

Since leaving Prince's employ in 1991, Fink has owned and operated the Minneapolis-based Star Vu recording studio, where he produces other artists and creates music for video games and movie soundtracks. Rockets, he began playing with Prince in late 1978. Dr Fink (born Matthew Robert Fink, 8th February 1958) was Princes keyboardist from 1978 to 1990. Attracting attention with the pop/rock band Zachariah and R&B, funk, and disco group B.T. In conversation with Andrea Swensson, Dr. Although he managed to fit high school into his busy schedule, Fink launched a full-time music career following his graduation. Fink - was one of Princes first keyboard players and is a member of the Revolution. At Prince concerts, he was distinguished onstage for performing dressed in a surgical mask and scrubs. Fink, is a keyboardist, producer, and songwriter best-known for playing keyboards in Prince's band, The Revolution. Within three years, he was touring the northern Midwest with another cover band, Spiff Cool & the Keeno Jets. Original songs Computer Blue Prince, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Prince Rogers, Doctor Fink Prince and The Revolution, June 25, 1984, Covered by (4. CHICAGO Matt Doctor Fink, who played keyboards in Prince’s band The Revolution in the 80s, joined WGN Morning News Friday to talk about the music legend. Matt Fink (born February 8, 1958), better known as Dr. Studying classical and jazz piano from the age of ten, Fink performed with a Top 40 cover band, Odella, before his 13th birthday. Fink' during the Rick James Tour ’80 when Prince was the opening act. was asked to audition, which landed him the job. His imaginative playing and warm vocal harmonies enlivened such albums as Dirty Mind, Controversy, Around the World in a Day, Parade, and Sign o' the Times, and he appeared in the film and soundtrack album Purple Rain. Therefor Matt Fink, an acquaintance of Bobby Z. Fink (born Matthew Fink) helped to create some of the funkiest dance music of the 1980s. Fink of Prince and the Revolution on keyboards, as well as longtime collaborators Marc Weibel (guitar) and Stephen Smith (bass).The keyboardist/vocalist for Prince's band the Revolution and later the New Power Generation, Dr. "Sign 'o' the Times" continues PC's tradition of radically inventive covers, and features Dr.
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PC covered Flesh for Lulu's "I Go Crazy" for that outing, and later contributed an electro-funk version of "I Bleed" (with Oakland artist FEMI) to American Laundromat's Pixies tribute album, "Dig for Fire." PC's unique approach to recorded cover songs was first heard on the acclaimed 2005 "High School Reunion" CD (from American Laundromat Records) which featured indie artists (Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer, Kristin Hersh, etc.) covering songs from the 80s films of John Hughes. Matthew Robert Fink birth name, Matt Fink. He joined Prince's band after the release of For You, and made his first studio appearance on Dirty Mind. Fink & The Mystery Band, Madhouse, Prince and The Revolution. and keyboard player Matt 'Doctor Fink' Fink joined NPRs Michel Martin during The Revolutions stop in Washington, D.C., to talk about the bands. Dr Fink (born Matthew Robert Fink, 8th February 1958) was Prince's keyboardist from 1978 to 1990. A frequent and enthusiastic collaborator, PC has recorded with rock legend Jackson Browne, dream-pop poet/chanteuse Ingrid Chavez, longtime Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, Emmy-winning virtuoso Van-Anh Vo, Oakland hip-hop artist Kev Choice, and countless other musicians and recording artists across a wide range of genres. Guitarist Wendy Melvoin, drummer Bobby Z. I used to love (still do) Princes material from the late 1970s to mid 1980s, particularly the synth playing and effects from the Controversy, 1999 a. His diverse body of work includes collaborations across multiple mediums, from Grammy-nominated contemporary classical music to public art installations and modern dance/multimedia productions. PC Muñoz is a songwriter, producer, and drummer based in San Francisco. 'For me, personally, I feel sad that he has kind of segregated himself from us,' he says of his former boss, the.

Now only available for streaming on this page. Doctor Fink has a message for Prince: it's time for another Revolution. I was on the front row and caught an orange. Fink came onto the stage and started throwing fruit into the audience. When I first saw Prince in concert on November 19, 1982, Dr.

The original band backing Princes music plays Saturday and. PC's re-invention of Prince's 1987 classic, released April 24, 2015 From the Doctor himself at the first Prince: A Celebration 2000, 'Prince wanted to go a new direction with his music.' Dr. The last time Matt Fink, better known as 'Doctor Fink,' spoke with Prince was three years before the iconic musician died last April.
