[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1517151321844{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #f6f3ef !important;}” el_id=”subheader”][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1502465670176{border-radius: 1px !important;}”][df_services position=”left” icon_type=”image_icon” img_width=”48″ img=”40037″]How long will the videos be available?
For a period of one year from the day
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Nine workshop video segments totaling approximately
six hours. Each workshop segment is paired with its
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Non-Subscribers: $279
Hit Songs Deconstructed Subscriber?
Click here to request your discount code[/df_services][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1512778356578{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”This workshop provides you with proven techniques that will help you take your craft to the next level, connect with a wider audience, capitalize on trends and channel your creativity for commercial success.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24px|text_align:center|color:%23444751|line_height:36px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1560029774211{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”maxwidth-c-m”][vc_custom_heading text=”What does Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road (2019) have in common with Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath (1970)?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:16px|text_align:center|color:%23444751|line_height:28px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1559755497842{padding-top: 20px !important;}” el_class=”hide”][vc_custom_heading text=”What does Cardi B’s I Like It (2018) have in common with The Rolling Stone’s (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965)?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:16px|text_align:center|color:%23444751|line_height:28px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css_animation=”slideInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1559755503707{padding-top: 20px !important;}” el_class=”hide”][vc_custom_heading text=”What does Taylor Swift’s ME! (2019) and Panic! At The Disco’s High Hopes (2018)
have in common with Bobby Day’s Rockin’ Robin (1958) and The Doors Light My Fire (1967)?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:16px|text_align:center|color:%23444751|line_height:28px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1559755508846{padding-top: 20px !important;}” el_class=”hide”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1537886261110{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Learn how today’s hitmakers are bringing timeless techniques into today’s music and learn how you can incorporate them into your own songs to make them more effective.
” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%237c7c7c|line_height:28px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1562459889077{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Through an array of current Hot 100 Top 10 and classic hit case studies, we will examine some of the most effective techniques that have been making hits so successful throughout the ages, independent of genre or the artist employing them. ” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:15px|text_align:left|color:%237c7c7c|line_height:28px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1558983730747{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Critical listening exercises are at the core of this workshop. Together, we will listen to examples from recent and past hits, deconstruct the techniques being utilized, and analyze why they are so effective.
At the conclusion of each segment, there will be ample time for your questions.
This workshop will help you understand how these techniques have evolved to remain current, fresh and engaging, get you in tune with what is happening TODAY, and help you prime your creativity for success in today’s rapidly evolving music scene.
You’ll come away with new insights, tools, and techniques that you can immediately apply to your own songwriting and producing.
Videos of all workshop segments will be made available following the workshop.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:15px|text_align:left|color:%237c7c7c|line_height:28px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1559061327816{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1562775597659{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]
Segments Include
- Creating & Arranging Earworm Melodies
- Using Effective Rhyme Schemes
- Building an Engaging Narrative
- Heightening Engagement Through Vocal Production
- Maximizing Your Song’s Foundation & Vibe Through Strategic Harmony, Tempo, Key & Instrument Choices
- Strategic Song Structure Optimization
- Creating an Engaging & Memorable Ride Through Energy and Arrangement Shifts
- Hook Maximization Techniques
For a more in-depth description of the workshop, scroll down.
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“Even though I’ve been writing professionally for over ten years, I’ve found several nuggets of gold in each presentation that have improved my writing already.”
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Hit Songwriter, Producer, Artist – One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Scouting for Girls” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:15px|text_align:center|color:%237c7c7c|line_height:26px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”fadeInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1558986238646{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_separator][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1558985375685{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
The Core Components
The workshop begins with a deep dive into vocal melody. We’ll start off by looking at an array of recent Hot 100 Top 10 choruses, ranging from the ultra-simplistic to the more complex. We’ll examine what these choruses have in common, what sets them apart, and how they are all optimized for maximum engagement, infectiousness and memorability. We’ll then hone in on one recent chart-topper to see how the vocal melody is optimized in each section of the song.
The lyric section follows, where we’ll focus on the narrative as well as rhymes, the glue between the melody and the lyrics. Using recent case studies across an array of popular lyrical themes, we’ll look at how the storyline is structured & developed across sections, and how it is optimized to connect with the listener.
Vocal production is next. We’ll take one recent chart-topper and go through the entire song while referencing a DAW arrangement outlining the song’s vocal production, and explore the techniques that were used to maximize the song’s vibe, increase memorability and amplify engagement. We’ll also review an array of popular duet/group vocal structure techniques.
We’ll then close out day 1 by exploring how harmony and strategic instrument selection can heighten a song’s impact through a host of recent Top 10 case studies.
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Optimizing Your Song for Maximum Impact
The second half of this workshop focuses on optimizing your song. We’ll begin with structure and dive into key, tempo and song form, reviewing current trends and exploring how strategic structural decisions can impact your song. We’ll then move into energy and arrangement where we’ll use DAW projects to illustrate effective energy and arrangement flow to heighten engagement and memorability. We’ll conclude the segment with a host recent C.I.A. (chorus impact accentuator) techniques that will help prime your choruses for maximum impact.
Next, we’ll dive into song section optimization techniques, honing in on three strategic points in a hit song – the intro, the “D” (departure) section, and the outro. We’ll look at an array of techniques from recent and classic hits, including “saying hello” to the listener with different types of hook-based and multi-part intros, providing an engaging and memorable departure through recycled and new material and A.P.M. (audience participation moment) techniques, and “saying goodbye” with a focus on effective outro techniques such as the “Ramp Down” and “Wind Up Grand Finale Hook Fest” techniques.
Hooks are next. Using an array of recent and classic hit song examples, we’ll see how some of the most infectious, engaging and memorable hooks are structured and employed. Topics will include vocal hook techniques such as full section, partial section, “icing on the cake” hooks, instrumental hooks including foundational and melodic, and an array of hook maximization techniques.
We’ll conclude the workshop with methods for optimizing your song for today’s marketplace by looking at examples of recent hits and examining their genre/influence blend, instrument choices, vocal characteristics, lyrics, etc. and discussing how they leveraged trends to connect with their audience while transcending trends to stand out.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1559061775551{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background: #f7f7f7 url(https://www.hitsongsdeconstructed.com/wp-content/uploads/hit-songs-deconstructed-mastery-workshop-header-background2.jpg?id=40216) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”If you are a songwriter, producer, A&R or creative executive, this workshop is for you!” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:36px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal”][vc_btn title=”Stream It On Demand” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Freports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com%2Fmembers%2Fsignup%2Fwriting-producing-on-demand|||”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1558985610567{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”What are some of the songs we will use as case studies?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%236d6d6d” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]
- Another One Bites The Dust, Queen
- Bad Guy, Eillish
- Better, Khalid
- Better Now, Post Malone
- Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
- Boy With Luv, BTS featuring Halsey
- Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored, Ariana Grande
- Breaking The Law, Judas Priest
- Chantilly Lace, Big Bopper
- Despacito, Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber
- God Is A Woman, Ariana Grande
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- Happier, Marshmello, Bastille
- Havana, Camilia Cabello featuring Young Thug
- High Hopes, Panic! At The Disco
- I Don’t Care, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber
- I Like It, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin
- If I Can’t Have You, Shawn Mendes
- Le Freak, Chic
- Light My Fire, The Doors
- Louie Louie, The Kingsmen
- Love Lies, Khalid, Normani
- ME!, Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie
- Meant To Be, Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line
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- Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
- My Sharona, The Knack
- Nice For What, Drake
- Old Town Road, Lil Nas X
- Physical, Olivia Newton-John
- Psycho, Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
- Rappers Delight, Suger Hill Gang
- Rihannon, Fleetwood Mac
- Rock Around The Clock, Bill Haley & His Comets
- Rockin’ Robin, Bobby Day
- Roxanne, The Police
- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones
- Scars To Your Beautiful, Alessia Cara
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- Shallow, Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
- Sorry Not Sorry, Demi Lovato
- Stay, Alessia Cara, Zedd
- Stayin’ Alive, The Bee Gees
- Sucker, Jonas Brothers
- Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande
- That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars
- The Midde, Maren Morris, Zedd, Grey
- Walk It Talk It, Migos featurng Drake
- Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin
- Without Me, Halsey
- Youngblood, 5 Seconds Of Summer
- ZEZE, Kodak Black
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1559061849456{padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”What People Are Saying” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:center|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” el_class=”maxwidth-c-m” css=”.vc_custom_1512778135358{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”“Awesome workshop. I have never seen hit songs broken down in such an accurate and detailed way.”
Jerome Baylor
“Tons of fantastic tips and information on how to create hit songs. I learned so much!“
Brett Steelhammer
“You combined elements I’ve tried to put together through hours of studies, videos, and books into something straightforward and easy to understand.“
Reanne Howell
“There is so much you don’t know that you don’t know. This workshop helps fill that gap, and that knowledge is invaluable.”
Bryce Dudzinski
“I’ve come away with a really solid understanding of what make hits work.“
Brian Hecht
“Great event. Would recommend for new and experienced writers.”
Summer Edeen
“I would recommend this to producers and songwriters who want to open their mind and improve their way of thinking.“
Giulio Cercato
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