In Music production, what is the difference between a Mixtape, an EP, and Album ?
these are all fairly dated terms now or so i believe as they date back to times when the cassette tape and the record where first in vogue. A mix tape would be a selection of songs recorded onto a tape from various artists, often by a spotty teenager for a young lady he was hoping to wow with how great his taste in music was, unfortunately as a result he would generally be "friend zoned". It also refers to more professional tape mixes such as the popular "now"series.
(for those of you lucky enough to be young enough to remember using a pen to rewind a cassette tape that had been chewed by your tape player for the 16th time that day)
EP stands for extended play and is an album which is longer than the old CD single but not as long as a full album, normally 4 or 5 songs. Often these were released by artists in between albums to maintain interest in their music whilst they were touring or having a long recording break between full albums. The Beatles magical mystery tour was probably the most famous example of an EP.
Conversely, an LP is an abbreviation of long play and is what would be considered a full release album, generally 10 songs +.
I am kinda surprised... I didn't expect you to be old enough to remember using a pen to rewind casette tapes, lol
Only just to be fair but, yeah, I remember.... That's why I can't believe it when I hear people talking about bringing them back.. Awful things.
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Agreed.
I also don't get why people keep raving about LP's (records). Some of my friends keep going on about the sound, while I think the sound is crap 😂
The sound's one of those things thats kind of an acquired taste, don't really get that either. What is kinda cool is the record sleeve. There was always something kinda cool about those. Back when you bought an album and used to get artwork, lyrics, photos etc...now you just get an MP3
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True! I especially liked it when the lyrics were printed on the paper that was inside the cassettes or - later - the CD's. And I used to have a couple of album covers on my bedroom wall. There's none of that anymore...
Hahaha, such a nostalgic conversation 😉👍