Custom songs by occasion
A custom anniversary song about your years, not anyone else's
First, tenth, twenty fifth, fiftieth. The gift that says you remembered the details, not just the date. From $21.99.
Anniversary presents have a difficulty curve. The first one is easy. By the tenth you have run out of ideas, and by the twenty fifth you are buying something you both know is filler. The problem is that the thing you actually want to say does not come in a box.
A custom anniversary song is that thing, said out loud, by a real voice, over a real arrangement. Ten years of small private jokes turned into a chorus. It takes ten minutes to brief and it gets played every year afterwards.
What to put in an anniversary brief
Long relationships are made of tiny repeated things. Those are what we need, not the milestones.
The ordinary ritual
Pasta on Sundays. The argument about the same film. Who makes the tea and who pretends not to notice. Rituals age better in a lyric than holidays do.
What they call you
The nickname nobody else uses. Put it in and it becomes the line that lands.
The hard year
The move, the illness, the stretch where it was not easy. A song that only mentions the good bits sounds like a card. This is what makes it sound like a life.
One thing they still cannot do
Fold a fitted sheet. Read a map. Every couple has one, and it is where the warmth comes from.
Which genre tends to work
Soul
Rich and warm, with room for a big emotional chorus. The most requested for anniversaries.
Piano ballad
Quiet and close. For playing at home rather than at a party.
Acoustic folk
Understated and honest, if grand gestures are not their thing.
Gentle rock
For a couple who met at a gig and never really stopped.
Playing it at the right moment
The strongest version of this gift is quiet. At home, no audience, after the meal. The song does not need a room to work and the reaction is usually better without one.
If you are marking a big one with a party, it also does the job of a speech, especially if speeches are not your thing.
For a partner, or for your parents
Roughly half of the anniversary songs we write are ordered by adult children for their parents' twenty fifth, fortieth or fiftieth. Those briefs are strong because the detail comes from a lifetime of watching them.
Tell us who it is from and we write the lyric from that point of view, so a song from a daughter never sounds like a song from a husband.
When to order
A few days ahead is ideal, so you can pick the moment to play it rather than fumbling with a phone at dinner.
Forgotten anniversaries are the other common case, and Express delivery covers it: one hour from brief to finished song.
Questions
Can I order an anniversary song for my parents?
Yes, and it is one of the most common briefs we get. Write the details as you remember them and tell us it is from the children. The lyric is written from that perspective.
How specific should the details be?
As specific as you can bear. Names of places, actual phrases, the make of the car. Vague briefs make vague songs; a detail like the blue tin on the windowsill is what makes someone cry.
Can I hear examples before ordering?
Yes, there are full sample songs on the homepage in several genres, all made through the same process from real briefs.
Is it really delivered in an hour?
On Express, yes. Standard is 16 hours and Priority is 4 hours. You pick the speed when you order.
Ready when you are
About ten minutes of questions. A finished song in as little as an hour, from $21.99, yours to keep forever.
Start their song