The Next Track
A podcast about how people listen to music today.
About the show
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.
Episodes
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♫ Episode #49 – Common Misconceptions about iTunes
April 21st, 2017 | 29 mins 55 secs
Doug and Kirk take a look at common misconceptions people have about iTunes.
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♫ Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
April 14th, 2017 | 34 mins 33 secs
Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group talks about music between genres.
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♫ Episode #47 – 10 Ways to Connect Your Computer to Your Stereo
April 7th, 2017 | 29 mins 1 sec
We discuss the ten ways you can connect your computer to an amplifier or receiver.
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♫ Episode #46 – Percussionist Colin Currie on Performing and Recording Steve Reich’s Drumming
March 31st, 2017 | 32 mins 12 secs
We talk with percussionist Colin Currie, who discusses performing and recording Steve Reich's seminal minimalist work Drumming.
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♫ Episode #45 – Ask Andy, Hi-Fi Equipment and Speaker Placement
March 24th, 2017 | 33 mins 8 secs
We welcome Andy Doe for another Ask Andy episode, where we discuss hi-fi equipment and speaker placement.
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♫ Episode #44 – Bootlegs, Live Tapes, and Torrents
March 17th, 2017 | 29 mins 30 secs
We discuss bootleg recordings, live recordings, and torrents.
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♫ Episode #43 – Streaming Music 2.0
March 10th, 2017 | 29 mins 24 secs
Chris Connaker joins us to discuss how music streaming service can make the next step.
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♫ Episode #42 – Song Are Atoms, and Playlists Are Molecules
March 3rd, 2017 | 30 mins 4 secs
We take a close look at playlists. What they are, where they came from, and what you can do with them.
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♫ Episode #41 – Whatever Became of EQ?
February 24th, 2017 | 28 mins
Andy Doe joins us to talk about EQ. What is it, how does it work, do you need it, and where did it go?
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♫ Episode #40 – The Revenge of Analog, with David Sax
February 17th, 2017 | 34 mins 12 secs
Author David Sax talks about his book The Revenge of Analog: why people like vinyl, and why other analog technologies are popular today.
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♫ Episode #39 – Storing Media on a Network-Attached Storage Device
February 10th, 2017 | 27 mins 59 secs
Doug and Kirk discuss storing a media library on a network-attached storage device.
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♫ Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
February 3rd, 2017 | 36 mins 27 secs
Chris Connaker went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He reports for us on new audio equipment and the MQA music format.
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♫ Episode #37 – Ripping DVDs and Blu-Rays, with Rob Griffiths
January 27th, 2017 | 30 mins 39 secs
Mac writer Rob Griffiths tells us how to efficiently rip DVDs and Blu-Rays.
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♫ Episode #36 – Music Consumption in an Era of Media Fragmentation
January 20th, 2017 | 32 mins 24 secs
Andy Doe returns to discuss how music consumption has changed in this era of fragmented media.
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♫ Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
January 13th, 2017 | 32 mins 26 secs
Musician and developer Peter Chilvers discusses making apps with Brian Eno, including the new generative music composition Reflection.
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♫ Episode #34 – The Cloud vs Syncing: Pros & Cons
January 6th, 2017 | 29 mins 43 secs
We take a look at the pros and cons of syncing music to your portable device versus using the cloud to store your music.