Best Composer S Studio Podcasts (2025)

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Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too 58:08

6d ago58:08

58:08

Software Engineers Dustin Lam and Yigit Boyar join host Tor Norbye to chat all about Kotlin Multiplatform. Resources: Tor’s Bluesky → https://goo.gle/4iLXEAg Yigit’s Bluesky → https://goo.gle/4dmsYVj

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Linting on the Side of Caution: Safety & Security 50:31

1M ago50:31

50:31

What is app safety for Android? What is the Android team working on to ensure developers and users alike enjoy safe and reliable apps? Watch along as Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, Romain Guy, Theresa Khuu, Naheed Vora take a deep dive backstage and discuss what’s new in the Android safety space. Resources: Enhanced Tools for Secure & Efficient Developmen…

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Episode 213: Compose runtime and performance 56:56

2M ago56:56

56:56

In this episode, Tor and Romain chat with Leland and Chuck from the Compose team about performance -- recent optimizations, upcoming optimizations, and challenges. Leland: @intelligibabble.bsky.social Chuck: @chuckjaz.bsky.social Tor: @tornorbye.bsky.social Romain: @romainguy, @romainguy.dev, [email protected] Catch videos on YouTube → ht…

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Episode 212: Happy birthday, Android Studio! 1:00:50

4M ago1:00:50

1:00:50

In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Xav and Jamal from the Android Studio team to talk about the history of Android’s IDE. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Topic of the day - Android Studio releases (00:59) What was before Android studio? (2:33) Eclipse (7:22) Jamal joins Android (13:56) Android studio 1.0 (16:40) Android studio 1.0 - launch (21:…

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Episode 211: Rules about performance tools 1:10:15

6M ago1:10:15

1:10:15

In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Shai Barack about how the Android platform team studies performance and understands system health - and what is system health anyway? We talk about measuring performance, deciding trade-offs, and our favorite tools such as Perfetto, Compiler Explorer, and Android Studio's Memory Profiler. Chapters: Int…

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Torroba Concierto De Castilla and Solo Works Renata Tarrago 48:34

6M ago48:34

48:34

Spanish Music For Guitar- Odyssey 32 16 0113, 1967 Mono reissue of the 1962 original Renata Tarrago 1927-2005 Catalan guitarist Torroba Concierto de Castilla Side 1 Selected Solo Works Side 2 Side 1 Adagio, Allegro Moderato Lovely opening movement, lots of bravado. Movement ends like a sportscar zooming into the garage Andante Listen for the bells …

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Special Episode 10-31-2024-Update 7:35

6M ago7:35

7:35

The Classical Guitar LPs podcast has been quiet for a while. Aaron checks in with the audience and explains. Thanks for listening

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Episode 210: Studio Jewelry 50:38

7M ago50:38

50:38

In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Sebastiano about how the Android Studio team builds UIs. We talk about how Compose for Desktop is used in parts of Android Studio and how the Compose Markdown renderer available in the Jewel library makes Studio Bot tick. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Android Dev UX team (00:39) What kind of libraries and la…

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Episode 209: Compose animations 59:36

8M ago59:36

59:36

In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Doris Liu from the Compose team about animations in Compose -- covering everything from the basic primitives up to the recently added Shared Element Transitions. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Animation capabilities of Compose (1:06) Different types of animation specs (3:43) Layers of functionality, transitio…

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Episode 208: Micro optimizations 51:12

10M ago51:12

51:12

In this episode Tor and Romain find themselves without a guest and decide to chat about micro optimizations and writing custom tools. Tor and Romain Chapters: Intro (00:00) Micro optimizations (00:32) Kotlin explorer (3:25) Avoiding object allocations (6:49) Code Inefficiencies (8:10) Compilers (12:13) Understand assembly with AI (18:39) Layout opt…

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Julian Bream Rodrigo, Britten, Vivaldi [RCA LSC-2730, 1964] 48:07

10M ago48:07

48:07

The commentary was recorded on location in Portland, OR with my remote equipment. I picked up this record at Bach & Rock in Astoria, OR while my family was out sightseeing. Listen as Aaron gives poignant commentary on a beautiful recording by Julian Bream

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Episode 207: AI development assistance 52:20

11M ago52:20

52:20

In this episode we talk with Kathy Korevec from the AIDA team at Google about AI assisted developer tools, such as Android Studio -- which is using Gemini AI models provided by AIDA. Romain, Kathy, and Tor Kathy: twitter.com/simpsoka Romain: @romainguy, threads.net/@romainguy, [email protected] Tor: threads.net/@tor.norbye and tornorbye@a…

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Eduardo Falu Una Guitarra Por El Mundo [Phillips 600-244, 1969] 46:17

11M ago46:17

46:17

Aaron returns after a busy semester of teaching for a new episode of a "Guitarist I have never heard of playing music I have never heard". This should be a treat, enjoy and listen to our back episodes

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Episode 206: Make it faster 1:00:52

12M ago1:00:52

1:00:52

In this episode we cover ADB -- not "Android Developers Backstage", but "Android Debug Bridge", the technology powering device connections. Romain and Tor talk with Fabien Sanglard from the Android Studio team on his work to improve the debug stack -- including the new USB speed detection feature recently unveiled at Google I/O. Chapters: Intro (00…

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Episode 205: Time for Playtime 46:50

1y ago46:50

46:50

In this episode, Tor, Romain, and Chet talk with Aurash Mahbod from the Play Games team at Google -- covering trends in mobile games, challenges for Android games developers, console games, and more! Chapters: Intro (00:00) What’s Aurash working on currently? (02:40) How much is Play store providing users with content based on previous interests? (…

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John Williams Plays Music From Englad, Japan, and Latin American [M35123, 1973] Columbia Masterworks M 52:27

1y ago52:27

52:27

Aaron breaks down a fabulous John Williams record from 1973. Spotify and YouTube has video of the Podcast.

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Episode 204: Fan’otations 52:33

1y ago52:33

52:33

In this episode, Tor, Romain, and Chet talk about one of Tor’s favorite topics: Lint! Specifically, we talk about Lint checks and the annotations that use them to enable better, more robust, and more self-documenting APIs. Lint: It’s not just for pockets anymore. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Lint checks for annotations (01:50) Lint checks in Android (05…

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An Andres Segovia Recital Decca DL 9633, 1952 1:04:39

1+ y ago1:04:39

1:04:39

Aaron breaks down his absolute FAVORITE Classical Guitar LP by the legendary Andres Segovia. This is the first video podcast, where available

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Episode 203: (W)rap 58:19

1+ y ago58:19

58:19

In this episode, Tor, Romain, and Chet talk about some of the many things that happened this year in the world of Android development, including new devices and form factors, tool improvements, AndroidX features and libraries, and Jetpack Compose releases. And any tech podcast would be remiss without mentioning AI/ML, so we talk about that too. Tor…

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Episode 202: AndroidX, Gradle and Metalava 53:56

1+ y ago53:56

53:56

In this episode, Tor and Romain chat with Aurimas Liutikas from the AndroidX team. Topics include performance tuning the AndroidX Gradle builds using configuration caching, local caching and remote caching, as well as tracking API compatibility using the Metalava tool. Aurimas, Romain and Tor Romain: @romainguy, threads.net/@romainguy, romainguy@an…

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Angel Romero, Spanish Virtuoso [Angel S536094, 1975) 55:05

1+ y ago55:05

55:05

Aaron breaks down an "ok" classical guitar record from 1976 by the fabulous Angel Romero. Also a shoutout to the group at FeedSpot.com, who has recognized CGLPs as one of the top classical guitar podcasts.

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Episode 201: Firebase in Android Studio 44:53

1+ y ago44:53

44:53

In this episode, Tor and Romain chat with Greg Baker and Joe Baker-Malone about exciting new Android Studio features made possible by Firebase integration. Physical device streaming allows you to connect remotely to physical devices hosted in Google’s secure data centers and use them for all your development needs. We also explore other time saving…

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The Artistry of Vicente Gomez [Decca DL 8965, 1960] 52:54

1+ y ago52:54

52:54

Aaron breaks down this "ok" Classical Guitar LP from 1960. There is some nice work on this recording some, rare pieces by a very young Pepe Romero that he has never heard before.

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Two Favorite Guitar Concertos John Williams Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra 1:05:28

1+ y ago1:05:28

1:05:28

Hear Aaron summarize the 1966 Columbia release

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Episode 200: WebGPU 50:26

1+ y ago50:26

50:26

In this episode, Chet and Romain speak with Ken Russell and Corentin Wallez from the WebGPU team. WebGPU is a new API that brings modern GPU rendering and compute functionality to web and other platforms (including Android!). We talk about the genesis and capabilities of WebGPU, WGSL (WebGPU’s new shading language), the state of WebGL (the predeces…

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July 30th, 2023 checking in 3:43

2y ago3:43

3:43

Aaron sends out a message to the audience members letting everyone know why it's been quiet during the month of July. The plan is to have a couple of new episodes by August 15th. In the meantime enjoy the back episodes going back to the first episode of the Andres Segovia guitar recital

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Episode 199: Compose performance 1:02:25

2y ago1:02:25

1:02:25

This time, Romain, Tor, and Chet talk with Leland Richardson, George Mount, and Chuck Jazdzewski from the Jetpack Compose team about performance. The team has been looking at performance issues recently and discusses what they’ve found, what gotchas lie in wait for library developers, what tools and compilers can magically handle for you... and wha…

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Springtime In Aranjuez Romantic Guitar Music Narciso Yepes, Sigfried Behrend [Deutsche Grammophon 413261-1, 1981] 1:06:35

2y ago1:06:35

1:06:35

Aaron discusses a very nice collection of (mostly) 2nd movement Adagio pieces on a fabulous recording.

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Episode 198: Location location location, revisited 44:24

2y ago44:24

44:24

Since our original episode on location nearly nine years ago, a lot has happened in the location support for Android. In this episode, Wyatt Riley and Roy Want answer all of Tor's questions about how it works and cover recent developments like indoor location, elevation, and some tips for developers. Wyatt, Roy and Tor. Links: Getting started guide…

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Rodrigo Concierto Madrigal Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre Pepe & Angel Romero 1:05:50

2y ago1:05:50

1:05:50

Aaron breaks down a killer LP from 1975 of Pepe & Angel Romero playing the music of Joaquin Rodrigo

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Episode 197: Studio Bot 46:00

2y ago46:00

46:00

You saw it at Google I/O - now you can hear about it in the comfort of your own headphones! Tor, Romain, and Chet talk with Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team about the just-launched Studio Bot. This new AI-powered assistant enables conversational queries in the IDE to help with coding, commenting, confusion, or if you jus…

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Music For Voice & Guitar Bream Pears Britten Oltman Powell [RCA Red Seal (reissue) 1975] 1:23:43

2y ago1:23:43

1:23:43

Aaron brings in an old friend Matt Oltman (2002 GRAMMY®-AWARD WINNER) as a guest host to discuss all things Bream, Pears, Britten voice and guitar.

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Episode 196: Android Studio, behind the scenes 49:08

2y ago49:08

49:08

Raluca Sauciuc joins Tor and Romain to talk about what goes on behind the scenes in Android Studio. Raluca takes us through the tools and workflows used by the Android Studio team to improve performance and memory usage, and avoid future regressions. She also explains how the team adopts new versions of the IntelliJ IDE and platform, and how they c…

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Episode 195: Mainlining 44:59

2y ago44:59

44:59

Chet and Romain talk to Jeff Hamilton and Anton Hansson from the Mainline team about "modular system components", and the new SDK extension framework which lets developers access them. Anton Hansson top right, and Jeff Hamilton bottom left, with Romain and Chet Blog post: https://goo.gle/3S1c3g4 AndroidX convenience constants, e.g. T_EXTENSION_INT:…

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400 Years of the Classical Guitar, Alrio Diaz Everest 3155 1966 [Reissue of 1959 Original Recording] 1:04:28

2+ y ago1:04:28

1:04:28

Aaron is excited to finally be able to present a recording of the great pedagogue Alrio Diaz. Many, many copies of printed music are in Aaron's personal library and edited by Alrio Diaz, but this is a first to hear of his recorded works, and it is well worth it, to be sure

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John Williams Plays Manuel Ponce CBS Masterworks M 35820, 1978 1:02:43

2+ y ago1:02:43

1:02:43

Aaron gives an honest and fair summary of the 1978 recording of John Williams Plays Manuel Ponce

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Episode 194: Subtext 53:14

2+ y ago53:14

53:14

This time, Tor, Romain, and Chet were joined by Siyamed Sinir and Sean McQuillan from the Android Text team to talk about, well, text. Which, it turns out, is a very deep, complicated, and constantly evolving technology. The conversation covered everything from the fundamentals of the text stack on Android to the capabilities and implementation of …

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Three Centuries of the Guitar, Andres Segovia [MCA 2523, 1961] 1:01:12

2+ y ago1:01:12

1:01:12

Aaron gives his impressions and reactions to the 1961 recording Three Centuries of Guitar. This is actually a 1973 repressing, as the original recording was on the Decca label. Wonderful music on this episode, my favorite being the Homage to Boccherini by Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, written in 1933.

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Elizabethan Guitar Music [Musical Heritage Society 1950, 1973] 52:06

2+ y ago52:06

52:06

Aaron analyzes some rarely-heard music from Elizabethan England, on this 1973 MHS recording

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J.S. Bach Lute Suites 996, 997 Goran Sollscher [Deutsche Grammophon 410 643-1, 1983] 59:23

2+ y ago59:23

59:23

Listen to Aaron analyze the 1983 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Goran Sollscher on the 11 string guitar, with first hand insight from the performer.

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Episode 193: Kotlin 45:53

2+ y ago45:53

45:53

In this episode, James Ward joins Chet, Tor, and Romain to talk about Kotlin. We talked about Kotlin Multiplatform (both KMP and KMM) and what’s coming for Kotlin in 2023, especially the new K2 frontend. James, Tor, Romain, and Chet. Links: Kotlin Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) Jetpack Multiplatform Libraries Compose M…

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The Intimate Bach Volume 2 Laurindo Almeida [Capitol, 1960 SP 8582] 55:02

2+ y ago55:02

55:02

Aaron analyzes the 1960 LP entitled The Intimate Bach Volume 2 Laurindo Almeida. It is a wonderful recording with the help of a French Horn and a Viola as well! This is the first episode of season 7

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Episode 192: The Path Forward 57:48

2+ y ago57:48

57:48

This time, Romain and Chet ditched Tor so that they could geek out about graphics, talking about paths, Bézier curves, morphing, and more. Romain and Chet alone in the recording Studio. Links: V9: Vector 9-patches Pathway: Path data querying Android Path Shape Shifter Bézier Primer The Beauty of Bézier Curves Chet: @chethaase Romain: @romainguy…

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Episode 191: Compose Lazy Layouts 51:53

2+ y ago51:53

51:53

We recorded episode 191 from the studio in the London office, where Rebecca Franks from the developer relations team joined Chet as a guest host. We talked with Andrei Shikov, Matvei Malkov, and Andrey Kulikov from the Jetpack Compose engineering team about layouts, especially the lazy ones, which are the Compose equivalent of RecyclerView. Rebecca…

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Julian Bream & John Williams Live Sides 3&4 [RCA Red Seal ARL 2-3090, 1979] 49:39

2+ y ago49:39

49:39

Aaron wraps up the 5th season of the Classical Guitar LPs podcast with this wonderful recording of Julian Bream & John Williams from 1979. Listen to music performed on two guitars that is very unique and moving

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Julian Bream & John Williams Live Sides 1&2 [RCA Red Seal ARL 2-3090, 1979] 44:51

2+ y ago44:51

44:51

Aaron wraps up the 5th season of the Classical Guitar LPs podcast with this wonderful recording of Julian Bream & John Williams from 1979. Listen to music performed on two guitars that is very unique and moving

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Episode 190: Performance Review 52:57

2+ y ago52:57

52:57

In this episode, Tor and Chet learn some more about performance from Carmen. Carmen works on the Android Platform Performance team and is an expert on everything related to performance. This is the perfect episode for you if you ever wanted to learn more about R8, perfetto, baseline profiles, custom performance tracing, power metrics, etc. Tor, Car…

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Four Centuries of Italian Guitar Ernesto Bitetti [Turnabout Vox TV 34680, 1975] 58:35

2+ y ago58:35

58:35

Aaron discusses the 1975 album of 400 years of Italian Guitar music, and includes a funny story that occurred during a performance at the Drake Observatory

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The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos and Solo Works [Mercury SR90417, 1965] 48:15

2+ y ago48:15

48:15

Aaron breaks down the album by Spain's Royal Family of the Guitar. The Quartet plays several pieces and we hear solo works by Celindonio, Celin and Angel. Pepe only plays on the quartet tracks, but don't be disappointed--this is an awesome recording from a year of awesome recordings, 1965

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Episode 189: Video Conference 50:06

2+ y ago50:06

50:06

In this episode (the first in-studio-with-guests recording since early 2020!), Tor and Chet spoke with Marc Bächinger, Toni Heidenreich, and Andrew Lewis from the Android Media team, where they work on video technologies and APIs like ExoPlayer. We talked about the evolution of ExoPlayer and platform media capabilities as well as ongoing and near-f…

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