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Engineer and professor Susan Rogers discussed the intricacies of listening, becoming a producer and her memories of working with Prince in her 2016 Red Bull Music Academy lecture. #RBMA #prince
TOPICS:
3:25 - Listening and hearing through someone else's ears.
15:49 - First jobs and becoming a producer
35:00 - Recording Purple Rain
43:28 - Prince's value system
1:14:52 - Recording "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"
1:38:42 - Life after Prince
MUSIC:
8:18 - The Isley Brothers - “For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2” • The Isley Brothers - F...
34:41 - Prince - “Let’s Go Crazy” (Special Dance Mix)
56:02 - Prince - “Around the World in a Day”
1:04:53 - Kate Bush - “Running Up That Hill” • Kate Bush - Running Up...
1:09:55 - Prince - “If I was Your Girlfriend”
1:18:13 - Prince - “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker”
1:34:23 - Prince - “The Cross”
Susan Rogers dropped out of high school in Southern California to teach herself how to be a sound engineer and technician. By 25, she was working for Crosby, Stills and Nash at their Rudy Records studio. Later, in 1983, Rogers heard that Prince was looking for an engineer and went on to spend five years working for him in Minneapolis and L.A on albums like Purple Rain. The result was a working relationship that would change her life forever. Rogers went on to record, mix and/or produce artists such as the Jacksons, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne and the Barenaked Ladies. But nowadays she focuses on the academic side of things. She holds a doctorate in psychology from McGill University and is now Associate Professor and director of the Berklee Music Perception and Cognition Laboratory. Her research focuses on auditory memory, psychoacoustics and the perception of musical signals.
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@purplehouse26 3 года назад

I want a Netflix series based on her time with Prince, now that would be AMAZING!!!!!!!

@mootbooxle 7 лет назад

I could listen to Dr. Rogers talk for days and days! She is absolutely fascinating. Thank you for this!

@manuelaveiga5926 5 лет назад

Luisi

@pebbles1340 5 лет назад

Prince had a vocal range that was Incredible! As a musician, he was a Genius. I'm so glad Susan & Prince worked together & made beautiful music.

@thepurplestream6011 7 лет назад

Susan needs to be given the keys to the Vault and given free reign to get Prince's music out to the world with integrity, aligned with the value system she refers to in this interview. Only she can do this. Let it happen Tyka!!! 3>

@Jsimm100 7 лет назад

The Purple Stream I Agree to a certain extent. She should be included on tracks that she was apart of with Prince or was during the Era/Time she worked with Prince.

@catlady2023 7 лет назад

The Purple Stream I agree 100%!!! I pray to God Tyka let's this happen

@jewellfoster2974 7 лет назад

The Purple Stream I agree. She's appears to be honest and has history with Prince. She knows where all the golden egg goodies are!!$ Someone like her can just reach in and touch 'em. Plus they are already complete - just still on tape.

@sisterpacifica 7 лет назад

The Purple Stream AGREE!!!!!!!

@theactualtruth4951 3 года назад

not until y'all give black people reparations

@JaesadaSrisuk 6 лет назад

Dr. Rogers’ students are SO lucky to be able to learn from her wisdom and experience her warmth and intellectual generosity.

@sperrotta91 7 лет назад

Prince really did work with a lot of lovely (and of course talented) people. Not a coincidence.

@IvanLendl87 2 месяца назад

And he ultimately ruined every one of those relationships.

@ElleciaADouglas 7 лет назад

This interview was EPIC. Dr. Rogers really helped to me to understand why there may be so much material in "The Vault" at Paisley Park. Prince had so many ideas and he executed them as they were conceived. I thought that it was an ego thing, that I could never understand. The interview also helped me to understand Prince's ethos for producing and creating music. It is always nice to learn more about the STORY BEHIND THE STORY. I found her insight and love of "soulful" music very refreshing. Music is the universal equalizer, after all, right?!. I also was glad to hear about her work on human hearing. Fascinating.

@adamingram9014 7 лет назад

A lot of the lecture is about trusting your intuition and your inner child and I love it!

@billclark6688 7 лет назад

I still listen to him every day... and i still get sad... but only when he sings about death, life, love, life, saddness, or happiness.

@thijsthomasmarievorstman7302 4 месяца назад

Please release everything. I would literally listen to a new Prince song every morning for most of my life

@adamingram9014 7 лет назад

The way she talks about a track and the imagery (ie the dolphin) is very beautiful. It's inspiring!

@Afrimusican 3 года назад

After all these years and she is STILL in love with THE PROCESS. Kids take note..this is how to love what you do right here!

@Depacr 7 лет назад

I've watched every RBMA Lecture, this hands down has been the most inspiring and incredible piece I've ever seen. Thank you so much Dr. Susan Rogers and Red Bull Music Academy.

@ProphetsOfRockTV 7 лет назад

Susan was such an integral part of princes recordings, amazing

@KaraokeXray 7 лет назад

I heard something that I never heard before in the song "Around the World In A Day". After she introduced the song I listened to it before continuing with this video. She talked about the song's importance related to a new awakening musically for Prince. Upon playing the song for the thousandth time (no exaggeration) I realized that his initial wail in the beginning may have purposely been there to represent (a baby's cry) the rebirth of a new Prince. A very enjoyable two plus hours of listening. Thank you Dr. Susan Rogers. I also realized I've lived on Prince Street since the age of 9 upon hearing Controversy. Thank you for everything

@lisaechols5909 7 лет назад

KaraokeXray

@manuelaveiga5926 5 лет назад

Ki By

@innocuousaray 7 лет назад

This is likely the best RBMA lecture I've heard. Such a great orator with so much knowledge to impart. A pleasure to listen to.

@overundah 6 лет назад

This woman needs to write a book

@XCLent0 7 лет назад

1:23:20 Brilliant Genius...Incredible...No click track...wow.

@stephalfano7212 7 лет назад

XCLent0 absolute genius.

@musicmotorskate7540 2 года назад

I can honestly say I didn't know who Susan Rogers was before watching this video. I clicked on it because I'm a Prince fan but now I'm also a Susan Rodgers fan. I feel like I learned a lot about music and life from her she's really a special talent. Thanks.

@bourgeoisbrats 7 лет назад

Love how she is confident without being judgmental. How she emphasizes that it's okay (and even psychologically healthy) to retain your own subjective opinion, about a piece of music. She should do a TED talk.

@Kari1752 7 лет назад

Love this interview on Susan working with Prince. And working in the recording studio. Very interesting, informative and love the stories with Prince. Although the interviewer is boring. Prince is a pure genius and the best singer/musician/entertainer ever

@nefrettitim 7 лет назад

"...In The Beginning We KNOW Who We Are..." (So True)

@KancerKowboy 4 года назад

This is my 4th Susan Rogers interview and by far the best one. Thank you for sharing all this insight, Susan.

@dwftube 7 лет назад

Great interview! You can tell she's an engineer - she never went of mic once, instinctively moving it so it stayed a constant distance from her mouth.

@keithbell9348 7 лет назад

In an interview, Prince said that someone would release all that music of his hidden down in his vault, though he didn't know who. One of Susan's all time favorite songs, that Prince would not release, was "Moonbeam Levels". How ironic that just a few months after his death, this gift to Susan, is now assessible to all and appears on the just released 4Ever album.

@stephalfano7212 7 лет назад

Keith Bell I thought the very same.

@CaptainJTB 7 лет назад

Keith Bell true 😏

@miss30427 7 лет назад

Hello, Keith, I smiled when I saw "Moonbeams," was released, too. And, aren't we all blessed with his posthumous gift? Date: December 27, 2018

@CaptainJTB 7 лет назад

Keith Bell i sure wish

@diamonddowns99 7 лет назад

Sugarby ? 2018

@smilewider1545 7 лет назад

how can anyone, even non-prince fans vote down this? thanks so much Susan for being frank and warm and real during this. I am and always will be a a fan of Prince' music. Such a shame that SR was not around later in the journey. Great video. superb quality.

@miospio 2 года назад

This woman’s knowledge, wisdom and humility are GOLDEN….

@josephinebargas4289 7 лет назад

I love the lecture very much. Susan Roger's mind is such a gold mine. She's a real treasure and now knowing how she did work with the music Genius, my idol Prince!😀

@catlady2023 7 лет назад

Josephine Bargas I feel like she is a genius in her own right

@romeo_scorpio 7 лет назад

Colleges need to have a class ,Prince 101...hes such a interesting eclectic artist to learn from.

@shmuelhirsch2069 2 года назад

Actually, NYU did have such a class and it was taught by Questlove.

@ifmbm332b 3 года назад

This interviewer was really great and let it be entirely about the person who was being interviewed. Susan is an important part of music history and its great to hear what she had to say. Such a wonderful brilliant person.

@ljw2909 7 лет назад

I can't thank you enough for uploading this. This is a keeper. The insight into how Prince worked and lived is priceless to me. "The street where you live." I only wish the music hadn't been edited out, I presume for copyright reasons. And when she said toward the beginning that she loved all of the songs, except one, why on earth did he not ask her what song was that she didn't like?

@stephalfano7212 7 лет назад

Yes! I was dying to know as welll. How could the host not follow up with that question!?

@ljw2909 7 лет назад

I am so grateful for being able to hear this at all, but that was a bummer. At least he was good enough to let her talk. Fascinating stuff. Some of the songs that were edited out were obvious from their conversation, but it would be nice to know what they all were. If possible, this makes us appreciate Prince even more.

@RBMA 7 лет назад

The entire tracklist of songs played during the lecture is included in the info for the video.

@RBMA 7 лет назад

MUSIC: 8:18 - The Isley Brothers - “For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-23W3wqAvsLg.html 34:41 - Prince - “Let’s Go Crazy” (Special Dance Mix) 56:02 - Prince - “Around the World in a Day” 1:04:53 - Kate Bush - “Running Up That Hill” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wp43OdtAAkM.html 1:09:55 - Prince - “If I was Your Girlfriend” 1:18:13 - Prince - “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker” 1:34:23 - Prince - “The Cross”

@ljw2909 7 лет назад

Sorry. I was so excited to hear this, I didn't read. Thank you!

@kathy1962ful 7 лет назад

Thank you for uploading this lecture. l absolutely loved listening to someone discussing Prince's artistry in such an intelligent and passionate manner. Enlightening insight into the world of music making as well. Agree that it is such a shame the music has been removed.

@John3v8 7 лет назад

I've watched this twice in two days, and you can bet I'll probably watch it several times more. One of the most informative music lectures I've ever heard. I thought the interviewer and the audience asked great questions, although I too would like to have known which Prince song Dr. Rogers didn't like! Thanks Red Bull!

@nancypatricia511 3 года назад

I am sure that by now, after four years, you have found out which song she didn't like. But just in case you have not heard, the name is Adonis and Bathsheba.

@braviafeed 5 лет назад

Absolutely fantastic interview. She is an incredibly articulate woman. She offers some of the most interesting insights on Prince I have ever heard. Well done!

@EDRISSALEXIS21 3 года назад

Susan Rogers deserved a standing ovation after this talk.

@XCLent0 7 лет назад

This is invaluable info for musicians that yearn for "behind the scene" info about how Prince recorded and wrote. Thank you.

@WhatIsItReallyAbout 7 лет назад

Thanks very much for uploading this piece of gold.

@D0CT0RS0UL 7 лет назад

An Incredible important and full of knowledge talk in given here ! Many thanks for allowing us to hear it !

@nickynocknoo 6 лет назад

What an amazing interview. Thanks for this!

@tsharpe6 7 лет назад

Great video and insight on Prince's thinking in creating his own competition with The Time and others, starting at about the 45 minute mark.

@djdijitalonaxcess8914 3 года назад

This was so incredible, such a great inside look at Prince and his recording process !

@gfanarakos 5 лет назад

Please write a book on Prince cause your knowlegde on Prince is crucial to music histrory....

@PrincernPrince 3 года назад

As far as Prince's stuff being released he was specifically asked that question by Arsenio Hall and he said "Someone will release it after I'm gone." He did not state any desire not to have it be released.

@Mr7Poz 5 лет назад

Susan is Prince’s spiritual sister. She can actually articulate Prince better than he ever could.

@chrism6018 4 года назад

That's a little extreme.

@rickstraws92 4 месяца назад

@@chrism6018😂 beat me to it

@henrinevermind1781 7 лет назад

Thank You for posting this...Finally people can hear the things I've always heard an felt during my youthful years especially when it comes to his group developments like The TIME...♡

@FreestyleGGD 7 лет назад

She's absolutely incredible.

@DetroitButcher 7 лет назад

This was So Good. Thank you Susan, and thank you Red Bull.

@briankeith9584 Год назад

I love listening to her speak. I've seen her other extended interviews. You can tell she is an awesome teacher. I would take all of her classes.

@raynewaters8195 7 лет назад

I enjoyed this very much. An absolute pleasure to listen to. Bless her.

@sisterpacifica 7 лет назад

This is one of the best talks I've ever heard. She's brilliant & this talk is so enriching I can't stop thinking about it her insights are deep and at times quite profound. Thank you so much for putting this up - inspiring & stimulating.

@GinaHaffie 6 лет назад

I wish I could thank you enough too! wonderful, insightful, wow.... thank you rbma and susan. what an amazing woman!

@RogerSanGabriel 7 лет назад

Susan is like Dr. Phil and I like her answers. Thanks alot.

@cheboy 7 лет назад

the Greatest pop Star, ever .

@michaelreisigl829 7 лет назад

Thank you for this nice and inspiring interview!

@DjDivinityMusic 7 лет назад

much LOVE 4 this girl

@Cactusblu7676 7 лет назад

Really dope interview!!

@catlady2023 7 лет назад

this is fucking brilliant!!! she has got to write a book! and God give her the keys to the vault

@lavenderbee3611 3 года назад

Prince could really spot talent, Susan is just amazing. Great interview.

@PhuckHue2 7 лет назад

Matt Fink said before The Revolution broke up they made 2 albums that were mixed and sequenced but never released

@duart310 7 лет назад

Amazing lecture, thank you for this!!!

@jasoncoetzeeadadjjzjdatune9617 2 года назад

Amazing, can I say this podcast has helped my inner producer more than all my previous research and study combined. I was a painter who decided to make music and this has brought me full circle, I was on the right track. Thank you.

@officialjayfix 5 лет назад

Wow! This is a Great interview!

@katerinasp1626 7 лет назад

1:29:00min - talking about his unreleased music - YES please Susan, I completely agree with you. At the end, even he kept those songs in his vault as at that time he thought, they are not good enough or they do not have much to say to the audience .... but that was that time. NOW the audience is hunger for it, WE WANT it, we want to see his process of working, thinking and what he was feeling like - as it will be all there in that vault, in his unreleased songs, music.

@americareal3 7 лет назад

Rest assured.. that demon Sister of his... Tyka will sell EVERY SCRAP to the highest bidder. A win for us fans.. but it's disgusting that SHE makes one red cent. He was NOT ok with her.

@miospio 2 года назад

@@americareal3 I wished he had a will…

@ariellaworks 7 лет назад

Wonderful interview with a very admirable woman. ❤️ Brava and thank you !!!!!

@garfieldharrison510 2 года назад

I know I commented on this a lot. But, after watching the young Prince footage discovered in news archives. It compelled me to go back and listen to people who worked with him. Dr. Susan Rogers exemplified the best way to think about being an artist. I could imagine how she conjured up these beliefs after working with such a legendary icon. The part where she talks about ask yourself what success means for you? Important seminar I would recommend for anyone interested in taking their shot at the industry in various facets. It's the most logical way to view it all with common sense.

@keithbell9348 7 лет назад

Hello Miss S- indeed we are! Sounds like there may be alot more coming. Though it may not be released at the rate Prince would serve us (like an avalanche of music), but perhaps gradually so we can digest it more steadily. Heck, I don't care as long as it comes!

@jrdnaris9447 5 лет назад

I absolutely love her ❤️

@LadybugLuv 5 лет назад

Thank you for this gift!

@francescavitaliani2337 Год назад

I'm just mesmerized by the awareness and wisdom of this talented woman

@gfanarakos 7 лет назад

genius works ... Susan you were lucky to work with 21st century genius named As Prince Rogers Nelson ..like you met and worked with Michelangelo of music

@willgonzo85 5 лет назад

/hyuh/hyuyuy ru-vid.com

@willgonzo85 5 лет назад

Uuyuyuyu

@mekacason6595 7 лет назад

God I love Prince

@benildakadrija3284 7 лет назад

g.calvertmusic hjcuuxspa

@johnwilliams1381 7 лет назад

Thank you Dr. Rogers

@thejoojooman6538 4 года назад

What a truly wonderful human. 'Break it down, down, down, down, down. Yo Kim check out this; Susan turn up the 🎸 a' lil bit'.

@paulaidenmusic 7 лет назад

Amazing!!!! I really want Susan to come and talk in London 😎

@carlosio5 4 года назад

Incredible interview.... brilliant thinker. Thank you....

@jewellfoster2974 7 лет назад

Just wonderful...just wonderful. Thank you!

@YTbeber 7 лет назад

This lady is brilliant. I wish her the best. For the question about Beethoven at 2:02:00, i was told he used to hold a metal ruler between his teeth, the other end beeing stuck under the piano lid.

@zocc116 7 лет назад

amazing person, amazing lecture!

@Femininestep 7 лет назад

Awesome interview. Susan is so great

@REESCOMUSIC4EVER 2 года назад

This is definitely the best interview from the Red Bull series! Dr. Susan Rogers is a genius just like Prince! Thanks for this amazing content!

@katerinasp1626 7 лет назад

And BTW Susan Rogers is amazing lady and I do understand, why Prince would hire her. She followed her dream and her given ability and she would work so hard!!!! And it makes me more sad now, that there did not come time for Prince to sit and talk and give advices to the new generation too:( as Susan does now.

@Mjohannb 7 лет назад

very good lecture !!!

@Ettah 3 года назад

her amount of passion is undeniable

@tonyfabulous6775 2 года назад

"create your own competition" now that genius level sh!t 💡

@sercanaloficial 6 лет назад

What a brilliant woman, great interview! greetings and thanks from #Argentina!!

@BLACKDISC 2 года назад

This was such an interesting and eye opening interview I'm blown away

@stephalfano7212 7 лет назад

This is gold.

@stevenreeves5131 3 года назад

What an awesome interview - thank you! Ms Rogers please write a book!

@PrinceLX 7 лет назад

I feel that people who admire Prince's way of working (and who doesn't?!) would also appreciate Liam Howlett of The Prodigy. Very different style of music but his principles, work ethic and attitude are exactly the same. Especially if you watch one of the interviews he gave in the early days and one of the latest ones. Also, love how this was posted just hours before my birthday! Thanks!

@SeanWarren 7 лет назад

This was incredible!!!!

@jazzbeats8168 7 лет назад

so inspiring!

@abee2714 Год назад

one of the best lectures ever.

@coypaez9920 3 года назад

Fascinating, intelligent and humble.

@nunayobiz 3 года назад

Prince took heat for producing women with great looks and little talent BUT he greatly appreciated working with very intelligent women like Susan and Peggy Mac of Sunset Sound.

@johnjames945 2 года назад

Prince was such an extremely powerfully creative force that he seemed to attract likewise positive and extremely talented folk

@jamesmetabolic 8 месяцев назад

Susan is Brilliant. Music is Frequency, Frequencies are Everything.

@garfieldharrison510 2 года назад

The Best Red Bull seminar next to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Susan Rogers is a treasure for music education. She brings the science to it. She is also logical and stipulates common sense for those interested in the industrial side of Music. Prince knew why he wanted to work with her.