Key insights

• ⚡️ Prince's exceptional speed and efficiency in creating hit songs set a new standard in the industry.
• 👩‍🔬 His engineers were impressed by his focused and rapid approach to recording, with some feeling it raised the bar for others.
• 🎵 Lesson 3: Prioritize emotion over perfection. Leave the mistakes in to capture emotions.
• 🖼️ Lesson 4: Establish a strong work ethic. Make art daily.
• 🛌 Prince believed in using his gift as often as possible as a responsibility to share valuable messages.
• 🔒 Prince developed a vault mentality to protect his music, containing fully mixed songs and albums.
• 🔑 The vault mentality encourages artists to focus on the big picture and stay output-driven.
• 🎶 Only a small percentage of the time spent in the studio with Prince was ever released, emphasizing focus on the big picture and output-driven mindset.

Q&A

• What does Prince's vault contain and what lessons can be drawn from it?

  Prince's vault contains a vast collection of unreleased music, reflecting his prolific creativity and the vault mentality's focus on the big picture and staying output-driven. Adopting its lessons helps artists increase their creativity and productivity.

• How did Prince sustain such intense productivity without burning out?

  Prince sustained intense productivity by valuing his gift as a responsibility to share valuable messages, constantly creating and recording music, and prioritizing sleep with a bed in the studio.

• How did Prince prioritize his approach to music creation?

  Prince prioritized capturing emotion over perfection, emphasizing the importance of momentum, and had a strong work ethic, making music daily.

• What key lesson did Prince's work highlight?

  His work highlighted the importance of becoming a finisher, as he completed major songs in just one or two days, sticking with an idea until it was fully realized.

• Why did Prince prefer working with women in the studio?

  Prince preferred working with women in the studio to minimize friction and maximize speed, enabling his fast-paced work style.

• What was Prince known for in music production?

  Prince was known for his exceptional speed and efficiency in creating hit songs, often completing them in just one or two days and albums in a week, setting a new standard in the industry.

• 00:00 Prince's creativity and productivity were driven by his fast-paced work style. He preferred working with women in the studio to minimize friction and maximize speed. He could complete a song in a day and even produce an album in a week.
• 01:40 Prince was known for his ability to create hit songs quickly and efficiently, setting a high bar for speed and productivity in the music industry. His engineers were amazed by his swift and focused approach to recording. Becoming a finisher was a key lesson drawn from his work, as he completed major songs in just one or two days, sticking with an idea until it was fully realized.
• 03:22 Lesson number three: Stop trying to be a perfectionist. Prince prioritized capturing emotion over perfection and emphasized the importance of momentum. Lesson number four: Make art every day. Prince had a strong work ethic, making music daily.
• 04:59 Prince had an exceptional work ethic, constantly creating and recording music, performing for hours on stage and then recording through the night, driven by a sense of responsibility to share his valuable gift without burning out.
• 06:23 Prince valued sleep, had a bed in the studio with purple sheets and developed a vault mentality to protect his music legacy.
• 08:00 Prince's vault contains an incredible amount of unreleased music, reflecting his prolific creativity and output-driven mindset. The vault mentality encourages artists to focus on the big picture and stay prolific. Despite not being able to access everything in the vault, adopting its lessons can help artists increase their creativity.