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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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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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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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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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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September 28, 2018Episode #124 - Deluxe Editions
Deluxe editions, super deluxe editions, and more. The record industry is trying hard to get us to buy our favorite music again.
Show notes:
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Deluxe Edition)
Durutti Column: Without Mercy (Deluxe Edition)
Grateful Dead: Europe '72
Rhino Records
Bob Dylan: 1965-1966, The Cutting Edge, Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (6 disc edition)
Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Frank Zappa: You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
Brian Eno: Music for Installations
Grateful Dead: Pacific Northwest '73 - '74, The Complete Recordings
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Edition + DVD
Yes: Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy-Two
The Who: Live at Leeds, Super Deluxe Edition
Humble Pie: Performance: Rockin' the Filmore - The Complete Recordings
Mozart 225
Bach 333
After we recorded this episode, the new version of the White Album, by the Beatles, was announced. It's a super deluxe edition with demos, outtakes, and more
Our next tracks:
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13
The Reflex Revision - Stevie Wonder: I Wish, The Reflex YouTube Channel
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September 21, 2018Episode #123 - John Cage's Silent Piece 4'33", with Kyle Gann
Kyle Gann, author of No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33", discusses this seminal work.
This week's guest:
Kyle Gann
No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33"
Show notes:
Episode #80, John Cage (with Laura Kuhn, executive director of the John Cage Trust)
Episode #69 – Brian Brandt of Mode Records on John Cage, Morton Feldman, and the Music Business
Episode #102 - Silence
John Cage and the Anechoic Chamber
Muzak (Wikipedia)
Searching for Silence John Cage's Art of Noise, by Alex Ross (New Yorker)
David Tudor
John Cage: Silence: Lectures and Writings
John Cage performing Water Walk on I've Got a Secret, 1960
John Cale on I've Got a Secret, 1963
Joseph Campbell (Wikipedia)
New Music America festival, 1982
Harold Budd - Children on the Hill (transcr. Kyle Gann)
From Brussels With Love
Our next tracks:
Brad Mehldau: After Bach
Frank Zappa: Chunga's Revenge
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Special Guest: Kyle Gann.
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September 14, 2018Episode #122 - What if Apple Does Stop Selling Downloads?
The rumor that keeps coming back: the one that says that Apple is going to stop selling downloads. Andy Doe joins us to discuss this, and give us an overview of how streaming music is affecting the music business.
This week's guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
We got much of our data from Nielsen's U.S. Mid-Year Report 2018
Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
Our next tracks:
Ólafur Arnalds: re:member
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express: Live in Los Angeles
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37min
September 07, 2018Episode #121 - Roie Avin on Modern Prog Rock Masterpieces
Roie Avin, founder and editor of The Prog Report, joins us to talk about modern prog rock masterpieces.
Guest:
The Prog Report
Essential Modern Progressive Rock Albums: Images and Words Behind Prog’s Most Celebrated Albums 1990-2016
Show notes:
Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
Modern prog rock playlist on Apple Music
Essential Modern Prog Rock Songs 1990-2016 by The Prog Report on Spotify
New Progressive Rock by The Prog Report on Spotify
Our next tracks:
Be Bop Deluxe: Live in the Air Age Note that the album on Apple Music, linked below, is missing one of the best tracks, and the longest track on the record: Shine.
Thank You Scientist: Stranger Heads Prevail
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Special Guest: Roie Avin.
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40min

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