[Dixielandjazz] rehearsing

[David Richoux]

I know there are many bands that can stretch a song out to 10 minutes  
or more, and some, maybe a very few, can actually make this a  
worthwhile experience. For the most part, however, I think that is  
way too long for most OKOM songs. Dancers are collapsing on the  
floor, conversations at the bar or tables get louder, the rhythm  
section is either falling asleep or killing their lips/fingers, and  
that damn 6+ chorus solo on the fish horn is just now getting into  
Kenny G territory!

Most OKOM songs were recorded under 3 minutes (limits of the  
technology, I know) but I doubt if a live version of a song would  
have gone over 5 or 6 minutes. Sure, there are some exceptions - but  
I bet they were very rare.

How many of you actually put a stopwatch on your songs? What is the  
average song length?

Dave Richoux

On Dec 16, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis  
wrote:

> Great story but 50 tunes is, as I see it the magic number.  That's  
> just enough to get through a three hour gig without repeating  
> unless you stretch each tune to ten minutes.  There are bands  
> around here that by the time everyone solos they have sucked up ten  
> minutes.  If you repeat a couple of tunes that can cut the number  
> to even fewer.
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