Hit Songs Deconstructed

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”