HSD Essentials Subscriptions

EMPOWER YOURSELF

with interactive resources and tools that

support your creative process and help you compete at the highest levels.

In-depth analysis of chart-topping hits
Each comprehensive deconstruction is 100+ pages long
Segments are published every two weeks
Includes companion DAW Project (Logic)

Hit Song Deconstructions

A Library of 60+ Hit Songs Deconstructed Reports

The Hit Song Deconstructed reports provide unparalleled analysis of today's hits.

Each deconstruction breaks down a current hit down to its foundational building blocks and pulls back the curtain on the songwriting and production techniques used to craft the song.

Reports are published in ten segments every two weeks, and analyze structure, genres and sub-genre fusion, instruments and arrangement, energy and dynamics, vocal melody, vocal production, lyrics, and rhymes. The last segment features a top 10 benchmark and highlights the most important report takeaways.

By reading these deconstructions, you'll become privy to the same tools and techniques today's hitmakers are using. The insight you'll gain will take your craft to the next level, guaranteed.

Downloadable DAWs

A visual roadmap for understanding how today's hits are arranged.

Every Hit Song Deconstruction includes a downloadable DAW project (Logic).

Using empty MIDI regions to visualize the instrumental arrangement, energy, vocal melody and production, structure, select techniques and more, these DAW projects provide you with a visual roadmap for understanding how today’s hits were effectively arranged.

By watching as you listen, you will gain valuable insight into the strategic decisions today’s hitmakers made to help prime their songs for maximum impact, giving you a host of new tools, techniques, and ideas to help take your own songs to the next level.

Searchable database with hundreds of highly effective techniques drawn from Hot 100 top 10 hits.
Easily filter by technique type and save your favorites for easy access whenever you need them.
New techniques delivered to your inbox every other Tuesday

HITTRAXX:
The HSD Searchable Technique Database

Fuel your inspiration with the techniques that helped today’s most successful songs become global hits!

HITTRAXX is Hit Songs Deconstructed's searchable technique database, housing a treasure trove of hundreds of highly effective songwriting and production techniques drawn from Hot 100 top 10 hits.

Each technique comes with a clear explanation, visual aids, and audio examples, breaking down the "what," "how," and "why" so that you can seamlessly apply them to your own music.

Fresh techniques every other Tuesday! The Hit Songs Deconstructed team updates the database with a new, expertly deconstructed technique every other Tuesday, and delivers it straight into your email inbox.

This comprehensive collection is the perfect tool to help you continuously sharpen your songwriting and production skills and infuse your music with techniques that are currently dominating the charts.

Hit Song Reference Track Search

200+ filters to find the exact song you are looking for with the click of a button.

Need reference tracks?

Mix and match 200+ compositional filters to find Hot 100 Top 10 songs with very specific compositional characteristics.

In addition, this tool can be used to:

See how your song stacks up against proven hits with similar compositional characteristics
Get insight for ways to take your song to the next level and/or give it a unique spin
Understand the space you are looking to compete in
Or simply get inspired!

Hit Songs Deconstructed Reference Track Search

Select your filters and click search
Select your song
Drill down to a dedicated page with key compositional characteristics, lyrics, Spotify links, the official video, and more