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Paisley Park Studios is a studio complex for recording, rehearsal, video and film productions located in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The studios are owned by the musician Prince.

The 65,000-square-foot complex was opened on September 11, 1987 and cost $10 million dollars to construct. Brett Thoney of Boto Design Architects designed Paisley Park based on concepts Prince created.

The complex contains four recording studios. Studio A is 1500 square feet and features six tons of Italian marble and cherry wood panelling and granite-walls. It is equipped with a 48-track recording console. Studio B is 1,000-square-feet and has a 36-track recording console and purple carpeting. It contains Prince's original sound board from his home basement studio in the 1970s. Studio C has a 24-track console

The recording studios cost $50 to $200 an hour to rent, the sound stage costs $750 to $2,000 a day.

The soundstage is over 12,400 square-feet and is used for concerts, rehearsals and film and video productions. It is a concert hall with the height of an arena and the acoustics of a theater. Most of Prince's music videos have been filmed here, as well as scenes for his feature films,

The feature films Grumpy Old Men and Drop Dead Fred were filmed

The building also houses PRN Productions, Prince's touring and business operations company, as well as a basketball court, library, museum room, and gift shop.

Artists who have used PP's facilities include REM, the Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, Steve Miller, Kool & the Gang, Aha

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Further reading

• Carcieri, Matthew (2004). Prince: A Life In Music: A Playlist History. iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-32012-0.
• Jones, Liz (1998). Slave to the Rhythm. Time Warner. ISBN 0-751-52393-3.
• Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). Sign o' the Times. Continuum. ISBN 0-826-41547-4.
• Morton, Brian (2007). A Thief In The Temple. Canongate Books. ISBN 978-1-841-95896-5.
• Nilsen, Per (1999). DanceMusicSexRomance: Prince: The First Decade. Firefly Publishing. ISBN 0946719233.
• Nilsen, Per (1990). Prince: A Documentary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-711-93179-8.
• St. Nicholas, Randee (2008). 21 Nights. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1416554448.
• Shahidi, Afshin (2004). Prince in Hawaii: An Intimate Portrait of an Artist. NPG Music Club. ISBN 0967850142.

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Ebony, January 1997 by Lynn Norment: "I'm not bitter toward Warner Brothers," he says of the company for which he has released 20 albums and sold more than 100 million records worldwide.[1]

Blackvoicnews.com: Prince has sold more than 100 million records and is regarded by fans and critics alike as a monumental force and influence in popular culture. [2]

Prince: A Life in Music By Matthew Carcieri: A commercial behemoth who's sold over 100 million records.

Stereophile: Prince's biggest hit, Purple Rain, sold over 11 million copies, and he has sold more than 80 million discs over his career.[3]

Soundslam: The Minnesota native has already been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, won the NAACP Image Award and has sold more than 60 million records worldwide since his 1979 debut, For You.[4]

Coventry Evening Telegraph: PRINCE is one of the most innovative performers in history, a man who has sold more than 60 million albums on the back of his unique blend of rock, pop, funk, soul and hip-hop influences.[5]

Origins

Prince's parents considered themselves black, although his mother said both she and Prince's father were "racially mixed". Prince has claimied that his father was part-Italian and his mother was a "mixture of a bunch of things". Prince explained his reluctance to discuss his racial heritage because he "never wanted race to be an issue" in his career.

album

Reviews for the album were generally positive, with many critics the commending the combination of darkly-themed songs such as "The Future" and "Electric Chair" with lighter pop songs like "The Arms of Orion" and "Lemon Crush". Of the major critics, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic was the least complimentary, saying that although there are some highlights on the record, it tends to "evaporate in the memory after it's finished". Other reviewers were more positive: Rolling Stones John Parales said the album was uneven, but "starts and ends with some of Prince's most radical funk" (referring to "The Future" and "Batdance"). Lloyd Bradley of Q magazine believed the album was "Prince's most cohesive work since 1999". The NMEs Roger Morton said there was nothing new from there are enough flashes of brilliance to make this a triumph.

MTV

• LRC provided the artist's MTV breakthrough, he joined MJ to become one of the first African American artists to achieve siginficant airplay on MTV.
• LRC was also among the first videos by a black performer to be palyed regularly on MTV.
• LRC, one of the first clips by a black artist that aired on [MTV].
• LRC is among the first videos by an African American artist to play regularly on MTV.

1. The Oprah Winfrey Show November 21, 1996

Name change

1993 also marked the year in which Prince changed his stage name to the Love Symbol. The symbol, known as "Love Symbol #2", is derived from the ancient alchemical symbol for soapstone () with a circle added. The 1993 version of Prince's symbol evolved from an earlier version, which is a combination of the symbols for male (♂) and female (♀), and had appeared on many of his record covers since the early 1980s. Because the symbol was and is unpronounceable, he was often referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince".

Early

When Prince was three or four, he began to take an interest in the piano and other instruments. Prince saw his father's band perform when he was five years old. He recalled, "It was great, I couldn't believe it, people were screaming. From then on, I think I wanted to be a musician." Prince's father encouraged his musical interest, and he began to play the piano when he was five, playing the theme tunes to television shows such as Batman, Dragnet, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. Prince wrote his first tune, "Funk Machine" on Nelson's piano when he was seven.

Fargnoli

Steve Fargnoli ( - September 17 2001) was a talent manager and film producer, responsible for managing P and SOC, and producing the 1984 film Purple Rain.

Newport, R.I.,razzies

Sly & the Family Stone, the J. Geils Band, Earth, Wind & Fire and the Emotions

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Bob Cavallo is perhaps best known as a partner with Joe Ruffalo and Steve Fargnoli in Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli,

September 17 2001

Nona Gaye, daughter of Marvin Gaye, dated Prince for three years in the early 1990s. She claims Prince said they would wed, but the relationship ended when she discovered he was engaged to Mayte Garcia.

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