The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.... more

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December 07, 2018Episode #134 - Downsizing Your Audio System
Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website, joins us to discuss downsizing audio systems. You really can get good sound with a minimal setup these days, and Chris explains how.
Guest:
Computer Audiophile
Superphonica
Show notes:
Sonos Beam
Focal Chorus 705 speakers
Sonos Playbar
Sonos One
Chris Connaker's HomePod review
Apple HomePod Compared to Sonos One
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream, 8/27/72, Veneta, OR
Sonos Sub
The Definitive Dynaudio Music 1, 3, 5, 7 Speaker Review
Devialet Phantom
Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin
Aurender S5W
Tivoli Audio Pal
Naim Mu-so
Our next tracks:
Planet Earth II & Blue Planet II (4K Blu-Ray)
Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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38min
November 30, 2018Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2
Doug and Kirk have made lists of their ten desert island discs, and, in part one of a two-part series, we hear Doug's picks. Check out Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 to hear Kirk's picks.
Show notes:
Doug's ten desert island discs (links to Apple Music, except for Exposure which isn't streamable):
The Clash: London Calling
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Yas Out!
Humble Pie: Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Fats Waller: Greatest Hits
JS Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
Fatboy Slim: You've Come a Long Way Baby
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
Robert Fripp: Exposure
We also mentioned Peter Gabriel performing Here Comes the Flood from the 1979 Kate Bush Christmas Special (via YouTube).
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31min
November 23, 2018Episode #132 - Is the Album Dead?
A recent article in Rolling Stone says that the album is dying. Andy Doe says that "every word in that article is shite."
Guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
The Album Is in Deep Trouble – and the Music Business Probably Can’t Save it
Zeno's paradoxes (Wikipedia)
Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs
Existentialism Is a Humanism
Our next tracks:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, et al
Baxter Dury: Happy Soup
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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November 16, 2018Episode #131 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks
Musician and journalist Jeff Slate wrote the liner notes for the latest Bob Dylan Bootleg Series release, More Blood, More Tracks, covering the Blood on the Tracks sessions.
Guest:
Jeff Slate
Jeff Slate's articles about music
Show notes:
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition
When Bob Dylan Saw God (Esquire)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Deluxe Edition
A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan’s First Day with “Tangled Up in Blue” (New Yorker)
Mondo Scripto
Blind Willie McTell (Apple Music)
Our next tracks:
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition
Billy F. Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues
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37min
November 09, 2018Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1
Doug and Kirk have made lists of their ten desert island discs, and, in part one of a two-part series, we hear Kirk's picks.
Show notes:
Kirk's ten desert island discs (links to Apple Music):
Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall
Bach: Goldberg Variations, Andras Schiff
Schubert: Piano Sonata no. 21, D960, Maria Joao Pires
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Budd/Eno: Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1978 ECM recording)
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Durutti Column: LC
Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Aki Takahashi
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November 02, 2018Episode #129 - Discovering Classical Music with Timothy Judd
Classical music is vast. How can listeners new to the genre find what they want to listen to, and learn to appreciate the many styles of music it contains. We talk with Timothy Judd who helps listeners do this through his blog.
Guest:
Timothy Judd
Show notes:
The Listeners' Club
Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music
Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak
Complete Music of Carl Ruggles
Our next tracks:
Bach 333
Tony Joe White: Hoodoo
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34min
October 26, 2018Episode #128 - How Streaming Changes Music
Streaming music has changed the economics of the music industry, but it has also affected the way songs are made. We discuss some of these changes and how music is adapting to the new ecosystem.
Show notes:
7 Songs That Prove Streaming Has Changed Song Structures
Martin Connor
The dying art of the great song intro
Ramones: Ramones
The Clash: Sandinista!
Bob Dylan: Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Our next tracks:
Chiku Za: Honte no Shirabe
Madness: Absolutely
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33min
October 19, 2018Episode #127 - The Changing Economics of the Music Recording Industry
We all know that the recorded music industry has gone through many changes in recent decades, but it can be interesting to take a long view of the various ways that music has been sold.
Show notes:
Frank Denyer: Music for Shakuhachi
Visualizing 40 Years of Music Industry Sales (Visual Capitalist)
Ringtones Composed by Brian Eno for the Nokia 8800 Scirocco Phone
Creating the Windows 95 Startup Sound
48% of people who buy vinyl don't listen to the records
Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
Cassette Store Day
Episode #90 – Liz Pelly on Streaming Muzak and Playlists
Our next tracks:
Bach: the Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year, La Petite Band, Sigiswald Kuijken
PJ Harvey: Rid of Me
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34min
October 12, 2018Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak
Sometimes, you hear music where you least expect it, and where you don't choose to hear it.
Show notes:
Episode #123 - John Cage's Silent Piece 4'33", with Kyle Gann
Waitrose (My partner tells me that none of the grocery stores in the UK play background music any more; they used to, but stopped.)
Muzak (Wikipedia)
Stah Mahket
Stawp and Shawp
Music licensing (ASCAP)
Episode #27 – Composing Music for Stage and Screen, with Paul Englishby
RSC gives musicians a central role at Stratford
Songs for As You Like It (composed by Laura Marling)
Tafelmusik (Wikipedia)
Furniture music (Wikipedia)
Brian Eno: Music for Airports
Why Politicians Keep Using Songs Without Artists’ Permission
Sounds of Nature playlist on Apple Music
George Winston
Our next tracks:
Mikel Rouse: International Cloud Atlas
Lew Lewis: Save the Wail
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38min
October 05, 2018Episode #125 - How We Do It
How is the sausage made? In this episode we present a making of episode; how we make our podcast.
Show notes:
Episode #124 - Deluxe Editions
Blue Yeti microphone
Rode NT1 microphone
Audio Hijack
Take Control of Audio Hijack
Episode #123 - John Cage's Silent Piece 4'33", with Kyle Gann
Episode #121 - Roie Avin on Modern Prog Rock Masterpieces
Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
Episode #60 – Geoff Edgers on the Slow Death of the Electric Guitar
Episode #90 – Liz Pelly on Streaming Muzak and Playlists
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music
Episode #9 – Will Hermes on Discovering New Music
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
Episodes with Andy Doe
Episodes with Chris Connaker
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Episode #115 - App Developer Peter Chilvers on the New Travis & Fripp Apps
Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps
PhotoActive
Intego Mac Security Podcast
Our next tracks:
Durutti Column: M24J: Anthology
Joe Strummer: Joe Strummer 001
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33min

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