I use to fell the same about artists b-sides and how I like some and wonder why it’s not in the album. Being in the music business now, There’s a couple of reasons why they aren’t. When the complete a bunch of demos and songs for the album, the producers, artist and executives go through the songs and determine what makes it on the album and in what order. After debates, objections and opinions....the process also caters to what song will be released as the first single. This is crucial as it will make the artist or not and gain attention. They also consider if the single is worthy enough for remixes, club okay, Dj’s, radio and promos. When they select the songs for the album the record label generally chooses the number of track listing and provides the funds for it. If they include more it costs more as well as they consider the money spent on getting the songs made and by which producer. They also need to consider not having too many “fillers” in the album which are songs that don’t have much substance or fans would rather skip or doesn’t grow on them. They also want the album diverse and not sound too repetitive in sound and style but during this process generally all involved have different opinions of what they like and not and share ideas and debate. They also worry about having too many songs and boring the listener and songs not standing on its own. It generally sounds like a good idea to pack a record to get more than you pay for but an “album” especially a debut, they prefer it to be special and be memorable and the track listing to flow well with each song and the song up next plus they don’t want to reward the consumer too much with freebies compared to how much it cost the company so 10-12 songs are the usual number. they then leave some songs that they scrapped from the album as a a possible addition on single releases. When they choose the first song to be released as a single before the albums release date, they consider the songs that did not make it on the album as the flip side of the record calling it the b-side. Even though songs are later on made unto tapes and cds ...they still call it a b-side. If the b-side is good enough they release it in the main country’s release or opt for having remixes of the single if they produced any instead. Leaving b-sides for singles and ep’s and promos that will be released in other countries instead of here like Japan or Europe. These later turn into collector items but they want the b-sides mainly to not over shadow the single. Generally the b-side are not good enough for the album but good enough for release on a single. The b-sides are typically very different in style of the rest of the songs or the single being released and they prefer it released in another country if that’s the case. Sometimes the record label in another countries division have different tastes and the b-side or even single is a different song than the main country targeted. A lot of the other songs left produced, if any, are then forgotten or put away by the label as they own it. In the future they release them in compilations and promos if the artist gets famous and thus making fans spend more money for them and hypes the artists and keeps fans on the artist like this compilation pre-Madonna. Most of the time many songs don’t see the light of day. But the main reason songs aren’t included in the album is because the sound doesn’t flow well with the rest of the albums style and sound.
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I use to fell the same about artists b-sides and how I like some and wonder why it’s not in the album. Being in the music business now, There’s a couple of reasons why they aren’t. When the complete a bunch of demos and songs for the album, the producers, artist and executives go through the songs and determine what makes it on the album and in what order. After debates, objections and opinions....the process also caters to what song will be released as the first single. This is crucial as it will make the artist or not and gain attention. They also consider if the single is worthy enough for remixes, club okay, Dj’s, radio and promos. When they select the songs for the album the record label generally chooses the number of track listing and provides the funds for it. If they include more it costs more as well as they consider the money spent on getting the songs made and by which producer. They also need to consider not having too many “fillers” in the album which are songs that don’t have much substance or fans would rather skip or doesn’t grow on them. They also want the album diverse and not sound too repetitive in sound and style but during this process generally all involved have different opinions of what they like and not and share ideas and debate. They also worry about having too many songs and boring the listener and songs not standing on its own. It generally sounds like a good idea to pack a record to get more than you pay for but an “album” especially a debut, they prefer it to be special and be memorable and the track listing to flow well with each song and the song up next plus they don’t want to reward the consumer too much with freebies compared to how much it cost the company so 10-12 songs are the usual number. they then leave some songs that they scrapped from the album as a a possible addition on single releases. When they choose the first song to be released as a single before the albums release date, they consider the songs that did not make it on the album as the flip side of the record calling it the b-side. Even though songs are later on made unto tapes and cds ...they still call it a b-side. If the b-side is good enough they release it in the main country’s release or opt for having remixes of the single if they produced any instead. Leaving b-sides for singles and ep’s and promos that will be released in other countries instead of here like Japan or Europe. These later turn into collector items but they want the b-sides mainly to not over shadow the single. Generally the b-side are not good enough for the album but good enough for release on a single. The b-sides are typically very different in style of the rest of the songs or the single being released and they prefer it released in another country if that’s the case. Sometimes the record label in another countries division have different tastes and the b-side or even single is a different song than the main country targeted. A lot of the other songs left produced, if any, are then forgotten or put away by the label as they own it. In the future they release them in compilations and promos if the artist gets famous and thus making fans spend more money for them and hypes the artists and keeps fans on the artist like this compilation pre-Madonna. Most of the time many songs don’t see the light of day. But the main reason songs aren’t included in the album is because the sound doesn’t flow well with the rest of the albums style and sound.
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