Today, I dive into Prince’s groundbreaking track ‘When Doves Cry,’ from the iconic Purple Rain album. Using the LM-1 Drum Computer, making big decisions on the production of this track, Prince redefined how pop music could be. With insights from Roger Linn creator of the Linn drum machine and Peggy McCreary, the engineer at Sunset Sound Studios who worked with Prince during the recording of Purple Rain, I uncover the story behind how this legendary song was crafted.
FREE STEMS!
To bring the story of this song to life, I recreated the drum beat using the Linn LM-1 and the synth parts with the Roland Juno-60. As a token of appreciation for your support, I’m giving away the stems for you to download and explore:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UGUJOzFOqJkyEpMQLNf17lpo7z0H1CLB?usp=sharing
I hope you like this exploration into one of Prince’s most innovative tracks.
Credit to the sources I used for this video, you can check them out in the links below:
Sunset Sound Roundtable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyYnhqgrfNE
Prince Songs:
https://princesongs.org/2024/07/29/when-doves-cry-why-the-butterflies/
BidSquare:
https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/juliens/prince-original-handwritten-lyrics-for-when-doves-cry-88997
The Current
https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2017/03/01/roger-linn-inventor-of-the-lm1-drum-machine-talks-prince-and-when-doves-cry
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00:00 Intro | Nostalgic Explorer
00:26 Prince’s Genius in Producing When Doves Cry.
00:57 Prince and the Linn LM-1 | A Perfect Match
01:22 Inside the Studio: Prince’s Process with Peggy McCreary
02:45 Why When Doves Cry by Prince is a Masterpiece
03:01 Recreating When Doves Cry with Linn LM-1 and Juno-60
05:35 Conclusion | The Legacy of When Doves Cry
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