opened for the Stones in Florida on the Tattoo You tour and got a bigger ovation than the Stones did.
Just listened to How come u... from Prince. mrs McCreary, I am a pro musician and high school music teacher: I am not worthy. What a take !
These Prince stories are just incredible, what a time!!! He absolutely defined my childhood and teen years!!
These interviews are infinitely fascinating; and this one is one of the best.
Nice!!! You watch part 2? Watch the Apollonia one? The David “Z” episode is up now too
I have seen part of the Apollonia one, but mainly have been checking out the VH stuff. I am not familiar with the David "Z" thing, but I want to check it out. Thanks
Prince said when Purple Rain blew up, things changed and he said it was so lonely at the top. He felt isolated.
I am so jealous of everybody that got to experience life in that time. It would’ve just been so cool everything was tangible and the world must’ve seemed so much bigger. I’m grateful I at least get to listen to the music and get a small snapshot of that period
These stories are lost forever if they are not shared by those who lived it.
🙏🙏🙏
Wow this was just soo great to listen to, real people talking about the Gods of rock and pop, and the fact that she was there, in the middle of it all
This is delightful! I wish there was more of it. Love to hear her talk about her experiences with other artists as well.
Part 2 is out tmrw. Make sure and subscribe. Elton John stories, Tom Waits and more
Peggy rocks.
I’m glad Eddie’s guitar was on one track panned hard left. Made VH sound like a live band being recorded off the floor. Templeman was a clever guy.
Cannot wait ! So happy about all of this! Part 2 should be just as exciting👂👂 🎶 (* I truly love this! Another stream of magic! Shows just how important studio🎙 time is too! ) .... 🌇 📻
Thank You very much, Sunset Sound! 💛
This lady is an American treasure. Shes worked with everyone. Bet she knows so much more then shes saying. She should write a book, if she hasn’t already.
Yep
Wow incredible sunset 🌅 you seem to pull it off every time, love listening to these people's story and what they have to say, amazing just freaking amazing, it's never a let down, keep them coming
Great interview! Brilliant engineer. Thanks Sunset Sound!
Such an awesome episode!!!!! I learned so much listen to the AMAZING Peggy McCreary! WOW!!!!!
This is an amazing video. Peggy is so chill and a great story teller!
Thanks so much, Peggy, for sharing! Love this!
This is fascinating. Kudos to Ms. McCreary and the panel.
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Dweezil: “What was it like in the studio watching Eddie play the guitar like that?”
Peggy: “He was having fun and was cute.”
I wonder if she ever worked with Frank Zappa?
@WAYNE FG Exactly. That was such a teeny-bopper answer. C’mon...
@@kennethrussell1158 "he didn't seem to have fun and he was not cute"
Compare that to her descriptions of working with Prince. She was obviously closer with Prince and he impressed her more. Doesn’t mean she is dull.
@@bigiedieot Exactly!
THANK YOU SUNSET!! I HOPE SHE TALKS ABOUT PRINCE
Oh, does she ever!
And let’s not forget Prince called Jonathon Cain of Journey because “Purple Rain” sounded so much like “Faithfully” and he “didn’t want to get sued”, according to Neal Schon.
vidsforsquids - that's considerate, and rather humble because I think a simple chord movement shouldn't be easy to copyright. It's 1-6-5-4 (which must be pretty common) but the melody is way different. Plus Prince has his own little way with a rhythm and the bar counts are also pretty original.
@@j_freed Happens often, so yes the artist shaping the melody, harmonies, and beat makes each song unique. Rick Beato did a video on 1-6-5-4/1-6-4-5 progressions being the most popular used in pop songs. A recent Bieber song basically sounds exactly like a Toto song. Something like nine writers involved in “copying” that song.
she would have talked even more about Prince but understand that young Zappa kept going back to guitar Eddie .
She mentions Sound Masters around the 8 minute mark. I graduated from Sound Masters in 1988 under Brian Ingoslby. Great memories there.
Really enjoyed this. Peggy is so cool and loved listening to her
Thank you for making these videos, what wonderful behind the scenes insights from those who were around when all these great records were made.
She is Brilliant human , what a life story . So cool to hear these stories.
Loved Peggy's candor and wealth of information.
I am a fan of both Van Halen and Prince but wish the interviews could have focused on each artist separately. Dweezil's body language was a distraction to me when the conversation focused on Prince. He seemed impatient.
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really?? weird critique. I thought the whole interview was entertaining and informative.
He did not respect Peggy. The attitude in his question to show everyone how much he knows is wrong. She was the in the room.
Yes I must say that I have been blessed with rhythm ear timing as such and humbly grateful. Thank you for this video.
Fascinating interview, I couldn’t quit listening. 👍🏻
I love how she looks at the camera when she’s about to dish.
It would be really interesting to contrast how Zappa and Prince worked because they were both so prolific and both had a so much control.
Closest Prince got was with Dale Bozzio
The biggest difference I think is that Zappa had his band play his ideas while Prince played his ideas himself.
Amazing interview! Thank you so much!
Peggy is such a wonderful soul...
🎶 & ❤
Rock On
H.L.
Knights of the sound table!
This is fascinating. What an amazing woman.