Unparalleled insight into the craft and trends behind today's hit songs.
Hit Song Compositional Analytics | Songwriting & Production Techniques | Songwriting Trends
A trove of data, analysis and interactive tools that keeps you in tune with what’s driving today’s hits at the compositional level.
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What People Are Saying
“Hit Songs Deconstructed is a game changer for teaching up and coming producers.”
Director of Music Production, Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology
“Berklee College of Music uses the Hit Songs Deconstructed reports and database for our songwriting, music production and music business curriculums. It’s an extremely valuable tool for both students and faculty alike.”
Grammy Award Winner & Professor, Music Production and Engineering, Berklee College of Music
“Hit Songs Deconstructed is a great teaching tool and an extremely valuable resource for my songwriting students. We’ve made it an integral part of the songwriting curriculum at MTSU and I’m thrilled to say that Middle Tennessee State University is at the forefront of songwriting education as a result of this partnership.”
Award Winning Hit Songwriter, Middle Tennessee State University Assistant Professor | Vanderbilt University Lecturer of Music
“It’s a huge time-saver when it comes to prepping for classes. I can pick any compositional variable in the database based on what I’m going to be discussing in a lecture and easily find examples of current hits.”
Founding Director, Popular Music Program, Professor of Songwriting, USC Thornton School of Music
“Hit Songs Deconstructed is an astonishingly thorough look at contemporary hits. The site takes a comprehensive look at both lyrics and music, and is an extraordinary tool for anyone interested in understanding and absorbing what makes commercial songs successful.”
Director, Blair Songwriting Program at Vanderbilt University
“I am using HSD’s analysis techniques as a benchmark for my students to apply when analyzing songs, their compositional analytics to keep them in tune with what’s happening now, and the quarterly trend reports to keep them up to speed with who the key industry players are.”
Founding Director, Popular Music Program, Professor of Songwriting, USC Thornton School of Music
“Hit Songs Deconstructed is an integral resource used in our teaching of popular music analysis on both the Popular Music Performance and Popular Music Performance/Production BA (Hons) degree courses here at Solent University.”
Senior Lecturer, Popular Music Performance | Solent University, Southampton UK
“As a teacher AND a songwriter, an important part of my job is to analyze what works in successful songs. HSD does the research for me. It’s an amazing tool–and one I highly recommend to my students and collaborators throughout the world.”
Songwriter w/50 million album sales | Top-selling author, Billboard Books
“Finally… here is a great service for producers and writers that explains in great detail what makes a hit song… HSD gives you not only the ‘How they did it’, but also the Why… I highly recommend HSD.”
Assistant Professor, Berklee College Of Music