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time limits

Post by alphastate » Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:12 pm

When a listing says that submissions should be around 1:30, give or take, what would be the upper limit? I have a track for such a listing. It's clocking at about 2:02, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to shorten it more without sounding awkward. The track, one that I've had laying around for a while, was originally 2:49.

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Re: time limits

Post by alphastate » Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:19 pm

...trimmed it down to 1:56 now

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Post by hummingbird » Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:00 pm

If they say "about" then you might be okay with 1:56. If they say must be 1:30 then you can vary by 5/10 secs either way.

I have been returned for being too long on a listing that asked specifically for lengths of 1:30; I sent in 2:05 mins, and the screener said although there's a bit of leeway it went too far past the line.
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Re: time limits

Post by alphastate » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:26 pm

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. I've got it down to 1:49 now. I think that's about as short as this track can go.

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Re: time limits

Post by ttully » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:18 pm

1:49 should be fine.

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