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24 alternatives to Song Exploder - The Arcs: Put a Flower in Your Pocket

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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 - The Arcs: Put a Flower in Your Pocket launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Song Exploder - Björk▲54

   Björk traces her writing/recording process for "Stonemilker"

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Song Exploder - Jeremy Zuckerman▲56

   Deconstructing the final scene's score of "Legend of Korra"

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3AA
   An attempt to rethink a music sequencer design▲305

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Reply All - #39 Exploder▲84

   Hrishikesh Hirway (of Song Exploder) interviews the mysteri…

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   A Song a Day▲158

   For those "too busy" to discover new music.

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Hacklily – sheet music editor▲285

   2018 · hacklily.org · its alternatives →

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   A curated library of free music for content creators▲239

   2018 · cchound.com · its alternatives →

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   Flash Gordon▲78

   They got the Hair perfect! And the music is by Queen :)

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Harmopark – Web tool to visually build chords and progressions▲153

   2019 · harmopark.app · its alternatives →

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    Song Exploder - Clipping - Work Work▲61

    Break down of Work Work by Clipping

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Auxy 2.0▲98

    A music studio in your pocket

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    I made this: ShoutFast▲32

    This is our entry in the "spontaneous event creation" ring. I'd love to hear what HN readers think!

    2011 · shoutfast.com · its alternatives →

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    The Artist Hunt▲108

    An intuitive way to discover music

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Hum▲84

    Songwriting for iPhone

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Sharp11 – Music Theorization and Improvisation Engine▲113

    2016 · julianrosenblum.com · its alternatives →

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    Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)▲118

    2013 · blynde.com · its alternatives →

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    Sparks▲128

    The best way to express what you really think (w/ GIFs)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Songdrop▲69

    Pinterest for music

    2013 · its alternatives →

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    Song Branch▲70

    An interactive song lyric visualization experiment.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Jam Looper▲97

    A simple & fun way to make music.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    We made this 'Pandora for Music Videos', let me know what you think.▲37

    2010 · viddyjam.com · its alternatives →

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    Song Exploder - Ramin Djawadi▲53

    Game of Thrones (main title theme)

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Song Exploder - Sylvan Esso, "Coffee"▲70

    Sylvan Esso breaks down how the song "Coffee" was written a…

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Arranger!▲70

    A musical journey

    2016 · its alternatives →

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