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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March 17, 2017♫ Episode #44 – Bootlegs, Live Tapes, and Torrents
We discuss bootleg recordings, live recordings, and torrents.
“Once we’re done with it, the audience can have it.” Jerry Garcia
Show notes:
Charles Dickens copyright
International Copyright Act of 1891
Bob Dylan: Great White Wonder
Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Charlie Parker: Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings
Flick Lives has an archive of Jean Shepherd recordings for download
Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall Concert”
Taping the Dead
archive.org
Wolfgang’s Vault
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Durutti Column: Domo Arigato
Doug: Plastic Ono Band: Live Peace in Toronto 1969
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March 10, 2017♫ Episode #43 – Streaming Music 2.0
Chris Connaker joins us to discuss how music streaming service can make the next step.
People just want to hear the song they want to hear.
This week’s guest:
Chris Connaker of the The Computer Audiophile website
Show notes:
This week’s guest:
Tidal
Deezer Elite
Qobuz
Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers
SiriusXM radio
Pandora
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Leon Redbone: Long Way from Home
Doug: Cactus: Cactus
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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March 03, 2017♫ Episode #42 – Song Are Atoms, and Playlists Are Molecules
We take a close look at playlists. What they are, where they came from, and what you can do with them.
Show notes:
This week’s guest:
High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby
High Fidelity (movie)
Elizabethtown
Yamaha CD-C600BL 5-Disc CD Changer
The True Story of Audion
Search Results to Playlist script
Join Together app
Our next tracks:
Kirk: The Clash: Super Black Market Clash
Doug: Mogul Thrash: Mogul Thrash
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February 24, 2017♫ Episode #41 – Whatever Became of EQ?
Andy Doe joins us to talk about EQ. What is it, how does it work, do you need it, and where did it go?
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
This week’s guest:
Equalization on Wikipedia
The Mysterious Loudness Control: What Does It Do?
How to tweak your sound in iTunes and on iOS devices
The Next Track, Episode #21 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Subwoofers
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Grateful Dead: Morning Dew, 5/8/77, Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Doug: Pink Floyd: The Wall
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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28min
February 17, 2017♫ Episode #40 – The Revenge of Analog, with David Sax
Author David Sax talks about his book The Revenge of Analog: why people like vinyl, and why other analog technologies are popular today.
This week’s guest:
David Sax, The Revenge of Analog: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/revengeofanalog/
Show notes:
This week’s guest:
My review of The Revenge of Analog
The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz
Do Vinyl Records Sound Better than CDs?
Discogs
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Harold Budd: Perhaps
Doug: Kirsty MacColl: Tropical Brainstorm
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Special Guest: David Sax.
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February 10, 2017♫ Episode #39 – Storing Media on a Network-Attached Storage Device
Doug and Kirk discuss storing a media library on a network-attached storage device. We focus on using a NAS with iTunes, but there’s some useful information for those using a NAS with other media software.
Show notes:
WD MyCloud EX2
Plex
Doug’s Launch at Login applet
How to map a network drive on Windows
Our next tracks:
Kirk: John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season
Doug: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Jukebox Explosion
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February 03, 2017♫ Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Chris Connaker went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He reports for us on new audio equipment and the MQA music format.
This week’s guest:
Chris Connaker of the The Computer Audiophile website
Show notes:
Chris Connaker’s Long Strange Trip
Chris’s overview of his visit to the CES
Pandora is available in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
The Next Track, Episode #6: What Is High-Resolution Audio?
Chris’s 2014 article High Resolution Audio Isn’t Coming Soon From Apple
Mastered for iTunes (PDF)
MQA website, Wikipedia
Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Music, from 2007
Klipsch, The Three
The Revenge of Analog, by David Sax
AudioQuest Dragonfly Red DAC
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Genesis – Seconds Out
Doug: The Bomboras: It Came From Pier 13!
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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37min
January 27, 2017♫ Episode #37 – Ripping DVDs and Blu-Rays, with Rob Griffiths
Mac writer Rob Griffiths tells us how to efficiently rip DVDs and Blu-Rays.
This week’s guest:
Rob Griffiths
Show notes:
The Committed podcast
The Complete West Wing on iTunes (in HD)
Revisiting ripping Blu-Ray discs
Detailed instructions for installing the transcode-video tools
Pioneer Slim External Blu Ray Writer BDR-XD05B
MacGo Blu-Ray Player
MakeMKV
HandBrake 1.0
VLC Media Player
transcode-video
Installing transcode-video
Difference Between Mp4 and M4v
Change Videos from Home Movies to Movies, TV Shows or Music Videos in iTunes
iFlicks 2
Hamlet, by the Royal Shakespeare Company
A deep dive into HandBrake and Video Transcoding
WD My Passport 4 TB portable hard drive
Our next tracks:
Kirk: King Crimson
Doug: Public Image Ltd. – Album
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Special Guest: Rob Griffiths.
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January 20, 2017♫ Episode #36 – Music Consumption in an Era of Media Fragmentation
Andy Doe returns to discuss how music consumption has changed in this era of fragmented media.
“We are the acquisitors.”
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
Chris Anderson: The Long Tail, Free
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Pink Floyd: Animals
Doug: Corey Harris: Greens From the Garden
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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33min
January 13, 2017♫ Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Musician and developer Peter Chilvers discusses making apps with Brian Eno, including the new generative music composition Reflection.
“Imagine lots and lots of theremins looping back at you…”
Show notes:
Peter Chilvers’ website
Ten years working with Brian Eno
Generative Music website with Peter’s apps Scape, Bloom, Trope, and Air
Kirk’s review of the Reflection CD and app
Kirk’s 2013 review of Four apps for making ambient music on your iOS device
Note: Peter Chilvers’ explanation of the Reflection app’s pricing, which comes in around the 23-minute mark, is a brief recording he made after the show because he was unsatisfied with the way he replied to the question during the recording.
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Brad Mehldau: Blues and Ballads
Doug: Homer & Jethro: Country Their Way – 36 All-Time Greatest Hits
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Special Guest: Peter Chilvers.
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33min

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