But quick break, here are some good singles I've listened to over the years.
Skittles and Iced Tea by GdotO
Horse Outside by The Rubber Bandits
It's got a good video,
But okay, back on topic. Albums are too long.
But singles are too short.
I love the energy of a good song. It sets the day, it takes you to a different place. It makes the world seem different.
I also find that I'm good for about 15-20 minutes of song at a time.
After that, it begins to drag, like a party that has gone on for too long and the people are running out of conversation and ideas.
A well-timed single has the opposite problem. After 4 minutes, you want more, but there's nothing more to listen to unless you want to listen to it again.
Okay, so anyways,
Right now we have a release cycle where a band typically spends a few years in obscurity, releases an album, scrambles within 1-2 years for a followup, spend a hiatus of like 3 years working on some opus that is the maturation of their work, have a slump, then a return to form, break up, reunite, then go on an old-guys circuit tour.
There are often hiccups along the way.
Chinese Democracy is the sixth studio albumby American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released in November 2008 on Geffen Records. It is the band's first studio album since "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993), released exactly 15 years before Chinese Democracy...
It is the most expensive album ever produced, with production costs in excess of $13 million.[4][5][6]There are a lot of...vestigial traces of vinyl in today's music. Artists feel that they need to fill both sides, and make at least 40 minutes worth of music. The ambitions lend to creative hell, Brian Wilson-esque breakdowns.
A shorter EP model, say 20 minutes music at a time, released every 1.5 years, lets you get out your musical ideas faster, get faster fan reaction and, frankly, sales, and is just as satisfying for a typical listener (or, at least, myself)
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