Re: advice on song length

[Yoram Gelman <gelman...>]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, david lowther wrote:

> The way I see it, you've got several choices:
> 1)    sing real fast
> 2)    omit adjectives and adverbs
> 3)    combine the verses into 6
> 4)    have 4 people each sing 3 verses (simultaneously)
> 5)    do like Bob Dylan and just go ahead and sing them all


I vote for number 5 -- but the song has to be _very_ good.  On the CD set
Diaspora Sefardi by Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI, the song "Por que
llorax blanca nina" runs longer than 15 minutes.  It's sung very slow, and
even has a few instrumental breaks.  But it's _very very_ good.

Yoram Gelman


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