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Rock-Funk band: Ida Nielsen on bass , Donna Grantis on the guitar and Hannah Welton on drums. Formed by the late Prince

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Donna Grantis @donnagrantis

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Prince  3rd Eye Girl - Live in Manchester 2014

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Prince and 3rd Eye Girl in Paris June 1, 2014.

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Prince & 3rdeyegirl / ‘Breakdown’ - Montreux 2013

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Ida Nielsen clinic tour

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Prince rehearsing ‘Plectrum Electrum’ on the 13th of March 2013

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction - 2004

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The best mentor

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Ida Nielsen, bass player for 3rdeyegirl at The Underworld in Camden, London

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Today Prince and 3rdeyegirl released HitnRun Phase two

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2 months old Azaria Sky Grace, daughter of drummer Hannah and Joshua Welton

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Hour 97 - 99

Midnight Special is a quintessential blues album and song featuring the incredible Jimmy Smith on organ, Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax, Kenny Burrell on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums.  I lifted Kenny Burrell’s solo (4 choruses of a blues in G beginning around the 5:55 min mark) and jammed along with the recording to commit it to memory.  It’s a gorgeous solo with incredible feel, phrasing, use of space, conviction and tone.  So bluesy!  The process of trying to imitate Kenny Burrell’s guitar, or anyone’s playing for that matter, highlights the nuances in their playing.  In Kenny’s case, the dynamics, value and attack of each note in his solo, makes his playing sound so refined and full of personality.  His approach to this solo is quite different from how I would usually instinctively play a blues; I loved jamming along and soaking up what he was thinking, musically, during the recording session of this song.  It’s a refreshing and mind-expanding experience to get into that headspace.

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3rdeyegirl by http://www.zooeyart.com/

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Prince and 3rdeyegirl, ‘Let’s Go Crazy’~Manchester, UK (x)

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Those guitar faces.

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Always had the best guitar faces 💜

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Bassist Ida Nielsen talks about her new solo album and what she learned from Prince

That’s one thing I always appreciated about him, is that he had a talent for bringing people together, and arranging people in a way you didn’t know you needed to be arranged. What was that process like, to be able to work so closely with him? What did you learn about your own strengths and musicality from that experience? I think I learned that anything is possible, if you put your mind to it. He would always push us all to be better, all the time. Like for instance, earlier I was saying how when I first got in the band. I had to learn so many songs in a very short amount of time. And after that process, I was really amazed at how fast I could learn a new song, and remember it. It’s like the brain just expands. I think a major thing he would do, is he would just push us. Like, there’s no limit. If you push, then the limit is pushed, too. I mean, the thing is he was amazing at everything. He could play everything. And I would want to of course try to do the best I could to live up to his expectations, because he was also expecting a lot of himself. And therefore also from other people. I just want to live up to that, and try to improve, always. I feel like you can improve in so many ways in your whole life, but I guess what I mean is to not stop improving. To be kind of a life student.

(via Bassist Ida Nielsen talks about her new solo album and what she learned from Prince | Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio)

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