As long as they don't all fade out. If every song fades out, it's lazy. If every song ends suddenly, this is also a form of laziness. Just vary your endings (some of them can definitely be fadeouts) and you will be fine.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Disagreed with your second sentence. I think it's always a challenge to end your song on a single beat successfully. However, fade-outs can be used artfully.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

this is a valid point, I will give you that. But it can get annoying to hear ONLY songs that end on a single beat, with no variety, is what I am saying. I will, however, revise what I said: it is not a form of laziness, just a lack of compositional variety

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Most of the songs I listened to when I was younger had fade out endings, so I thought all songs went on forever because I never heard a definite ending.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I personally am not a fan of fade-out endings... I feel more satisfied after listening to a song if I've heard a definite ending. But that's my personal opinion, and it doesn't make fade-outs lazy.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Though outmatched, I've always felt this way about fade-out song endings

by Anonymous 10 years ago