Clickbait, NO WAY is he disrespecting Prince. Or saying he is better. Just pointing out a well known fact. Prince himself said.” If you want a hit song, write it like you’re writing it for children”.

you're absolutely correct- a lot of music that captures the listener are some of the simplest chord progressions and melodies, but the icing on the cake is that 'songwriter'... they can positively put the flavor needed on that composition.

At first, I thought you were playing Prince's B-side "I Love U in Me." Anyone else think that? I saw someone mention Prince's "Piano & a Microphone 1983" album, which is definitely worth listening to. But please note that album is a one-take demo that was released posthumously. Prince's album "One Nite Alone" was released by him in 2002 and is just him playing piano in the atrium at Paisley Park, and you can occasionally hear his doves, Majesty and Divinity, cooing in the background, so they are the only other ones credited on the album besides Prince. The compositions on that album are amazing.

Lol wtf?

Great he loves it’s from a 3rd grader. one day Silas will play like you. 🌟

dude you joking right?

That's way above my level of sophistication, but very interesting how someone with sound knowledge of music theory may go about the process of making music. Great playing, as well!

This doesn't make sense. Do you know how great his father was and the relationship that he had with him?

Prince was an elite piano player. Quincy was tweaking.

theres a bridge too right before the instrumental solo part…and it sounds different at the verses…and also at the bridges of each verse, lmao there’s a lot more than that brotha

Got it

I mean you have song writers like Prince and then you have session players where that is all they do is play for hire. No Prince was no professional session player, but he could express himself just fine.

It takes a lot to impress someone like Quincy. He's been around and worked with some of the absolutely greatest musicians, and yes he did play piano and trumpet.. When you've been around piano players like Herbie, it's hard to be impressed by anyone..

U play beautiful bro! Thats right keep it simple stupid lol im also a producer, you must not crowed your music!

Quincy jones never forgave prince 🤴 for not working with him on We are the world. I believe Quincy jones knew how talented prince 🤴 was. He just couldn't bring himself to admit it

Prince had an interesting way of writing music...but his voice was terrible and at times he tried to be like Michael Jackson...AND...Michael was a better "song writer' but Prince was a much better musician...

Prince was an extraordinary multi-instrumentalist. He could run intricate funky and jazzy improvisations over pieces of music. He composed tons of tunes that always sound fresh, and look at the impact that his work has had on many of today's artists. People that release these types of comments really don't appreciate Prince's legacy and his phenomenal musical talent.

Who cares how many people know prince and how many people know you.

He’s comparing him to the jazz piano players. Like Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, even Greg Phillingaines. Quincy knows his stuff. But in the end you are right, as long as sounds good, great, and yes less is sometimes more.

🌍 Dont be jealous OF The Gifted🌟 Ones Dude live your life - keepin iT 💯😎

yOUR playing is weak and could never compare to Prince....your playing sounds like something old from the 80s....with that Yamaha Dx7 sounds....I grew up on Prince... He's the best whoever did it point blank. MOGUL....here's what I learned from Prince..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4jGkK1phdyWfq8si=232zRgjRr1t0C6DL

We’re talking about keyboard digital dexterity and mastery and Prince was solid ok…doesn’t matter if he could play chopsticks or Mary had a little Lamb on the oboe or Glickenspiel… as far as Piano/keyboard prowess: Chopin’s Etudes are a really good measure of digital technical mastery;Album sales don’t say much in that regard ie not how many widgets were shipped doesn’t tell us much otherwise we’d say …another way to say it: Prince could replace X in a band on keys…Could he replace Tommy Lee on Motley Crue’s piano parts? YES…Could he sit in for Art Tatum or Rick Wakeman? Probably not, I don’t know for sure but PROBABLY not.

All you need are a few chords, a great musician does not necessarily make a great songwriter, a great songwriter does not necessarily make a hit record, takes a combination of things to make that happen.

Song writing genius..

This guy is insane!!!

Prince tribute featuring Herbie Hancock & Aretha Franklin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnPYeXt_qM2Laposi=2Dva16n3T7Cc2sGc

Don't be confused: Prince was a Master musician. Including the keys. Nothing average about his instrumentation. A snippet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmqvqIt6edCGmrcsi=mZOyyx8HuKtus_bg

Wth are you playin dude? Come on...

It was always my understanding that Prince wrote all of his music on the piano. Shrugging shoulders

Lionel Richie is another who will tell you himself that he "is a basic musician". Lionel has written some really great songs being "basic"!

I agree with Quincy. He didn't question Prince's songwriting or arranging ability, he only said Prince was an ok piano player... which is true.

Prince was just an "Ok" piano player. But he had two things going for him: (a) he'd learned to maximize his limitations and (b) he had talented piano players throughout his career he could tap into to show him how to do certain things on the keyboard and piano, because they (Matt Fink, Lisa Coleman, Morris Hayes, Renato Neto, and Cassandra O'Neal, to name a few) came into the door with strong jazz, gospel, and classical piano backgrounds. So, if a person is willing to learn, and put in the practice, there were fingering tricks and voicings they could teach. Even Matt Fink acknowledged that though Prince did play the keyboard solo on When Doves Cry, to achieve it, Prince recorded it at a much slower tempo. But it was Matt who then had to learn how to play a close enough rendition of it live. And there is nothing wrong with learning how to maximalize one instrument limitations. Eddie Van Halen learned how to maximize modes on the guitar neck, and even Stevie Vai admits that there are things he can't physically do but has learned to focus hard on the thing he can do. G. E. Smith, another musician who has admitted to this day he's blessed to had achieved the success he has, because his playing is limited, but he learned how to maximize his limitations. Prince's strength as a musician was as a guitarist. Something he's long admitted dating back to the early 80's.

Amen brother! Plain and simple! God bless

Nice presentation. I have always felt the complicated, intricate stuff only impresses other musicians or "elitist listeners". The vast majority of listeners love familiarity and simplicity.

Prince’s charm spilled into his music and drew you in just like he drew his women in. He had that IT factor. It made him seem “Regal” like royalty. Like a “Prince”.💡

Prince played mainly 4 instruments the sounds mainly from synthesizers MOGUL.....

I'm looking at you play & if you say Prince is just ok..,what are you....quite next to Amateurish..... MOGUL.....

Respect Q. But Prince Rogers Nelson Was great on piano. That was his first instrument. His dad played piano. 🙏🏽🤎✌🏽✊🏽☔🎶🎵

Let’s be real… Quincy was a Prince hater for real. I’m sure it’s because P didn’t need Quincy to create music.

As with any artist. The best thing about Prince, is his TASTE more than him being a virtuoso. LIsten to his two chord song "The Cross". Anyone can play it but he wrote it. Prince said he wasn't on the technical level of Sheila E, Michael B, yet, they will both tell you, Prince came up with some of the most original grooves ever, which they could embellish but Princes best asset is his creativity, outside the box. Prince is a great lead guitarist but I like his chords and songwriting/taste/melodies more than anything.

Actually, Prince could play pretty good piano! He didn't have to spend all his time on the piano since guitar seemed to be one of his favorite instruments.

People often confuse being a good composer with being a good instrumentalist. But the two aren't necessarily the same. Many of the early classical composers came up with their music all in their head, without first having to work it out on a piano, violin or some other instrument. They could also compose entire symphonies (complete melodies and harmonies) for multiple instruments without being an expert on many of those instruments. For example, Beethoven didn't have to be a virtuoso on the oboe to write a beautiful melodic line for that instrument. I think that's what Quincy Jones was getting at. He was trying to say that Prince was solid on the guitar, piano, etc. and a great multi-instrumentalist, but not necessarily a great composer like himself.

Call me a nostalgia nerd. The first thing I do when I get that DX7 is Dire Dire Docks. What a banger. Then prolly The Greatest Love after. Ive played geetar for 32 years but there is something truly magical about the DX7 and its how I wanna learn keys.

Quincy's assessment of Prince's piano playing is one of those Golden Gate Bridge discussions: "This water is cold. And, it's deep too!" Great piano players were a dime a dozen to Quincy Jones.

Bruh prince will smoke you on piano, you better do your research.

Why try to critique Prince. You are not in his league!

Don't sleep, he played a helluva tambourine.

Time waister.

The Intro Chords😅 that is original my Style Man, nice:)))

I am a die-hard, die-hard, die-hard Prince fan. And I'm also a pianist. I don't think Quincy was hating on Prince. I took it more that he was speaking from the standpoint of comparing great pianist in relation to Prince. Art Tatum in my opinion is the King when it comes to the piano. Prince as great as he was would not be able to compete with Art Tatum. Art Tatum would run circles around Prince on the piano. Quincy Jones grew up and played with the great jazz players of our time, so he got to see firsthand great pianist such as Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Chick Correa and others. These guys were masters of the piano. Prince in my opinion is the greatest musician (taken as whole) of my lifetime, but if we're being honest, he is not the in the class of masters when it comes to great piano players. Now if you're talking about guitar players, that's a whole different discussion because I feel HE IS and BELONGS IN the class of masters when it comes to great guitarist.