(1) How long is the longest track you have ever written?
(2) Do you tend toward making shorter or longer stuff?
My longest is 11:08.
I used to tend toward long things, but it seems they are getting shorter with time.
EddieZilker
One hour and six minutes. :D
I definitely tend towards longer stuff. Not that I won't make short tracks but I really like stuff that stretches out and has a lot of architecture to explore with lead elements.
Owsey2008
My latest tracks have been very short, some even less than a minute. It's not that I don't enjoy long tunes anymore, in fact I tend to enjoy long pieces more than anything, but the ideas that I've been having recently definitely suit something short and sweet. I'm certain it's just a phase rather than a direction my music is taking.
My longest is just over 10 minutes
Matt Bukovski
My trance tracks are usually 9 minutes long, but some people told me it's too long for trance ;)
Sinnica Hax
Back in the 90's I had one that was 22 minutes long, but in more "recent" days, it's 8:58 I think, and that's "World at War" which i released in 2007 on another random Digital Label, considering reworking it to keep the buildup and build the rest from scratch because I am in love with this buildup! (And it's the last time I did a cookie-cutter original trance track past 130bpm :sadgreen:
12:49 but it contains a hidden track. As one-parters go I think I've got a track that's slightly over 11 minutes.
I don't really have any preference on how long a track should be, I usually don't even know how long the track is until I've rendered it. I guess they usually fall somewhere between 6 and 8 minutes but I've made a lot shorter tracks too. Depends entirely on the track.
Prototrance
28 mins, one piece but it was in 7 parts. Tunes do seem to be shorter these days, I recently submitted a remix to a label and they wanted it edited to 7 mins, I managed 8:30, down from 9:40 and that was a tough edit but it sounds better.
People want instant gratification, I also think that since a lot of DJ'ing has in fact become re-editing with tracks mixed by software the intros / outros needed for vinyl / CD manual DJ'ing are no longer necessary.
Originally posted by Sinnica Hax
Back in the 90's I had one that was 22 minutes long, but in more "recent" days, it's 8:58 I think, and that's "World at War" which i released in 2007 on another random Digital Label, considering reworking it to keep the buildup and build the rest from scratch because I am in love with this buildup! (And it's the last time I did a cookie-cutter original trance track past 130bpm :sadgreen:
liking where this is going! Please post this in TA when you are done, I would love to hear the entire finished track!
s_t
Reminds me on the planisphere tracks by laurent. There were wuite often around 9 to 11 minuts long.
I Guess average time is between 7 to 8 minuts so for for the most original versions / remixes. But I noticed that tracks are getting shorter nowadays....
usually I end up around 8 minuts usually. I work usually with a certain system with my tracks. 4x 8 bars for the intro beat, than getting in with sub, bass and getting into a break after 2 or 3 minuts etc...
Mad for Brad
my masters thesis was a 50 minute orchestral piece.
Rodri Santos
10 minutes, i always tend to make tracks around 6 minutes, but when the melody is long usually tends to be 8 min or so, i try to avoid breakdowns in club tracks and that mostly what i do so keeping around 6 minutes is easy, when i dj i like short tracks, you skip to the interesting part and keep a flow
