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    Music

    The Next Track

    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.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Episode #147 - Kirk's New Sonos Amp May 03, 2019
    Show notes

    Kirk bought some new audio equipment: a Sonos Amp. We talk about how this amp works, and how it has allowed Kirk to minimalize the equipment in his home office.

    Show notes:

    • Episode #21 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Subwoofers
    • Sonos Amp
    • Music Matters, Stratford-upon-Avon
    • Yamaha R-N803 amplifier
    • dbx 286s Microphone Preamp & Channel Strip Processor
    • Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB Audio Interface
    • Episode #134 - Downsizing Your Audio System
    • Marantz Melody X (M-CR612)
    • Kirk's Audio Test Tracks (AppleMusic playlist)
    • Tangent CD II
    • Cambridge Audio AZUR 651BD

    Our next tracks:

    • J. J. Cale: Stay Around
    • Mose Allison: The Prestige Collection - Greatest Hits

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    Episode #146 - Woodstock Apr 26, 2019
    Show notes

    The 50th anniversary concert of Woodstock has been planned, and tickets were supposed to go on sale this week, yet have been delayed. We look back at the original Woodstock festival and how much the music influenced us.

    Show notes:

    • Woodstock 50
    • Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More (Wikipedia)
    • Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Wikipedia)
    • Woodstock Blu-Ray
    • Woodstock: 40 Years On
    • Woodstock history: all the bands and setlists from the original festival

    Our next tracks:

    • [Santana: Soul Sacrifice (from Woodstock); edited version from the movie (YouTube)
    • Ten Years After: Ssssh

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    Episode #145 - The Future of iTunes Redux Apr 19, 2019
    Show notes

    It’s time to have a brief discussion of the future of iTunes again. Some news has been circulating suggesting that Apple will be including separate apps for music, TV, podcasts, and books later this year. We discuss this, and how we predicted this a few months ago.

    Show notes:

    • Episode #136 - Breaking Up with iTunes?
    • Is Apple Splitting Up iTunes? Here’s How They’ll Do It

    Our next tracks:

    • Jon Savage: This searing light, the sun and everything else - Joy Division: The Oral History
    • Jo Jo Gunne: Bite Down Hard

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    Episode #144 - Cornelius Boots and His Bad-Ass Shakuhachi Apr 12, 2019
    Show notes

    Cornelius Boots is a bad-ass shakuhachi player, and Kirk's second shakuhachi teacher. Cornelius is a composer, performer, and teachers, and has just released his third album of original compositions.

    Guest:

    • Cornelius Boots
    • Sacred Root: Kung Fu Flute & Buddhist Blues (Shakuhachi Unleashed, Vol. III)
    • Green Swampy Water (video)

    Show notes:

    • Episode #96 - Kiku Day Explains the Shakuhachi
    • Taimu shakuhachi by Ken LaCosse
    • Ney flute (Wikipedia)
    • Bansuri flute (Wikipedia)

    Our next tracks:

    • Chiku Za: Take To Iki
    • T. Rex: The Slider

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    Special Guest: Cornelius Boots.

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    Episode #143 - Too Old to Rock 'n Roll Apr 05, 2019
    Show notes

    Lots of big rock stars are getting old. How much longer will these musicians be able to perform and tour?

    Show notes:

    • Since we recorded this episode, we found out what was wrong with Mick: Mick Jagger recovers in hospital after undergoing successful heart surgery
    • Kirk said musicians playing in arenas and studios; obviously he meant stadiums; or stadia, if you want to be pedantic
    • Cruise to the Edge
    • Jam Cruise
    • 27 Rockers Going Strong After 70
    • Ages of Rock Stars
    • Eric Clapton Crossroads Festival
    • Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry plug album + tour
    • The Ship of Theseus

    Our next tracks:

    • Jethro Tull: Aqualung
    • Reverend Gary Davis: Live in Newport

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    Episode #142 - Why Wi-Fi Is Important for Your Home Media Use Mar 29, 2019
    Show notes

    Most people depend on wi-fi to get data from one device to another in their home. This is the case for music and video, and having good wi-fi ensures that you can enjoy your home media without any glitches.

    Show notes:

    • Kirk's review of the NetGear Orbi
    • Wi-Fi SweetSpots
    • AirPort (Wikipedia); look for the photo of the first AirPort base station
    • NetGear Orbi outdoor unit

    Our next tracks:

    • Iron & Wine: Around the Well
    • The Greatest! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards

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    Episode #141 - Algorithms Mar 22, 2019
    Show notes

    Continuing our reunion tour, we welcome back our friend Andy Doe to talk about algorithms; how they work, and how they affect music listening.

    Guest:

    • Andy Doe
    • Proper Discord

    Show notes:

    • Algorithm: "a set of rules that precisely defines a sequence of operations" (Wikipedia)
    • Music Genome Project (Wikipedia)
    • Preparing for the Post-Album Music Industry
    • The Toubon Law requiring a quote of French content on TV and radio
    • France reduces legal quota on number of French songs DJs are forced to play (2016)

    Our next tracks:

    • Brad Mehldau Trio: Seymour Reads the Constitution!
    • KO KO MO: Technicolor Life

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    Episode #140 - The Reunion Tour Mar 15, 2019
    Show notes

    The band is back together, and we explain our new approach to the podcast. We then discuss how music may change as more people use voice assistants to request what they want to hear. And, of course, we present our own next tracks.

    Show notes:

    • Voice Assistants Will Impoverish Music
    • 36% of Americans now own smart speakers. Here’s what that means for musicians.
    • Charles Ives: Concord Sonata, Marc-André Hamelin
    • Fans buy the 'wrong' Stephen King book
    • Bob Weir: Ace

    Our next tracks:

    • Grateful Dead: Playing in the Band, 5/21/74 (on Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It)
    • Blondie: Parallel Lines

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    Episode #139 - In Which We Bid Farewell Jan 14, 2019
    Show notes

    It's been a long, strange trip, and it's time to get truckin' on.

    Show notes:

    • Doug's website
    • Kirk's website

    Thanks for helping make this a wonderful adventure. See you all again somewhere.

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    Episode #138 - A Look Back at Music We Discovered Last Year Jan 04, 2019
    Show notes

    Music discovery has changed a lot, and as the new year rolls in, it's time to look back at 2018 and the music that we have discovered.

    Show notes:

    • Greta Van Fleet: From the Fires
    • Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
    • Small Faces: Small Faces
    • Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps
    • Episode #115 - App Developer Peter Chilvers on the New Travis & Fripp Apps
    • Travis & Fripp: Between the Silence
    • Robert Fripp Soundscapes: World Financial Centre New York United States
    • Steppenwolf: For Ladies Only
    • The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons
    • John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat: Hooker 'n' Heat
    • Episode #121 - Roie Avin on Modern Prog Rock Masterpieces
    • Thank You Scientist: Stranger Heads Prevail
    • Episode #46 – Percussionist Colin Currie on Performing and Recording Steve Reich’s Drumming
    • Steve Reich: Pulse Quartet
    • Lew Lewis: Save the Wail
    • Brian Eno: Music for Installations

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