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24 alternatives to Song Exploder - 54: Chet Faker

The Australian songwriter describes writing his song "Gold"

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Song Exploder - 54: Chet Faker launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Reply All - #39 Exploder▲84
Hrishikesh Hirway (of Song Exploder) interviews the mysteri…
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Song Exploder - Jeremy Zuckerman▲56
Deconstructing the final scene's score of "Legend of Korra"
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Song Exploder - Björk▲54
Björk traces her writing/recording process for "Stonemilker"
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Song Exploder - The Arcs: Put a Flower in Your Pocket▲67
A new project from Dan of The Black Keys
2015 · its alternatives →
5
Song Exploder - Sylvan Esso, "Coffee"▲70
Sylvan Esso breaks down how the song "Coffee" was written a…
2015 · its alternatives →
6
Song Exploder - Clipping - Work Work▲61
Break down of Work Work by Clipping
2016 · its alternatives →
7
A Song a Day▲158
For those "too busy" to discover new music.
2014 · its alternatives →
8
Song Exploder: Weezer▲65
Rivers Cuomo explains his process for creating a hit song
2016 · its alternatives →
9
Song Exploder - Odesza, "Kusanagi"▲55
Breakdown of Odesza's mystic track
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Song Exploder- Natalia Lafourcade- Hasta la Raíz▲55
Natalia Lafourcade breaks down her Grammy-winning song
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Song Exploder - 51: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS▲66
Stephin Merritt breaks down the song “Andrew in Drag”
2015 · its alternatives →
12
Morning Short 11: "His Masterpiece" By Banjo Paterson▲52
Australian Cowboys Tell Crazy Tales From The Bush
2016 · its alternatives →
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Riffusion with Lyrics▲186
Almost a year ago someone stumbled upon our hobby project and posted it to HN (edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33999162). It was magical to see so many of you enjoy something we built for our love of music. We’re back today with a real product and are excited to see what you think! riffusion.com lets you create original music via short, shareable audio clips called “riffs”. You describe the lyrics and a musical style to generate riffs complete with singing and custom artwork in a few seconds. From inspiring musicians, to wishing your mom a ‘good morning!’, we are…
2023 · riffusion.com · its alternatives →
14
Rocketship.fm - Taking Sh*t and Turning it Into Gold w/ Steli Efti▲67
Steli talks mastering emotions, entrepreneurship...
2016 · its alternatives →
15
RANDOM BADASSERY--Bob Dylan to Paul Auster▲61
Public persona, artists as fans, workflowy, apple tv
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Musicgeeks▲132
Discover one amazing new song, every day
2014 · its alternatives →
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Pitch - Cover songs▲60
The do's and don'ts and why they are important
2015 · its alternatives →
18
These Lyrics Do Not Exist▲118
Song lyrics generated for any topic using AI
2019 · its alternatives →
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Song Exploder Podcast▲2
Musicians tell the story of how their songs were made.
2015 · its alternatives →
20HM
Hype Machine - 5+ years of Internet music history▲109
2013 · blog.hypem.com · its alternatives →
21
WTF with Marc Maron - 648: James Taylor▲66
The legendary singer/song writer chats with Marc
2015 · its alternatives →
22
Songdrop▲69
Pinterest for music
2013 · its alternatives →
23
How Music Works by David Byrne▲61
The joy, physics and business of making music
2015 · its alternatives →
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Song Exploder - Ramin Djawadi▲53
Game of Thrones (main title theme)
2016 · its alternatives →

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