2022-03-24
1 小时 3 分钟So many times you appreciate a musician with some degree of remove.
There's literally like a stage that they're on.
And I always had this desire for a song exploder to be a way to listen to an artist that you might admire and just see how mortal they were or something, how much this great piece of work that they created came out of a series of small, very human instincts and decisions.
So my guest today, Rishikesh Hirway, he's been making music for as long as he can remember, and hash as an adult, spent years building a career in the industry, writing, performing, producing, and touring.
But it was a moment where he took a bit of a pause to reevaluate that led him to record an interview with a friend about the story and creative decisions behind a single song that would change everything.
That conversation eventually became the opening episode of the podcast song Exploder, which itself then exploded into a global phenomenon that I have been obsessed with since hearing that very first episode.
As you'll hear in the conversation, I literally know where I was years ago when I listened to the first conversation.
And now it's grown into not just an award winning podcast, but also a Netflix original television series where musicians break down the creative process behind their songs, featuring many of the biggest names in music, people like Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Lin Manuel Miranda, Dua Lipa, the Killers, and so many others.
And building on the success of song Exploder, Rishikesh has also now grown a network of shows, producing and co hosting the award winning podcasts home cooking with chef and author Samin Nosrat, who is a former guest on our show as well, and the West Wing weekly with actor Joshua Molina.
He's also the host and producer of the Partners podcast.
And while he's continued to write and perform music of his own, he's released albums under the moniker the 01:00 a.m.
radio and an EP with Moores, his project with Lakeith Stanfield.
As a composer, he's written music for film and television and podcasts, including the score for the Netflix series Everything sucks and the theme to ESPN's 30 for 30 podcast.
And recently he released two singles, between there and here, which features Yo Yo Ma and Home, featuring Jae Som.
These, in fact, are the first songs that he's released of his own in ten years, and the first one under his own name, not some other band or brand.
And we dive into all of the different decisions and stops and moments along his incredible journey.
So excited to share this conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields.
And this is good life project.
You know, it's interesting.