Editing Music

The music that I am using in my Music Video is way too long (roughly 4:00). My aim was to cut the song down to a maximum of 3:00. To achieve this, I used Adobe Audition. To cut down the song I highlighted the part I wanted to cut down (for me was the last 40-50 seconds). When I highlighted the the part I wanted to get rid of, I simply pressed delete. 

After that, I saved it as a MP3 file. When I opened it up in Premier Pro, I dragged the file into it. By having it in Adobe Premier Pro I was able to fade out the ending by putting a fade effect on it.