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# #Come30

August 10-11, 2024

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- [Violet Brown](https://come.polishedsolid.com/violet-brown/) - Violet BrownLadies Roundtable Roundtable Panelist Violet Brown is a Civil Rights Attorney, Constitutional Law Professor, Musician, and … PrinceGirl4Ever. Raised by two Prince Fam Parents (dad especially) she grew up on his music; Purple Rain being the first song she learned to play on keys, Musicology being the tour that changed her life. In addition
- [Scott Woods](https://come.polishedsolid.com/scott-woods/) - Scott WoodsPresentations Panel #2 Presenter The Poetry, Pain and Power of “Solo”“Solo” is a rare gem in Prince’s catalog: a collaboration that took almost no effort to realize, but stands as one of the most powerful examples of Prince’s vocal prowess, as well as his palate for poetic interpretation. Calling himself a poet first, Prince
- [Rhonda Nicole](https://come.polishedsolid.com/rhonda-nicole/) - Rhonda NicoleLadies Roundtable Moderator Rhonda Nicole is a Los Angeles-based independent singer/songwriter, music journalist, and social and digital marketing executive whose life officially turned purple in 1984. As the managing editor for the now-defunct SoulTrain.com, she interviewed a number of Prince-related artists including Jill Jones, Taja Sevelle, fDeluxe, Liv Warfield, and Andy Allo. Blending her
- [Miles Marshall Lewis](https://come.polishedsolid.com/miles-marshall-lewis/) - Miles Marshall LewisFour You Crew Roundtable Panelist Miles Marshall Lewis is the Cultural Historian of The Hip Hop Musuem, a pop-culture critic, essayist and fiction writer based in Harlem. A former editor at Vibe, XXL, Ebony.com, and BET.com, his essays and arts journalism have appeared in GQ, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Essence, Ebony,
- [Marc Wiggins](https://come.polishedsolid.com/marc-wiggins/) - Marc WigginsFellas Roundtable Roundtable Panelist Left school in 10th grade to work as a roadie with Bay Area bands including Journey, Santana, and Night Ranger. Decided to go college in 1985 after a discussion with Journey guitarist Neal Schon. Essentially went from completing 9th grade straight to CSU Sacramento. In 1987 while in college, I
- [Karen Gabay](https://come.polishedsolid.com/karen-gabay/) - Karen GabayInternational Lovers Roundtable Panelist Karen Gabay is an award-winning community filmmaker, radio broadcaster, and TV producer. Karen has interviewed musicians, songwriters, engineers, journalists and producers within the field of music & entertainment including Dionne Warwick, Laura Mvula, Jam & Lewis, Mark Ronson, Swing Out Sister, KeKe Palmer, Samm Henshaw, Daley, George Clinton, Lee ‘Scratch’
- [KaNisa Williams](https://come.polishedsolid.com/kanisa-williams/) - KaNisa WilliamsLadies Roundtable Moderator KaNisa Williams is a lifelong computer enthusiast with a passion for humanizing technology. As an avid gamer and programmer from the age of 4 via her family’s Tandy 2000, she has grown up with a vested interest in technology, developing websites for local arts organizations from the age of 11, graduating
- [Kamilah Cummings](https://come.polishedsolid.com/kamilah-cummings/) - Kamilah CummingsPresentations Panel #2 Presenter The Evolution Will B Colorized:Facing Race in the Music of PrinceIn 1984, Prince achieved the greatest crossover success of his career with the triumvirate of the Purple Rain soundtrack, film, and tour. With it, he demonstrated not only his musical prowess but also his brilliance as a black artist who
- [Hasit Shah](https://come.polishedsolid.com/hasit-shah/) - Hasit ShahInternational Lovers Moderator Hasit Shah is an editor at Quartz, a research fellow at Harvard University, and a former senior producer at BBC News. He is from London.
- [Michael Dean](https://come.polishedsolid.com/michael-dean/) - Michael DeanWhat did Prince Do Think Week?Roundtable Panelist Michael Dean started his journey in the arts back in 1988 as an up-and-coming rapper in the Seattle hip-hop scene. The release of his independent single “The Master,” lead to a mention in the Source magazine. Michael lent his talents on keyboard and vocals touring the midwest
- [Tonya Pendleton](https://come.polishedsolid.com/tonya-pendleton/) - Tonya PendletonPresentations Panel #3 Moderator Tonya Pendleton is a cultural critic, entertainment industry veteran writer, editor, broadcaster, and multimedia journalist with a two-decade history in news, sports, lifestyle, and entertainment reporting. In her current position as “Things To Do” curator for WHYY, she crafts content for a local and global audience. The Philadelphia resident was
- [Zaheer Ali](https://come.polishedsolid.com/zaheer-ali/) - Zaheer AliFour You Crew Roundtable Panelist Moderator Zaheer Ali is a historian and scholar of 20th-century United States and African-American history. He is currently the inaugural executive director of the Lawrenceville School’s Hutchins Institute for Social Justice. As an adjunct lecturer at New York University, he taught a Spring 2017 course titled, “Prince: Sign of
- [Zachary Hoskins](https://come.polishedsolid.com/zachary-hoskins/) - Zachary HoskinsPresentation Panel #3 Presenter Come” as You Are: AlternativeRock and (The Artist Formerly Known as) PrinceWith its grim, monochromatic cover photo, one-word song titles, and dark, enigmatic lyrical content, 1994’s Come represented a stark aesthetic departure from Prince’s earlier output of that decade, betraying the influence of the then-ascendant alternative rock movement. This influence
- [De Angela L. Duff](https://come.polishedsolid.com/de-angela-l-duff/) - De Angela L. DuffFour You Crew Roundtable Panelist De Angela L. Duff is an Associate Vice Provost at New York University and Industry Professor in Integrated Design & Media (IDM) at NYU Tandon. She also curates music symposia as polished solid, including this virtual celebration and the upcoming Prince #EroticCity40 Symposium (2024), celebrating 40 years of Prince’s Purple Rain,
- [Tammy Sharpe](https://come.polishedsolid.com/tammy-sharpe/) - Tammy SharpePresentation Panel #3 PresenterCome (The Future is Now) Tammy Sharpe, a Brooklyn native, is a Visual Merchandising Manager, Stylist, Event Planner, and Creative Designer. She’s had the pleasure of styling Janet Jackson, Leslie Uggams, Rosie O’Donnell, Natalie Merchant, Roberta Flack, Cynthia Nixon, and more. From the tender age of 5, she has embarked on
- [Robin Shumays](https://come.polishedsolid.com/robin-shumays/) - Robin ShumaysPresentation Panel #2 Presenter Come 2 Orgasm – Prince’sTreatise on Female PleasurePrince broke down barriers and challenged many so-called societal norms throughout his career, especially around sexuality. This paper explores Prince and the theme of female pleasure, emphasizing how he used his artistry to advocate for sexual equality. Expectations around hetero sex are shaped
- [Robert Loss](https://come.polishedsolid.com/robert-loss/) - Robert LossPresentations Panel #1 Presenter The Problem of Abundance:Notes on How the Exodus Began, Pt. 1This presentation will examine Prince’s critiques of the music industry and racial capitalism in the context of Come and the early-mid 1990s. Warner Bros. released Come in August 1994, squarely in the middle of Prince’s very public protest against and
- [Mauriciere de Govia](https://come.polishedsolid.com/mauriciere-de-govia/) - Mauriciere de GoviaPresentations Panel #2 Presenter From Ecstasy to Isolation: Sexual Empathy and theDualities of Pain and Pleasure in Prince’s Come Album.Prince’s 15th studio album Come (1994) stands as a provocative testament to the multifaceted nature of sexuality, emotional vulnerability, and personal introspection. This presentation delves into the intricate layers of the album, spotlighting “Pheromone”
- [Matt Thorne](https://come.polishedsolid.com/matt-thorne/) - Matt ThorneInternational Lovers Roundtable Panelist Author of six novels, three children’s books, one film, and a critical study of pop star Prince, Prince: The Man and His Music, Second Edition (2023). Prince: The Man and His Musicliterature.britishcouncil.org
- [L.A.W.](https://come.polishedsolid.com/l-a-w/) - L.A.W.The Fellas Roundtable Panelist Most fans know L*A*W as the singer / rapper / dancer / producer & multi-instrumentalist In Funk Legend George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and various offshoots of the legendary P-Funk camp but millions have seen him on national television back at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards & David Letterman in his white kangol
- [Jason Orr](https://come.polishedsolid.com/jason-orr/) - Jason OrrThe Fellas Roundtable Panelist Jason Orr is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, marketing consultant, cultural arts curator, and festival producer, most notably, FunkJazz Kafé Arts & Music Festival and Life Arts Documentary Film Festival + Music Conference. He’s the director, writer, and producer of the award-winning documentary film, “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade”, producer of
- [Elliott H. Powell](https://come.polishedsolid.com/elliott-h-powell/) - Elliott H. PowellFour You Crew Roundtable Panelist Elliott H. Powell, Ph.D., is the Beverly and Richard Fink Professor in Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Sounds from the Other Side: Afro-South Asian Collaborations in Black Popular Music, which received the Woody Guthrie Book
- [C Liegh McInnis](https://come.polishedsolid.com/c-liegh-mcinnis/) - C Liegh McInnisPresentations Panel #1 Presenter Part I: Come as the Introduction/EP to The GoldExperience or When Life Imitates Art and/or ArtImitates Life in the Artistic Production of PrinceMy presentation on Come is part one of a two-part presentation with part two being on The Gold Experience (TGE). Connecting the two presentations, my goal is
- [Crystal Wise](https://come.polishedsolid.com/crystal-wise/) - Crystal WisePresentation Panel #2 Presenter Blood, Bones, and BoxesPrince’s Resistance to RacismBy 1994 audiences were well aware of Prince’s resistance to being put in a box even if it still left many scratching their bopping heads…“Am I black or white?” On his 15th full-length studio album, Come, Prince revisits identity, a recurring theme in his
- [Chris Rob](https://come.polishedsolid.com/chris-rob/) - Chris RobPresentation Panel #3 Presenter Come (The Future is Now)A breakdown of the song “Come” and its lyrics. Born and raised on Chicago’s south side, Chris Rob has established himself as a renowned keyboard wizard, passionate vocalist, powerful songwriter, and go-to producer. While his latest single “No Doubt” has already generated quite the buzz among his followers,
- [Chinisha Scott](https://come.polishedsolid.com/chinisha-scott/) - Chinisha ScottThe Ladies Roundtable Panelist Chinisha Scott is an Emmy Award-winning, multi-hyphenate creator with nearly 20 years of experience in film, TV, and media production. She is passionate about music, science, environmental and social justice, and learning – they find their way into all that she creates. She began her musical training at the age
- [Casey Rain](https://come.polishedsolid.com/casey-rain/) - Casey Rainof The Violet RealityInternational Lovers Roundtable Panelist Casey Rain is an internationally renowned songwriter, performer and musician known for his work with pioneering British Asian collective Swami. Swami have released albums on Sony/BMG, EMI and Universal Records, and their songs have featured in popular movies, video games and TV shows including both seasons of
- [Arthur Turnbull](https://come.polishedsolid.com/arthur-turnbull/) - Arthur TurnbullCo-Host & Four You + One Music Snob Roundtable Panelist Arthur Turnbull began a career in technology as Technical Wizard for Jellyvision, makers of the video game series You Don’t Know Jack. He continued on as Technology Manager for Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, a leader in third stream. In 2018, he started Arturo Solo LLC, a managed
- [Anil Dash](https://come.polishedsolid.com/anil-dash/) - Anil DashFour You Crew Roundtable Panelist Anil Dash is recognized advocate for more humane, inclusive, and ethical technology through his work as an entrepreneur, activist, and writer, honored by the Webby Awards with its lifetime achievement award in 2022. Today, he leads Fastly’s Developer Experience team, which provides the tools that the world’s most innovative developers use to
- [Aisha K. Staggers](https://come.polishedsolid.com/aisha-k-staggers/) - Aisha K. StaggersLadies Roundtable Panelist Aisha K. Staggers had her first major publication, an album review, in The New Haven Register while just a sophomore in high school. Another series of reviews published in The Hartford Courant followed. By the time she reached college, Aisha was writing for the literary magazine and interning at a
- [Erica Thompson](https://come.polishedsolid.com/erica-thompson/) - Erica ThompsonPresentations Panel #3 Presenter “You Don’t Think God is Sexy?”Three Interpretations of “Come”Death and resurrection have always been strong themes within Prince’s body of work. Within the broader story he was trying to convey in the early to mid 1990s – or was making up as he went along – these themes are obvious.
- [Edgar Kruize](https://come.polishedsolid.com/edgar-kruize/) - Edgar KruizePresentations Panel #1 Presenter Come As Prince’s Odyssey Through The UnderworldDeath and resurrection have always been strong themes within Prince’s body of work. Within the broader story he was trying to convey in the early to mid 1990s – or was making up as he went along – these themes are obvious. In the
- [Jeremiah Freed](https://come.polishedsolid.com/jeremiah-freed/) - Jeremiah FreedThe Fellas Roundtable Panelist Jeremiah Freed, formerly known as Dr. Funkenberry & J7, is a musicologist, writer, and Prince scholar with expansive knowledge of the entire Prince catalogue who worked with and for the artist. With a background in radio and music retail, he soon became the company’s youngest person to handle singles distribution
- [Ricky Wyatt](https://come.polishedsolid.com/ricky-wyatt/) - Ricky WyattFellas Roundtable Panelist Ricky Wyatt, “The Ricker,” is a bassist, performer, comic book author, long time Prince fan and a disciple of the MPLS sound. A native of Atlanta, GA, currently living in Richmond, VA. Ricky leads the jazz-funk unit “SoWhut?!” and the R&B unit “Footprints.” A graduate of Virginia State University’s Department of
- [Randy Ferguson](https://come.polishedsolid.com/randy-ferguson/) - Randy FergusonThe Fellas Roundtable Panelist Randy Ferguson is a DJ, musician, playlist curator, musicologist, and diversity & inclusion professional. He received his bachelor’s in Economics and his master’s in Higher Educational Administration, both at Stony Brook University. He currently works at NewYork-Presbyterian as a Program Manager in Diversity and Inclusion. His love of music has
- [Mila Asha](https://come.polishedsolid.com/mila-asha/) - Mila AshaThe Ladies Roundtable Panelist Mila Asha is a dedicated member of the Next Power Generation, willing to do the work to learn and explore all that the world of Prince has to offer and finding ways to keep Prince’s legacy alive!
- [Chris Aguilar Garcia](https://come.polishedsolid.com/chris-aguilar-garcia/) - Chris Aguilar GarciaPresentation Panel #1 Moderator Chris Aguilar García (he/they) is a Queer Chicanx writer and editor from Thornton, Colorado. Discovering Prince in 1982 via 1999, they were mesmerized by this male-presenting artist who so expertly defied conventional gender norms while incidentally producing, arranging, composing, and performing the baddest, sexiest, most funky work they had ever heard!
- [Lee Christian](https://come.polishedsolid.com/lee-christian/) - Lee ChristianPresentations Panel #1 Presenter Come: The Black Album it’s OK to buy?A look at the circumstances around Come‘s content & release with comparisons to his infamous previous album/bootleg. “Lee Christian is one of my fave lyricists!” – Ace (Skunk Anansie Guitarist/Producer) Lee Christian was a prominent figure in the Oxford music scene for over ten years as

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