Steven Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Perhaps I have a low opinion of my visitors' attention span. I try to keep each song 2 minutes or less (including "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" at 0:14.39.)This year, I'm adding more RGB lights so, like many others, I decided to add "Blue Christmas" this year to highlight the colors from the song ("... blue Christmas ... decorations of red on a green Christmas tree ... Christmas of white ...")But I couldn't help myself - I'm so used to shortening songs that naturally the musical interlude and repeated verse had to go. I ended up with a sequence 1:26 long.Your opinion please. Is that too short? Should I not have removed the chorus? Will visitors want more? (That would be good.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackchecker Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 would have to hear it to make my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Blair Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I used it last year at 1:27 and I thought it was perfect lenght. Had a lot of good comments on that song. However, it was not my wife's favorite since she hates Elvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zman Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 IMHO, shorter is better than longer for the reason you stated. Visitors want variety and listening to a full length song, they lose interest pretty quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 zman wrote: IMHO, shorter is better than longer for the reason you stated. Visitors want variety and listening to a full length song, they lose interest pretty quicklyI would SOMEWHAT agree with the Zman...but a full length song from the 50's and 60 was typically under 3 minutes...while a full song today is usually close to 5 minutes...So I guess it depends on the age of your audience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. M. Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 It is all up to you. If you like it then go for it. Personally I never cut a song. I like the version of the song that I purchased and actually do not like it when a different version is played. I feel if they like the song they will hang around. I also try not to be repetitive in the display to help maintain interest so even if the song is repeating a verse, my display is doing something different. I usually do not have any songs more than about three minutes long although I do have a Chuck Mangione song that runs fourteen minutes but I only play it once a night and usually as the lead-in at the beginning of the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cray Augsburg Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Mark J. M. wrote: It is all up to you. If you like it then go for it. Personally I never cut a song. I like the version of the song that I purchased and actually do not like it when a different version is played. I feel if they like the song they will hang around. I also try not to be repetitive in the display to help maintain interest so even if the song is repeating a verse, my display is doing something different. I usually do not have any songs more than about three minutes long although I do have a Chuck Mangione song that runs fourteen minutes but I only play it once a night and usually as the lead-in at the beginning of the evening.Purely out of curiosity, Mark, what 14-minute Chuck Mangione song do you use? Bellavia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. M. Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Actually it is Children of Sanchez from the album of the same name. I have sequenced several of his songs. I like how he changes tempo which makes for more interesting changes in the sequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cray Augsburg Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Ahhh . . . It's been a while since I've heard that album. Sure bet it goes well with the display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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