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Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:16 am
by Snarfie
Looking for quality insight and discussion, I know how 80% of DSF loves to troll :roll:

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:24 am
by LA_Boxers
An EP is just generally a single these days. People love to throw the word EP around for anything these days.

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:18 pm
by deadly_habit
More tunes than a single, less tunes than an album.

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:29 pm
by syrup
Bitches love EP's

they are longer than singles, but not too long

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:36 pm
by knell
you get the chance to make more than one first impression if someone hasnt heard your music before, as they're more likely to see the EP grouped together than various singles grouped together if they're not on your soundcloud and don't want to click through from where they are. it can also be a brief display of the whole spectrum of your productions if you produce more than one style of music.

personally i just like them better, cant really put my finger on why. i guess they give an excuse to contain album art too :P

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:41 pm
by kidshuffle
just do a single + 5 remixes and call it an ep

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:43 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
kidshuffle wrote:just do a single + 5 remixes and call it an ep
the beatport special.

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:29 pm
by garethom
Personally feel like an EP should be cohesive, and be more of a "sit down and listen" type experience, where a single might just be made for the dance.

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:37 pm
by skimpi
you can use it as a chance to release a shit track that no one else wants cos no one will really care and just skip it but then you can still say its released and hype it up to be good

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:39 pm
by deadly_habit
garethom wrote:Personally feel like an EP should be cohesive, and be more of a "sit down and listen" type experience, where a single might just made for the dance.
Pretty much.

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:05 pm
by eyeatus
i'm doing 4 extended plays on cd. 7 or 8 songs on each. just gonna slang them by hand! 5 bucks a cd and you get a link sheet to new releases for free forever

Re: Benefits of releasing an EP over singles?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:43 am
by KamKo
garethom wrote:Personally feel like an EP should be cohesive, and be more of a "sit down and listen" type experience, where a single might just be made for the dance.
i've always identified that feeling with albums personally.