Your 10th best track: Why are you putting it out?
I know I know…all your songs are your babies and you love them equally.
Yeah right.
You know good and well which songs are the best and which ones are further down the list and which one is 10th on the list.
So on your ten song album (if you’re in the business of putting out albums)…why put your 10th best song on the project?
The 10th best song is not going to be a single. You’re not going to shine a spotlight on it. It’s not going to be a fan favorite. It’s never going to be played live (especially if you have more than one album). There are people in the band and on the team who can’t even remember what it’s called.
It’s just not going to get any love.
Now, there are plenty of valid reasons to put the 10th song on there…but I’ll argue that most artists don’t think about them or employ them. (Artists tend to give excuses for that song being on there as opposed to reasons)
If you don’t have a purpose for adding your 10th best song to the album, cut it to 9.
If you don’t have a purpose for adding your 9th best song to the album, cut it to 8.
You see where this is going.
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