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 #294: Desert Island Bass Players
November 6th, 2024 | 33 mins 15 secs
With the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, we talk about the bass players we would take to a desert island.
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Episode #293: Desert Island Discs Redux
October 23rd, 2024 | 30 mins 9 secs
We discuss desert island discs as a thought experiment, though we didn't agree on the ground rules.
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Episode #292: Music as Product
October 9th, 2024 | 32 mins
Music is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted.
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Episode #291: Why Can't Concerts Be More Interesting?
September 25th, 2024 | 27 mins 57 secs
Kirk attended a unique concert recently, and Doug and Kirk discuss how concerts could be more interesting.
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Episode #290: Why Most People Have Better Audio on Their TV Systems
September 11th, 2024 | 31 mins 11 secs
People are more likely to have good audio for their TV, to watch movies and films, than for music these days.
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Episode #289: Audio Gear and Firmware: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
August 28th, 2024 | 29 mins 56 secs
Don't buy hi-fi audio equipment that needs firmware updates. (This means you, Sonos.)
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Episode #288: Merch
August 14th, 2024 | 26 mins 32 secs
It's tough to make money in the music business. So artists sell merch.
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Episode #287: The Summer Doldrums
July 31st, 2024 | 29 mins 57 secs
It's the summer of Apple beta software. We chat a bit about the Music app, new operating systems, and how Apple's AI could affect Apple Music.
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Episode #285: Is Classic Rock the New Classical Music
July 3rd, 2024 | 27 mins 39 secs
No one gets up in the morning and says, “I want to be in a classic rock band.”
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Episode #284: You Can't Beat the System
June 19th, 2024 | 29 mins 2 secs
Something always goes wrong. "The grass may look great, but it's not real grass."
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Episode #283: Another Green World
June 5th, 2024 | 30 mins 1 sec
Doug and Kirk discuss one of Brian Eno's best early albums, Another Green World.
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Episode #282: Embracing the CD Revival
May 22nd, 2024 | 29 mins 54 secs
Continuing with our multi-episode arc, we discuss the joys of listening to CDs.
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Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear
May 8th, 2024 | 31 mins 36 secs
Kirk buys new audio gear for the first time in several years. Tech doesn't always work.
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Episode #280: When CDs Won’t Play, and Other Tech Tales
April 24th, 2024 | 29 mins 21 secs
Tech is full of surprises.
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Episode #279: Lyrics
April 10th, 2024 | 27 mins 10 secs
We discuss lyrics in popular music. Have they become simpler and angrier over the years?