Listen to the stuff you don’t like!
The podcast Song Exploder is great in every way -- well-produced, interesting, fun, inspiring, and taste-expanding. The first few episodes made me think that I would be listening to this podcast despite the music it focused on; of the first ten episodes, only two have songs that are to my taste and at least two are about songs that I would never, ever care to hear for pleasure. I think, however, that this might be the best quality of the podcast for me now. I started listening to Song Exploder on the recommendation of a friend who co-hosts her own podcast about music, and her taste and mine don't exactly match up, either. (Her co-host and I have fundamentally different opinions on Radiohead, and that will be the subject of another post, another day.) I like that I'm hearing the careful explanation of how songs that sound uninteresting to me were created -- it's an ear-opener to hear the choices that the artists made and the constituent pieces of their songs. And as a bonus, the two that were about songs I liked seemed like the best ever. I encourage you to check out Song Exploder and to start from the beginning, even if there are some artists you don't care for.Read full review »
BennettRadio via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/07/14
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This podcast is really interesting. If you play or record in any capacity it's inspiring to hear how other musicians flesh out out their parts and contribute to the end result...you hear the song writer let the original concept become what it needs to be... Music lovers that aren't...Read full review »
nicksjunk via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/19/14
Fantastic first episode! I've heard that song a thousand times and now it's new again. Keep up the good work.Read full review »
Chris Kampmeier via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/01/14
I really love this concept and enjoyed the content of the first show, but I did feel like I wanted more. When the podcast ended I was dissappointed that there really wasn't much depth to the song deconstruction and discussion. I hope that all of them will not be this short.Read full review »
jermsel via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/05/14
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