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