u/MyHangyDownPart

After decades in psy and away from DnB, I heard a DnB track yesterday and then explored current music. In that sub, I posted this question and got a lot of answers. (Link to my post for reference.)

Basically, DnB and all genres of electronic music these days, says Reddit, have been heavily influenced by technology and society's shorter attention spans. Tech-wise, streaming services don't pay more for longer tracks, and the algorithm authorizes payment to artists whenever a percentage of their song is played. Shorter songs means shorter time when listeners must play each song, so more money to artists.

Further, with DJ gear being what it is these days (I'm not a DJ nor producer), any a-hole can buy enough gear and let the software select the tracks. So, DJing now requires no skill in track selection nor mixing.

I'M WRITING HERE MERELY because I want to know the common length (or range of lengths) of psytrance tracks. By my estimation (as a dancer), they are still 7-11 minutes long. PSY TRACKS ARE NOT THREE DAMNED MINUTES like other genres, right (or wrong)?

Hey, '90s raver here. Back in my day (LOL), DNB tracks were roughly 5-10 minutes in length. ...... After decades in a different genre, today I heard some sick dnb and ADHD'd into Spotify to start building playlists of new (2022-ish and newer) tracks. ...... I saw that MOST tracks are about 3 minutes each. Lame, but then I figured that artists were merely sharing samples via Spotify, hoping bassheads will go buy full-length albums/EPs. ..... I went to Discogs and WTAF: YEAH, DNB tracks are now like 3-4 minutes long! .... Can you guys explain what happened over the past 20 years? Why did producers stop making tracks long enough to mix in and out over the course of an hour set. These feel like once you hit Play, it's gonna be over before you can say "got one for me buddy?"