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This is what it sounds like: Prince and our perception of music
Coolidge Corner Theatre (Brookline, MA): October 21, 2019
Berklee professor and frequent Prince collaborator Susan Rogers speaks about music, memory, and working with Prince. We encourage you to pair this conversation with PURPLE RAIN!
Presenter: Susan Rogers is a professor of music production and engineering at Berklee College of Music. She holds a doctorate in psychology from McGill University, where she studied music cognition and psychoacoustics under researchers Daniel Levitin and Stephen McAdams. Her research focuses on auditory memory, the perception of musical signals, and the influence of musical training on auditory development. For two decades prior to her science career, Rogers was one of the world's few women known for her work as a record producer, engineer, mixer, and audio electronics technician. Career highlights include years (1983-1988) as staff engineer for recording artist Prince and working with such diverse artists as Barenaked Ladies, David Byrne, Tricky, and Tevin Campbell.
Rogers is the director of the Berklee Music Perception and Cognition Laboratory. In tandem with business partner and former student Matthew McArthur '10, Rogers launched Boston's first nonprofit recording studio, The Record Company, to offer low-cost recording facilities to area musicians and free music technology instruction to area teens.
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She articulates the years she had with Prince greater than any other person that was in his circle for me.
Since his passing, her interviews are the only one's I've sat and watched all the way through. She literally talks about his MUSIC only and in an amazingly objective way.
She loves everything within and all around thus she can see, hear, smell and taste it. How beautiful and how brilliant 💟
I’m 55 years old. I grew up listening to Prince first 6 albums on repeat. They became part of the fabric of my life. I adored Prince music when the folks around me were lukewarm. In 2004 I was 35 had enough money and autonomy to attend my first Prince Concert in Detroit at the Joe Lewis Arena. I finally had the means & opportunity to see my favorite artist LIVE. This was a concert of a lifetime! It lasted close to 3 hours. I would never ever be the same as I witnessed greatness performing at a genius level. It is 2024 now and I binge on all the live Prince concerts and information about Prince on RUclips. Instinctively at a young age of 11-12 I knew I was listening to a musician like no other and now in my fifties it’s life affirming to know that my intuition was right about Princes greatness. Love You Prince & still listening to your music. RIP Dear One….
Vous avez eu de la chance de le voir.
Moi je n'aurais jamais cette chance.
Je regarde tous les programmes youtube sur lui, mais il n'y a pas de traduction.
Mon anglais n'est pas suffisant pour tout comprendre et c'est très frustrant.
Je crois que je vais mettre tout le reste de ma vie à le re-découvrir.
Il est tellement incroyable, qu'il n'y a pas de mot pour le décrire.
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I have few regrets in life as a 61-year-old. Not haven’t seen Prince is one of them.
I feel 4u! I was a fanatic from the first time I heard 'When u Were Mine'. I bought every Prince related record, Taja Seville, Jill Jones, Mazarati etc. My friends were listening to Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, The Cure, Japan etc I was Lucky enough to see Prince 4 times. I dressed in Peach and Black. I wore a teal coloured shirt. We have witnessed and shared the world with one of the best to ever do it 😎
Agreed lov bhim
OMG!!! You literally took the words out of my mouth. I couldn't have said it any better. I feel exactly the way you said U feel. I am also 51 & grew up worshipping everything thing that Prince did . Yes, You are correct. He is a part of the fabric that is my life and I love my life, by the way! Wow & I too at a very young age, was without a doubt very aware of fact that I was truly witnessing greatness. In real life that level of reallization while it is actually happening right in front of your eyes has only ever occurred several times & by that I mean actually seeing someone in real life doing exactly what they was put on this Earth to do. It raises the hair on my arms everytime!!! It almost gives me the good chills because I know what I'm seeing and I realize it while I'm seeing it. It's not hindsight type thing It's the complete opposite actually. Anyways i'm Blabbering. I just wanted to say how ironic our lives are solely & only through & because of music. Thank U
Towards the end of this video how she explained what Prince was up against Michael Jackson with all of his professionals Quincy Jones and it was just prince with his Motley Crew and little windy 18 years old and they were right there competing with the best of the best just goes to show you how talented Prince was it's absolutely amazing God Rest his soul
Susan Rogers is a brilliant gift to Prince fans and the world!
Doggonit Susan you almost made me cry when you started talking about how Michael had a state of the art team and Prince only had himself and a bunch of talented beginners and y'all could still hang!
I've loved Prince since the beginning. He did it his way and so he remained true to himself his entire career 💜💜💜
She deserves a bigger audience, and more speaking time :)
The world lost an ocean of talent the day Prince died💜💔
This is great. I particularly enjoyed Susan talking about the Triple Crown achievment that Prince pulled off. I never thought of his strategy, but this makes sense!
I love listening to her tell her stories about Prince. Prince earned the respect of all musicians not only because he was an amazing talent but also because he was literally the Michaelangelo of music. As she stated while other musicians had professionals to help them, Prince took on the overwhelming idea of kids who had no idea and sculpted a masterpiece.
That's fascinating. I just did a tour of Paisley Park, and in watching videos on YT, I heard one of experience curators say that Prince wanted his music to be just like what she is describing above with the dots. He envisioned Paisley Park as a place where more great music will come out of it than the sum of all of his creations, his children, if that makes sense.
I could listen to you Susan Rodgers talk about Prince 💜
Bam-Mo! The triple crown.
Susan is so wonderful to listen to because she sincerely loves and cares for Prince and his legacy.
Liv4luv ☔
Prof Susan Rogers,wow,I mean like wow,I’ve never looked at Prince’s 💕💖music and career like that,Purple Rain ☔️ truly was the underdog conquering All,which culminated in Prince being bigger than MJ In 84/85,an exstroadinary achievement by all those involved,including the Great man Prince💕👍👍👍👏👏...A extremely educational vid,and if you’re going into the engineering and producing part of the music biz,this is a lady you should study,and listen to..
@@Modernaire what a knob...shush
Bigger than MJ😂. Prince dropped purple rain in 84. Michael dropped thriller in 82. Thriller was the biggest selling album of 1983 and 1984.
Pete....Gotta reply...with WOW...Awesome Vid....PRINCE...A bit More light on Watwe KNOW...N SUSANNNN🏆N A🏀From Skip🙌
Fantastic.. ruclips.net/video/H2SqnKh4mOg/видео.html
Michael Jackson was a circus freak sideshow between the bearded lady and lobster boys.
Prince is a true musician and far more talented than Mr powder face plastic surgery tragedy
That was so emotional Susan, you speak of him with such great love and and affection xx
What an honor to be able to hear and receive this
I was enthralled by her talking skills and the content. She made me really listen and as a Prince fan, so glad I did 💜
7:55 That's VERY interesting.
My mind goes dark and I don't visualize anything when I listen to Prince, in particular. However, my body comes alive and I can dance effortlessly.
If I was in a place where I could not move then all I can see are the lyrics. I HAVE to dance to Prince.
I literally got fired, in my twenties for dancing at 5am , down the empty isles of Target while working & listening to Prince on my walkman 😂
Glad Prince referenced Beethoven, I often recall how Prince had such respect for artists that came before his own time. 10:43
she said it all Prince was a kid with Kids playing music and made BIG HIT and culture
Wow! I'm so glad I saw this!💜👍
That's cool and educational on musicians,composers,and artists . Prince was a musical genius. I meet him that's all I thought when I meet him in 1997 in Dallas texas after a concert
Exceptional! 🌹🇺🇸🎸🎼🥁🎤!
Thank you for this truth and this upload.
Stay healthy.
Yes, Ms Rogers does Rock.
Wow!!! That was an amazing fifteen minutes. I have never heard the comparison of Prince and Michael Jackson presented so well. I think it was Andrea Cymone who said that when he and Prince were in their high school bands they did not see the high school bands as their competition. They saw The Jackson's and Michael as their competition and Prince never took his eye off that Prize. I have pictured in my mind the two of them dressed in their clothing of the 80s with Michael running comfortably out in front not seeing Prince gaining on him. Then out of the corner of his eye, he sees something purple and his eyes get BIG and his stride gets longer and faster as he sees what he is coming up behind him, not even knowing previously that there was stiff completion in his climb to the top. He was shaking himself loose from his brothers and not wanting to share his identity and become a separate individual. And then Prince comes into view, not knowing that Prince had his eye on him as a rival for the past ten years. Susan Rogers got to experience that excitement vicariously, up close and personal, and her perspective of that time is amazing!!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! I had never seen PURPLE RAIN before this event, and the performance scenes just blew my mind. Prince was riveting--such incredible talent and creativity!
That's interesting your analogy. I've seen both of these Legendary Artists Live and in Concert. They have been integral in my life as a recording artist myself. I love them both. The fact that they played a great role in the sound track of my life. But, they play a great role in my development as a performer and songwriter. So I always found the weight if competition between the two futile. But, I guess the fake media had fun with fiasco. May they Rest In Power and continue to sublime people all over the world ,for the good of mankind.
@Tony Exactly. Prince was light years ahead of MJ musically/artistically imo. Prince was a musical explorer. MJ was driven by Pop success. Two completely separate trajectories. Both succeeded in their endeavors I believe.
@@inspectorbudget mj was more talent and more better,and mj is more influential than him.
@@gentleman1284 Not for me.
13:24 I’ve been saying this for years
I've learned something More. Thank you so much for this presentation
The goat ❤❤❤❤
Quel dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de traduction française...
Je comprends l'anglais, mais à 70%...et ce n'est pas suffisant pour tout comprendre.
En France, prince a été sous estimé.
J'aimerais tellement revenir en arrière et le revoir évoluer dans son art.
Prince, tu nous manques .....je crois qu'il était tellement impressionnant de talents, que l'on va mettre longtemps à tout comprendre de lui.
I love you baby brother.
This is great and there’s another wonderful longer video Sit down from Sunset Sound where he recorded so much great music, she gets a little more in depth on that one.
That was beautiful 🤘🔥🤘
I listen to music and think about the future.
Prince did not ask if he could make a movie. He threatened to fire his managers if they didn't cooperate in getting him the support for making a film. Prince did not ask. He was the boss.
Sweet story. But when you're using someone else's money, you are definitely still asking.
He was not asking for financial support from his managers.He was needing them to believe in his vision enough to go out and find a studio that would support him I. e. put up the 💰. Prince hired management to do the asking. If they didn’t believe in the film, he would fire his management and find someone else.
Well said.
Sorry to break it to you but that’s a crock of shit. Want proof? In 1987 - when Prince was even in a greater position of power than he was in 1982/3 - Prince demanded to Warner Bros that they release a triple album he was naming Crystal Ball. Warner Bros refused. Prince threatened the record company, his managers etc. They still told him NO. Totally contrary to Prince’s demands, Warner’s allowed a double album which we know to be Sign O The Times. When you aren’t the company, i.e. when you work for the company, you ask.
@@IvanLendl87
Actually, it's not a crock of shit, especially when you consider that Prince was not well known before PR was filmed. Not to mention it was originally said that John Travolta was considered for the role as The Kid. All he needed was to get a foot in the door, and he did need his management to get folks with money to let him. It doesn't matter he didn't get his triple album he demanded, but getting a greenlight for PR is what elevated him from rock/pop/R&B star to GOAT status.
I was Sheila E’s drum tech on the PRT, Professional Rogers (Susan then) was always focused and always kind.
Thank you, Dr Rogers, for sharing your experience with and perspectives on Prince and the music. Shame that your work with Prince didn't "qualify you" for retirement.
She "left". Watch the tape. He never fired her.
If I worked for you, then left your business, that means you would set me up for retirement? Sign me up.
Susan is a genius, wish she had stayed.
@@bjunk5344 Ain't exactly reading... but comprehension skillz are still useful.
After Prince and Susan found their way together thru Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, Parade and the Black Album, Susan "left" so she could have a hit record and retire with somebuddy name Bare Nekkid Ladies.
Dismissed.
Amazing analysis. Thank you.
Brilliant...i dream of working with her and about all of my dreams have come true so 🤞
I need this video to be an hour longer!!
14 minutes was WAY to short!! Thank you for the upload!
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"He was a supremely honest lyric writer. He told you his truth in his lyrics" --- *listens to Sister* 😳😳😳
Let’s not talk about “Sister”
I guess you can see, that she was a fan, before she got her phd knowledge, so evident
PRINCE: GOD OF MUSIC!
Organizers, give this expert four hours.
Only if you care about what you do.
never thought I'd ever live to see the day i click on a Prince "breakdown" and am bored to tears. Eyes pop "Blouses !! We out !"
You know what’s a crazy about Purple Rain, Prince never said one word to Morris Day!
She once said he wasn't a good song writer, did she mention that here asking 4 a friend? She probably believes that and just won't tell u guys why else has no 1 not 1 of the Prince friends/ experts mention him not being in the Songwriters Hall of Fame freaking Mariah Carey is in there I didn't even know she wrote her songs
Any information about Prince’s impact on Alexander O’Neal??
Alexander needed a pool and a house. Alexander lost the gig.
There's Prince's impact.
No joke.
15 white haired ladies inthe audience 🤓🎧🔥
Shit pommesfrites ..one off the most exept from my wife
i couldnt listen to that my dad said id turn into a fruit
Little did he know you were already tangy!
@@eltiochusma I Dont know ask my wife
Prince? One word! Overrated and purple rain sucked
that comment enriches the world so much more in comparison.
Well, it caught your attention!
How can you put two lies in a sentence like that?? just say you're a hater and move on lol
I see counting is not your strong point is it?
All films from pop/ rock stars ain't that good. Elvis, The Beatles films sucked. Michael Jackson films like Captain Eo, Moonwalker, sucked & didn't fare much better.