Pearl anniversary
Thirty years in, they finish each other's sentences and argue about the ending. The pearl years.
A 30th anniversary song for your pearl anniversary
Thirty years in, the children may be grown, the first house long sold, and the two of you have settled into rhythms nobody else understands. A pearl anniversary song names those rhythms out loud, often for the first time.
Hear the second a name lands
Linda, your love is in the cards you play,
You wrote“Now she babysits my daughter every Thursday and teaches her the same card games.”
The song singsTeaching my daughter those card games today.
From a real song made here: “Every Thursday with Linda”, for Linda, from what her son typed.
The moment you give it
They find the button to put you on the television after three tries. The song is about the rhythm they've settled into, and you watch your father reach for your mother's hand without looking.
Video call to the lake house
Mom & Dad
On speaker
“Put me on the big screen. You both need to hear this.”
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
An anniversary song we made
This one marks ten years; a thirtieth uses the same kind of brief with three decades to draw from.
What you get for $12.99
You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.
- Free preview
- The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
- The song
- The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
- Lyrics
- Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
- Their link
- A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
- Photo video
- Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
- The name
- Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
- Re-record
- One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
- Name sung wrong?
- After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
- Languages
- Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
- Teaser
- Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
- For this song
- Making an anniversary video? Download the MP3 and lay it under your own clips, or let the free photo video set your photos to it.
- Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.
Pearl, the 30th anniversary gift
Pearl is the traditional gift for a thirtieth anniversary. If you are giving a strand or a pair of earrings, let the song play while they open the box.
What thirty years tends to hold
- The first big purchase you argued about and still own.
- The kids leaving home, and the first quiet dinner after.
- The career one of you retired from, or is about to.
- A grandchild, if one has arrived.
- The place you go back to every summer.
- A habit from the early years that never stopped, like dancing in the kitchen.
- What you have forgiven each other for, said kindly.
For example
A husband writing for a thirtieth might type:
- The neighborhood you would never leave.
- Carol and I met at the county fair in 1996 when she beat me at ring toss.
- She raised our boys while finishing her nursing degree at night.
- Every Sunday we still drive the long way home past the lake.
Style and voice
Country and piano ballad suit a thirtieth best: steady, warm and unhurried. Ask for a slower tempo in your lines if the song will be played at a dinner rather than a party.
When the children are making it
Grown kids often know the stories better than the couple remembers them. Agree on three details by text before anyone types, so the song sounds like one family rather than five separate toasts. Put one parent's name in the name field and the other in your lines.
More song ideas
Questions
Thirty years, in your words.
Type their first name and the place you go back to every year.