the perfect song length is between 1 to 2 minutes (hexbear.net)

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thoughts?

i used to say this a bit more ironically, but now i definitely mean it

vests by d2lta is a good example of a song in this range i really like

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

For me the cut-off tends to be 3.5 minutes. Some music like metal and jazz in particular breaks that rule due to all the cool riffing, but modern rock and pop really does take a song that could sit nice at two or three but instead stretch it to five. Infuriating, really.

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