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

[steinbrüchel <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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