Re: [microsound] How long should a "digital" album be

[steinbrüchel <steinbruchel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

and the question above all to start a really big discussion ;)

when is an album "digital" or what makes it "digital"? the title
of this topic (in my opinion) already suggests a narrowed down
view of format...

thank you,
ralph.


Am 26.6.2006 13:53 Uhr schrieb "steinbrüchel" unter
<steinbruchel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> here a short reply to the comment christian negre made below:
>
> in my experience the tracks that i liked most on the album at first
> are rarely those that i go back to years later. mostly the tracks
> that i didn't really like at first are the ones that keep my interest
> up over time.
>
> also my personnel taste of music changes a lot so i would never
> throw away a track i didn't like at a particular time as this might
> change... i think this approach narrows down the personnel view
> of sound and music...
>
> my 5 rappen,
> ralph.
>
>
> Am 26.6.2006 13:53 Uhr schrieb "Duncan Ó Ceallaigh" unter
> <doc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> i think the ep is really good, and sadly neglected format...
>>
>> i too tend only to buy cds of albums where i like a majority of the
>> tracks... which means i have comparatively few cds ;)
>> although it's basically a value judgment, i think very few artists are
>> able to consistently release 'album' length (i.e. 40-70mins) amounts
>> of top-notch material, and i would personally find it better if more
>> artists where prepared to whittle down their releases to 20-30 mins of
>> really good stuff... (of course what is 'good').  there is subsequently
>> less pressure to get 10-12 tracks ready for any given deadline, which
>> almost inevitably leads to notorious 'album filler'.
>>
>> another factor regards length of projects is the area in which one is
>> working - obviously a good ambient track can go on forever, so why not
>> a 3 hour, 4 track ep? ;) on the other end of the spectrum, a 6 minute 4
>> track EP of top quality punk is also ok!
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2006, at 12:47 PM, cHristian negre i walczak wrote:
>>
>>> from my experience, i once decide, many years ago, i wouldn't keep
>>> tracks i
>>> didn't like. therefore, i usually just save a few tracks from an
>>> album, so
>>> the 'album' concept has been erased from my vocabulary. i think eps
>>> are a
>>> more fair format for todays hurry. my 5 cents.
>>>
>>> On 6/26/06, Paul Buckley-Jennings <p.b-j@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is probably an old debate...
>>>>
>>>> I notice that when I'm working on a project it always seems to be
>>>> complete
>>>> when I've about 60 mins of material. This is obviously conforming to
>>>> an
>>>> "album" length based on the storage space on a CD. But the
>>>> distribution
>>>> and
>>>> consumption of music now seems to be more "digital" based. For
>>>> example, on
>>>> my MP3 player I have say 40% of one album, 70% of another and a few
>>>> things
>>>> I've downloaded. Also as more material becomes available on a track by
>>>> track
>>>> basis, the 60 minute album seem more like a convention based on an old
>>>> medium. What should be the "natural" length of a project, do you
>>>> think?
>>>> Will
>>>> we move to a scenario where projects have their own duration
>>>> depending on
>>>> the individual ( maybe several minutes, maybe several hours).  Or is
>>>> 60
>>>> minutes or so ingrained in our consciousness as the "right" length?
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
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