The Next Track - A podcast about how people listen to music today
Summary: Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn look at how people listen to music today. We discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio or video. We also look at hardware for listening to music: portable audio players, speakers, headphones, and home audio equipment.
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In episode #4 of The Next Track, Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn welcome special guest Andy Doe, digital music consultant and classical record label head, to discuss some streaming music shenanigans, and audio file metadata, the information that tells you who a track is by, its name, its album, and more. "This is the kind of mass-production of music that Henry Ford would have appreciated." Andy Doe. Show notes: * Andy Doe * Proper Discord Streaming music shenanigans: * Albums are getting unbearably long and sh*tty streaming rules are to blame Metadata: * Metametadata: almost everything you read about classical metadata is wrong * Dart Music Our next tracks: * Doug: Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical * Kirk: The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions, Miles Davis If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
In episode #3 of The Next Track, Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn examine the various audio file formats that you may encounter when you listen to music. You're familiar with MP3, AAC, and, perhaps, Apple Lossless, but do you know your FLAC from your AIFF, or your WAV from your Ogg Vorbis? Show notes: Audio file formats: Here's a selection of links about audio file formats, working with lossless audio, etc. * An Overview of Audio File Formats Supported By iTunes * Everything you need to know about digital audio files * The ABCs of Lossless Music Files * Wikipedia article about lossless compression * The complete guide to using iTunes with lossless audio * Why You Shouldn’t Use WAV Files with iTunes * How to Play FLAC or Other Lossless Audio Files in iTunes, with links to free apps for Mac and Windows to convert audio files to different formats * Rip To Lossless – and Never Rip Again Our next tracks: Doug: Tomita, Greatest Hits Kirk: Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin, Winterreise & Schwanengesang, by Ian Bostridge If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
In episode #2 of The Next Track, Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn take a brief look at the iTunes 12.4 update, and then discuss streaming music versus owning it. Do you want to have access to most of the recorded music available or do you want to own your music, listen to it when you want, even if labels or artists decide they don't want to play with streaming services? Show notes: News and Updates: * Kirk's review of iTunes 12.4 on Macworld * Some Minor Changes in iTunes - Kirkville Main topic, streaming versus owning music: * A New Survey of British Consumers Suggests That People Older Than 35 May Be Being “Left Out in the Cold” by Music-Streaming Services * Music Taste Matures by Age 35 (And It’s Different for Parents) * ECM Records * ECM Selected Recordings IX-XX, ECM's only album available to stream on Apple Music * Hyperion Records * Other People Records * Pandora Music Our next tracks: Doug: I Still Do, Eric Clapton Kirk: Fallen Angels, Bob Dylan If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
In episode #1 of The Next Track, Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn introduce the podcast, and explain the topics they plan to cover. They discuss streaming music and downloads, and spend some time looking at the history of music listening, from songs to albums to songs, with some tapes along the way. Then they discuss their next tracks, the music they're planning to listen to next. Show notes: * Introduction to The Next Track, and what the podcast is going to cover. * Doug Adams’ website, Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes. * Kirk McElhearn’s website, Kirkville. * Songs to albums to songs. How people listened to music over the years. First songs, then albums, and back to songs again with streaming. * All or Nothing at All, documentary about Frank Sinatra. Available on HBO in the US, and on Netflix in some other countries. * Leonard Bernstein Edition (Sony), Leonard Bernstein Collection (DG). * The Who, Live at Leeds, Deluxe Edition. * Grateful Dead, Dave's Picks Vol. 18, Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA 7/17/76 * Woodstock: 40 Years On. Even better, the Woodstock movie, director's cut, on Blu-Ray with lots of footage that wasn't in the original film. * Janis: Little Girl Blue * Festival Express Our next tracks: Doug: Live at Winterland '68, Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company Kirk: Surprise, Paul Simon If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
