Um.
Just in case you didn't read the RDJ interview (in _MixMag_ I think),
here's his take on our current wonderful topic:
quoted 32 lines FP: How come its that short?
> FP: How come its that short?
>
> RJ: Just the atention span these days has gone real downhill. I think a
> record should be that length. Just with Techno it got longer cause people
> started putting albums out on 12"s, to make them louder, and everyone got
> into that idea, that all technoalbum has got to be two records. I think its
> more of a normal thing to do.
>
> FP: Just not from the CD perspective.
>
> RJ: Well i never listen to CDs more than half an hour, even if i like them.
> I would listen to them in two parts. Never from start to finish. You just
> get distracted.
>
> FP: Why is that so.
>
> RJ: You'd just get distracted. Half an hour in my home and then someone
> phones me up, or knocks on my door. That kind of thing. Even if not i`d
> get bored after half an hour cause i want to do something else. And if it's
> really good it makes me wanna do my own stuff.
>
> FP: If you do tracks yourself they might at least take you longer then half
> an hour.
>
> RJ: I reckon so yeah.
>
> FP: And it will make you listen to it longer.
>
> RJ: Yeah, but i`m really into the idea of making tracks shorter, and more
> complicated. Putting more into it. I like really minimal things as well,
> but for me personally, for my own music, thats not what i want to do for the
> next forseeable future. So i`m quite happy with that.