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

[Paul Buckley-Jennings <p.b-j@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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