How long does it take you to make a song?

Well, considering that the shortest time its taken me to make a 6min track was about 7 hours and the longest was [edit] 70 hours, I'd say you're either really ineffective at creating music or you're an incredibly fussy bastard with this track.

With that 70hr track I vowed never to take so long again.  I realised by the end of it I'd created and put aside several tracks worth of material while making it.  My second longest was 35hrs but even that is too long. 

From personal experience I'd say I need on average 14 hrs to put in enough effort, and for tracks where I'm working on a new technique which requires practice then maybe 18-20, but then I don't consider practicing to be extra time.  A new production technique might requre a separate project to try it out, but something that is unlikely to turn into a finished track on a first attempt.


Edited by Contayjen - 22 December 2008 at 11:51pm

Its nearly done now it should be online for christmas morning.

I'm planning on selling this one so i can't take too long eh? Hopefully this will get in the mp3u charts.

I think this is my best dnb yet :D

I have to 80% finish a track on the 1st session, nothing worse than a tune that takes too long to make!

yeah i tend to think if i don't get most of the track sketched out in one sitting, probably won't finish it to a degree i'm happy with

all depends on how much detail the work has to say how many hours...the more detail the longer its going to take...I listen to some stuff and think I bet that took a couple of hours @ most to write...then i'll hear something and i'll think...I bet that took some hours/weeks or even months... I probably take to long on my own stuff... half the time is spent in play back mixing and getting levels right...the main theme probably takes a max of 4 hours...and then after that... thats when the time starts adding up...In 80 hours i'm sure allot of that was wasted... find out that when I hear it tho