The Next Track

Apple’s recent operating system updates have added some changes to the Music app. We look into these features and how they affect the way you manage your music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Take Control of Mac Media Apps Patreon Doug’s Apple Scripts Our next tracks: The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys Red Devils & Mick Jagger: The Blues Session If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Composer and pianist Timo Andres worked on a new edition of Philip Glass’s piano études. He talks about these works, about what piano études are, and about Glass’s music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Guest: Timo Andres Timo Andres’s YouTube channel ‌Show notes: Timo Andres’s other episodes of The Next Track Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1-20 & Essays from 20 Fellow Artists Philip Glass: Complete Piano Études, Maki Namekawa Our next tracks: Brian Eno: Ambient 1:Music For Airports Carla Olson & Mick Taylor - Sway: The Best of Carla Olson & Mick Taylor If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Timo Andres.Support The Next Track

Discussion on the end of iTunes and the introduction of new media apps. Exploration of iTunes as a brand and its significance. Challenges of operating system updates and unifying programming languages. Dislike of Spotlight and music picks including Morton Feldman and The Who's Quadrifenia album.

We discuss Miles Davis's groundbreaking 1970 album Bitches Brew. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Bitches Brew The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Rolling Stone review of Bitches Brew Guardian review of Bitches Brew Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 8/18/1970 - Tanglewood Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West About the 4/10/70 concert Our next tracks: Phillip Glass and Paul-Leonard Morgan: The Pigeon Tunnel Medicine Head: New Bottles, Old Medicine If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Roger Waters decided to make a new version of Dark Side of the Moon. It's a mistake. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Dark Side of the Moon Gets Rogered -Episode #235 - 1973 The Wall: Film Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds Our next tracks: Bach: Art of the Fugue, Angela Hewitt Hot Tuna: Hopkorv If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

The Sphere is a huge new venue in Las Vegas, with a massive scene that provides an immersive video experience. U2 has been playing there, with concerts that combine their music with innovative visuals. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: The Sphere Behind the scenes at U2's Las Vegas Sphere residency (CBS This Morning) Behind U2's Residency at Sphere Las Vegas: Apple Music Macbeth, RSC Gilles Deleuze: Proust and Signs Our next tracks: Henry Purcell: Fantasies for the Viols The Flatmates: Potpourri: Hits, Mixes and Demos '85-'89 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Recordings change music by freezing it in time. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Hubbub (Paywall, free to read with account creation) Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers Episode #187 - Live Performances during Covid-19, and After (John Wyver on filming theater) Our next tracks: Starfield: Original Game Soundtack The Adverts: Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

A new documentary about Hipgnosis, the design team that is famous for covers of albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and many others, looks at the period when album artwork became an important element of rock albums. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art. - The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue Squaring the Circle Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres Our next tracks: Darkside Mud: Use Your Imagination If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

It's been a while since we've talked about Dolby Atmos, so we decided to discuss how much it has changed the way we (well, Kirk) listen to music. (Doug doesn't have an Atmos setup yet.) Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Episode #214 - Chris Connaker on Music with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio Sonos Arc Sonos Sub mini Gerard Cousins: The Poet Acts The Dark Side of the Rainbow Brian Eno: FOREVERANDEVERMORE Grateful Dead: Reckoning Our next tracks: The Necks: Sex Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) Note: I've listened to Sex, by The Necks, several times recently. When I went to prepare the show notes, I couldn't find it on Apple Music any more. For some reason the artist has removed this from streaming. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Doug bought a Sony Walkman (not one that plays cassettes), and we discuss personal music players, as well as boom boxes, which were collective listening devices. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: The Zen of Everything, Buddha Basics 02: Dukkha Sucks Rude Boy (don't watch this movie) Our next tracks: Sugarhill Gang: Rapper's Delight ABC: The Lexicon of Love If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track