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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://me.dm/users/anildash/statuses/112024484987482974">Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Saturday, 02-Mar-2024 14:40:08 JST</a><a href="https://me.dm/@anildash" title="anildash@me.dm"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/87590-48-20230113124940.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Anil Dash" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Anil Dash</a><div><a href="https://me.dm/@anildash/112024480512532329" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>But Prince took that energy and channeled into something that had never been heard before on the radio. Its nearly skeletal structure was due to a now-legendary choice to _remove_ the bass from the final mix. In Prince's own words, as I found in the lost liner notes he penned for his Greatest Hits collection, he credits jilljonesofficial with inspiring him to turn the song into something "bassless and stark". <a href="https://www.anildash.com/2016/05/28/princes_own_liner_notes_on_his_greatest_hits" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.anildash.com/2016/05/28/princes_own_liner_notes_on_his_greatest_hits</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2781406#notice-5513742">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-03-02T14:40:08+09:00" title="Saturday, 02-Mar-2024 14:40:08 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://me.dm/@anildash/112024484987482974" rel="external" title="Sent from me.dm via ActivityPub">me.dm</a></span></span><a href="https://me.dm/@anildash/112024484987482974">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2326045">"WHEN DOVES CRY" —originally recorded with bass, backing 2 sets of keys and guitar. Frustrated with the mix, PRN sat discouraged in the studio (Sunset Sound). Jill Jones came 2 visit, saw the long face and asked what was wrong. PRN was said to have said, "if eye had my way the song would sound like this" He then shoved down the bulk of the instrument faders and left up only the drums and the xylophone, when the voices began to sing the chorus. Jill then asked PRN why he thought he couldn’t have his way with the mix. There was no reply. Everyone who passed by the studio was enthralled by the strange sound coming out of Studio 3 that day. The next time Jill heard the song it was on the radio and it was bassless and stark. PRN had his way.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/112/024/482/385/008/734/original/f6cdb7be75021de6.png" rel="external">https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/112/024/482/385/008/734/original/f6cdb7be75021de6.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.glitch.global</div><h5><a href="https://www.anildash.com/2016/05/28/princes_own_liner_notes_on_his_greatest_hits">Prince's Own Liner Notes On His Greatest Hits - Anil Dash</a></h5><div> from <span>@anildash</span></div></header><div>A blog about making culture. Since 1999.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Saturday, 02-Mar-2024 14:40:08 JST Anil Dash
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But Prince took that energy and channeled into something that had never been heard before on the radio. Its nearly skeletal structure was due to a now-legendary choice to _remove_ the bass from the final mix. In Prince's own words, as I found in the lost liner notes he penned for his Greatest Hits collection, he credits jilljonesofficial with inspiring him to turn the song into something "bassless and stark". https://www.anildash.com/2016/05/28/princes_own_liner_notes_on_his_greatest_hits
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1. "WHEN DOVES CRY" —originally recorded with bass, backing 2 sets of keys and guitar. Frustrated with the mix, PRN sat discouraged in the studio (Sunset Sound). Jill Jones came 2 visit, saw the long face and asked what was wrong. PRN was said to have said, "if eye had my way the song would sound like this" He then shoved down the bulk of the instrument faders and left up only the drums and the xylophone, when the voices began to sing the chorus. Jill then asked PRN why he thought he couldn’t have his way with the mix. There was no reply. Everyone who passed by the studio was enthralled by the strange sound coming out of Studio 3 that day. The next time Jill heard the song it was on the radio and it was bassless and stark. PRN had his way.
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