
Moon called New York-based record companies, promoting the young artist as "the new Stevie Wonder" and actually introducing himself as Stevie Wonder's agent to get past the secretaries. The other three – "Love Is Forever", "Aces" and "Soft and Wet" – were co-written by Chris Moon. One of them, "Baby", was a Prince original. In the autumn of 1976 Prince travelled to New York City with a demo tape of four of the 14 songs he had completed at Moon Sound. Prince asked Moon to manage him, but Moon declined and suggested they look for someone else. Nelson," but Moon insisted he drop his family name so that he does not get confused with Willie Nelson. The most famous song they wrote together, " Soft and Wet", had a staccato funk and racy lyrics that were key to Prince's emerging style. With the goal of appealing to the largest segment of the buyers of pop music – teen-aged girls – Moon introduced Prince to the double entendre, encouraging him to write songs with "implied, naughty sexuality," a practice Prince would use throughout his career. After six months, Prince was able to run an entire session himself.
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įor a year, Prince played and sang 14 of the 20 sets of lyrics that Moon authored, and Moon taught him how to record, produce and make his own demo tapes. Despite suggestions that Isaac Hayes might offer Champagne a recording contract, Prince accepted Moon's offer, and was given the keys to Moonsound just in time for his graduation from Central High on his 18th birthday. In return, he could use the studio as much as he liked. Impressed, Moon proposed a partnership: Prince would add music to pop lyrics Moon had written. During a lunch break, one band member, Prince Rogers Nelson, stayed behind and started playing drums, piano and bass guitar equally well in quick succession. Ī high school band called Champagne recorded its demo at Moon Sound in 1976. His studio was popular with young black talents singing rhythm and blues. He founded Moon Sound, a homemade eight-track studio in South Minneapolis, where he taped local bands and advertising jingles. By day he worked at a downtown advertising agency. Moon built his first recording studio in the basement of his house in Minneapolis and did fashion photography on location. When he was 17, he purchased a multi-channel reel-to-reel and a camera in Hong Kong to start a career in music and photography. Life and career Īt the age of 13, Chris Moon moved with his family from the United Kingdom to Hawaii. He is best known for discovering Prince, helping him create his artistic name and style, and co-writing his early songs, most notably his first single " Soft and Wet". Her sophomore album, "Punisher," earned her four Grammy nominations including for best new artist at the 2021 ceremony.Christopher Moon, better known as Chris Moon, is an American music producer, recording engineer and songwriter of British origin. If the court denies the motion, the case is expected to have its first hearing on March 10 in Los Angeles Superior Court.īridgers released her first studio album, "Stranger in the Alps," in 2017. The 27-year-old singer is requesting that Nelson pay attorney fees and court costs if the court approves the motion. Bannon's statements" at the time and still believes them to be true. In Bridgers' declaration, she said she "believed Ms. USA TODAY reached out to Nelson's lawyers for comment.Ĭhris Nelson lawsuit: Phoebe Bridgers sued for $3.8 million by producer alleging defamation, past relationshipĪccording to Nelson's lawsuit, which seeks at least $3.8 million in damages from Bridgers, the producer claims Bridgers posted statements in 2020 to her public Instagram account stating she "witnessed and can personally verify much of the abuse (grooming, stealing, violence) perpetuated by Chris Nelson." Nelson also accused Bridgers of directing her followers to his former girlfriend Emily Bannon's page which contained posts accusing Nelson of racially-motivated hate crimes, robbery and assault. "I continue to believe the statements that I made were true." "I believe that the statements I made in my Instagram story are true," Bridgers wrote. Bridgers, on Monday, also submitted a declaration doubling down on claims she made against Nelson on social media years prior.
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Bridgers' lawyers moved that Nelson cannot meet his burden of proof for defamation because their Grammy-nominated client did not act in actual malice, meaning she did not publish statements on social media that she knew were false.
