Song Exploder Mastermind Hrishikesh Hirway, on Being Disciplined, All The Way to the Top

<p>Hrishikesh Hirway is a humble high achiever. He has just released his first Netflix Mini-series, Song Exploder, based on his wildly popular podcast of the same name. On it, he talks to musicians like Alicia Keys, R.E.M., Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ty Dollar Sign.&nbsp;To say that it is huge, is an understatement. I met Hrishikesh when I was a guest on his other GIANT podcast that he co-created and co-hosted with my former cast mate from The West Wing and Scandal, Josh Malina – that podcast is The West Wing Weekly, yet another zeitgeist podcast.&nbsp;&nbsp;Originally, though, Hrishikesh moved to L.A. to record music and score films, so... as wildly successful as he is now, for a long time he still identified himself as a struggling, or failed, musician.&nbsp;His humility, combined with laser focus and attention to detail is perhaps what inspired me the most. </p><br><p><strong>GUEST LINKS</strong></p><p><a href="http://hrishikesh.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hrishikesh.co</a></p><p><a href="http://songexploder.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">songexploder.net</a></p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/HrishiHirway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter.com/HrishiHirway</a></p><p><a href="http://instagram.com/hrishihirway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/hrishihirway</a></p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/SongExploder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter.com/SongExploder</a></p><p><a href="http://instagram.com/songexploder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/songexploder</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>SHOW LINKS </strong></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/30XArqa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PRE-ORDER MATT'S BOOK HERE (PUBLISHES OCT 27, 2020)</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/10000nos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JOIN THE 10,000 NO's TRIBE</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/matthewdelnegro" rel="noopener noref