The Next Track - A podcast about how people listen to music today

Doug and Kirk tell you everything you ever wanted to know about album artwork in digital files. Sponsor: Rogue Ameoba's Loopback. For cable-free audio routing when recording and playing audio on your Mac, use Loopback. Download the free trial from Rogue Amoeba, then save 20% with coupon code NEXTTRACK. Check out Loopback now. Show notes: * Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes * Size of Artwork * Sort by Artwork Size * iTunes Artwork Finder * ImageOptim * Deleting the iTunes Album Artwork Cache Folder May Resolve Problems with Album Art Displaying * Is Artwork Embedded * Tracks Without Embedded Artwork to Playlist * Re-Embed Artwork * Coverscope * Re-Apply Downsized Artwork * Find Album Artwork with Google * Search CD Universe for Album * Search SlothRadio for Artwork * Search Amazon Book Covers * Save Album Art to Album Folder * Save Album Art as folder.jpg * Restore Artwork From Album Folder Our next tracks: * Kirk: Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus, by Marc-André Hamelin * Doug: Dan Baird: SoLow If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Author Will Romano discusses his new book, Close to the Edge, How Yes's Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock. This week's guest: * Will Romano Show notes: * Close to the Edge * Close to the Edge: How Yes's Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock * Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock * Prog Rock FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Rock's Most Progressive Music * Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock Our next tracks: * Kirk: Genesis: Foxtrot * Doug: Yes: Yessongs If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Chris Connaker joins us to discuss simple and elaborate audio systems. How many devices can you have in your audio chain? Chris surprises us with some of his. This week's guest: * Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website Show notes: * Audiophiles in Japan are installing their own electricity poles * dCS * Linear power supplies * Cable lifters? * Screw-in pointy things * IsoAcoustic speaker stands * Gear acquisition syndrome * A Beginners’ Guide To Acoustic Treatment * Feng shui Our next tracks: * Kirk: Matthias Goerne: Schubert Lieder * Doug: Status Quo; The Last Night of the Electrics If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We ask Andy Doe why classical concerts have such rigid traditions and etiquette regarding audience reactions. And we discuss the Bravo Guy, present at concert halls around the world. Note: We apologize that this episode runs a bit longer than usual, but it was too interesting and too much fun to cut. This week's guest: * Andy Doe * Proper Discord Show notes: * Murray Perahia and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, April 5, 2017 * András Schiff - Beethoven, the 32 Sonatas * András Schiff - Encores After Beethoven * In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores * The rules for Hilary Hahn's encore contest * Alex Ross: Hold Your Applause: Inventing and Reinventing the Classical Concert (PDF) Our next tracks: * Kirk: DeJohnette Grenadier Medeski Scofield: Hudson * Doug: The Suburbs: Hey Muse! If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Journalist Geoff Edgers joins us to discuss his Washington Post article about the slow death of the electric guitar. Sponsor: Rogue Ameoba's Audio Hijack. If you can hear it on your Mac, you can record it with Audio Hijack. Download the free trial from Rogue Amoeba, then save 20% with coupon code NEXTTRACK. Check out Audio Hijack now. This week's guest: * Geoff Edgers on the Washington Post Show notes: * Why my guitar gently weeps - The slow, secret death of the six-string electric. And why you should care. * How Much Did This Guitar Story Cost Me? $2,376.99 - The story behind my story on the death of the electric guitar * Behind the scenes of ‘The slow death of the electric guitar’ – a.k.a. how we got paid to set a guitar on fire * Fender Play * Tom Feldmann * Toby Walker * School of Rock * ♫ Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres Our next tracks: * Kirk: Santana - Soul Sacrifice (Live at Woodstock 1969) * Doug: Adrian Belew - Desire of the Rhino King If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We take a look back at the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, in 1967. One correction. I said that Bob Dylan didn't release any albums in 1967. That's false; John Wesley Harding was released on December 27 of that year. * Summer of Love * The Monterey Pop Festival * The Acid Tests * Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival * Newport Jazz Festival * Newport Folk Festival * The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (film) * Long Strange Trip * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Super Deluxe Ed * Events of 1967 * Our World * Magical Mystery Tour * 1967 in Film * 1967 in Music Our next tracks: * Kirk: Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow * Doug: Traffic: Mr. Fantasy If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Author David Weigel joins us to discuss his book The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock. This week's guest: * Dave Weigel's website * David Weigel's writing on the Washington Post Show notes: * The Show that Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock * Dave Weigel's Prog Spring series on Slate * Mark Prindle's record reviews * King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King * Wollman Skating Rink New York Concert Setlists * Tangerine Dream: Encore: Live Our next tracks: * Kirk: Yes: Close to the Edge * Doug: Family: Bandstand If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Andy Doe joins us to take a close look at optical discs: CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, but also HDCDs, DVD-As, and more. I bet you didn't know how many kinds of optical disc there are... "It is the betamax of audio formats..." Show notes: * Optical disc - Wikipedia * Compact disc - Wikipedia * Compact Disc Digital Audio - Wikipedia * Close to the Edge * Nyquist frequency - Wikipedia * 44,100 Hz - Wikipedia * Error detection and correction * Pulse-code modulation * Super Audio CD * Hybrid disc * DVD-Audio * Mode Records DVD-A releases * High Fidelity Pure Audio (Blu-Ray Audio) * HDCD * Grateful Dead * Cambridge Audio 651BD * Compressed audio optical disc (MP3 CD) Our next tracks: * Kirk: Miles Davis: Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings, 1951-1956 * Doug: Slim Gaillard: Slim Gaillard Rides Again If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We take a close look at iTunes playlists, how they work, what you can do with them, and how you can bend them to your will. Sponsor: Rogue Ameoba's Audio Hijack. If you can hear it on your Mac, you can record it with Audio Hijack. Download the free trial from Rogue Amoeba, then save 20% with coupon code NEXTTRACK. Check out Audio Hijack now. Show notes: * Episode #49 – Common Misconceptions about iTunes * Model-view-controller (Wikipedia) * Understanding iTunes Library Files * iTunes playlist windows are back AppleScripts mentioned: * Delete Empty Playlists * Merge-Delete Playlists * Smarts * Playlists Info * Show In Playlists Our next tracks: * Kirk: Jackson Browne: Running on Empty * Doug: The Heavy: The House That Dirt Built If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Chris Connaker, of ComputerAudiophile.com, joins us to talk about the most interesting audio hardware he saw - and heard - at this year's Munich High End Audio Show. This week's guest: * Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website Show notes: * High End Munich * Focal Grand Utopia EM speakers * Focal Utopia headphones * McIntosh * Constellation Audio Leo * Devialet Phantom speaker * Marten Coltrane 3 * Elac Adante speakers * DCS Vivaldi DAC * Innuos music servers * Audeze LCDi4 in-ear earphone Our next tracks: * Kirk: Penguin Café: The Imperfect Sea * Doug: Jimmy Smith: Root Down If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Guitarist Woody Mann joins us to discuss his documentary about the life of the great blues and gospel musician Rev. Gary Davis. This week's guest: * Woody Mann Show notes: * Harlem Street Singer (documentary) * Harlem Street Singer (album) * Empire Roots Band - music from the documentary Harlem Street Singer * Students of Rev. Gary Davis * Say No to the Devil: The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davis, Ian Zack * Hot Tuna - First Pull Up, Then Pull Down Our next tracks: * Kirk: Brad Mehldau: Songs: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3 * Doug: The Regrettes: Feel Your Feelings Fool! If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We welcome author and Dylanologist Andrew Muir to talk about Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour, and his recent concerts in the UK. Just a quick note: we've posted a brief survey about The Next Track, and we would love it if you could take the two minutes to answer a dozen questions about the podcast, how you listen, what you like, and feel free to suggest any topics you'd like us to cover. This week's guest: * Andrew Muir Show notes: * One More Night: Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour * Bob Dylan tour dates * Bob Dylan setlists * Bob Dylan: Chronicles, Volume One * Dylan & the Dead * Wikipedia article about the Never Ending Tour; includes a timeline of the band members Bob Dylan's gambler's hat: Full audio of Bob Dylan's concert in Bournemouth, May 4, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/embed/5T_EYxBmO8M Our next tracks: * Kirk: Apple Music playlist, Erased Tapes Essentials * Doug: Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We mark the end of The Next Track's first year with a review of our most interesting episodes. Just a quick note: we've posted a brief survey about The Next Track, and we would love it if you could take the two minutes to answer a dozen questions about the podcast, how you listen, what you like, and feel free to suggest any topics you'd like us to cover. Show notes: * Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs * Episode #2 – To Stream or to Own Music? * Episode #3 – Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Audio File Formats * Episode #9 – Will Hermes on Discovering New Music * Episode #15 – What is Mastering and Remastering? * Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music * Episode #20 – You Think You Know about the Blues? Eliah Wald on the History of the Blues * Episode #23 – David Browne on the History of the Grateful Dead * Episode #24 – Composer Timo Andres on Contemporary Classical Music, Episode #25 – Composer Timo Andres on Contemporary Classical Music, Part 2 * Episode #27 – Composing Music for Stage and Screen, with Paul Englishby * Episode #28 – Music and Mystery: Author Peter Robinson on Music in His Novels * Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection * Episode #40 – The Revenge of Analog, with David Sax * Episode #46 – Percussionist Colin Currie on Performing and Recording Steve Reich’s Drumming * Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres * Episode #10 – Setting Up a Home Media Server * Episode #16 – Managing and Storing Digital Media Files *

We welcome Andy Doe to discuss the pros and cons of vinyl versus CD. Just a quick note: we've posted a brief survey about The Next Track, and we would love it if you could take the two minutes to answer a dozen questions about the podcast, how you listen, what you like, and feel free to suggest any topics you'd like us to cover. This week's guest: * Andy Doe * Proper Discord Show notes: * Do Vinyl Records Sound Better than CDs? (Spoiler: Nope) * ♫ Episode #15 – What is Mastering and Remastering? * Neil Young Criticizes the Vinyl Resurgence: and He’s Right * Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty * Bob Dylan: Triplicate * Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Carlos Kleiber * The Tape Project * Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians * Not mentioned in the show, but Andy wanted us to add this: Video explaining how digital sampling works Our next tracks: * Kirk: Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago Transit Authority * Doug: The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Developer Paul Kafasis joins us to discuss in-house streaming: AirPlay, Bluetooth, and Google Cast. This week's guest: * Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Software Show notes: * Episode #43 – Streaming Music 2.0 * Episode #47 – 10 Ways to Connect Your Computer to Your Stereo * Kirk's Yamaha R-N301 * Rogue Amoeba's AirFoil * Google Chromecast Our next tracks: * Kirk: Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed * Doug: David Lindley: El Rayo-X If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.