1 Reply by Paisleyfrog

(11 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I think shorter than a minute is absolutely legitimate. Punk is one example - Black Flag's "Spray Paint" on Damaged is 33 seconds. Paraphrasing Rollins, it takes the shortest, most direct route to what the song is about and then gets the fuck out. It's perfect.

I also think about Brian Eno, who was tasked with creating the Windows 95 startup sound. He was given this laundry list of emotions that it must convey..."and it must be seven seconds long". This sent him down a whole rabbit hole of micro compositions. If it works for Eno, it works for me.

I think the one minute "rule" is a good guideline....but if the song is purposeful in its short length, go for it!

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2 Reply by Paisleyfrog

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Just did! It was December when I realized I had made enough tracks that worked together to released an album!

https://paisleyfrog.bandcamp.com/album/a-sense-of-place

The off-season has been a lot of faster projects - I've been working on not thinking so hard and overworking a song.

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3 Reply by Paisleyfrog

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A silly request for my completionist self...could I please have an upload link for week 1?

I had decided to do my own weekly song project this year and wrote a song on January 2nd...but didn't know Weekly Beats existed until the 8th (I started posting here on week 2). And I didn't know this thread existed until much later after that smile  No problem if no. Thanks!

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4 Reply by Paisleyfrog

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I don't think there's a way...I've done it before too! I actually messaged the person via email and apologized, and they re-posted (and also said that *they've* done it before, too.)

I get the feeling it's a bit too easy to remove posts LOL

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5 Reply by Paisleyfrog

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By my understanding, yup, that's fine. So long as it isn't a pay-per-view/Patreon only sort of stream. (Obligatory: I Am Not A Copyright Lawyer smile )

To cover the CC bases, you could do a credit roll at the end of your stream to cover the attribution requirement of most of the Creative Commons licenses. Although, even just saying who did the track would be fine.

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