Prince's Sound Engineer, Susan Rogers (ep. 516)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Susan Rogers is one of the most successful female record producers of all-time. Yet her journey to working with Prince during his iconic Purple Rain-era and other award-winning musical artists including the Barenaked Ladies and Rusted Root wasn’t always clearly laid out.
Today, Susan shares how her enthusiasm opened the first doors for her career in music and how she was able to make her mark in a male-dominated industry. Plus, having studied music cognition and psychoacoustics and earning her doctorate in psychology, you’ll learn insights about how and why our brains decipher music.
If you’re looking to deepen your connection to your favorite artists and change the way you listen to music, this conversation is for you.
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| 0:46.4 | Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling |
| 0:53.2 | author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class |
| 0:56.0 | inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. John interviews extraordinary |
| 1:01.5 | individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more |
| 1:07.5 | fully live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:11.6 | Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 1:17.6 | Susan Rogers is one of the most successful female record producers of all time. |
| 1:23.6 | Yet her journey to working with Prince during his iconic Purple Rain era and other award-winning musical artists, including the Bare Naked Ladies and Rusted Root, wasn't always clearly laid out. |
| 1:35.3 | Today, Susan shares how her enthusiasm opened the first doors for her career in music and how she was able to make her real mark in a male-dominated industry. |
| 1:47.6 | Plus, having studied music cognition and psychoacoustics and earning her doctorate in psychology. |
| 1:54.0 | Yeah, I know she's kind of a show-off, but she's humble and she's awesome and she's aware, |
| 1:59.8 | and she has a lot to teach just not only |
| 2:02.1 | about music but about life. So my friends, without further ado, turn up the radio a little bit louder. |
| 2:08.6 | You'll want it today for my friend and now yours, her name, Susan Rogers. Susan, welcome to live |
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