Brian ... As I scrolled through the posts I was mentally preparing my response and the I came to yours and saw you beat me to it!!
The comments on the time of a recording being dependent upon type of music, how it is used etc. are right on ... When I was doing general business (weddings, dinner dances, etc.) work many years ago you could do a song in your own style. Often we would be playing and as long as the dance floor was full we would go from one song into another. While I still can do that at a lot of the piano lounge type gigs I play, the wedding crowd today wants to hear it 'just like the record' ...
I am currently putting together a recording (at the urging of my dear wife of almost 40 years) and I would think that most of the tunes are in the 3 1/2 to 4 minute range. I want to do another of mostly jazz tunes (unfortunately I am not a 'jazz player', but I love the music), and I would expect those to be longer, as I will attempt to affect horn, guitar, flute etc. solos via the kb ...
squeak ... how much does that 256mb card go for?...
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