For your daughter
You have watched every year of her up close. This year, she gets to hear what you saw.
A birthday song for your daughter, at whatever age she is turning
You have watched every year of her up close. Choose three moments that say who she is right now and we turn them into a two-minute birthday song with her name in the chorus.
Hear the second a name lands
Niamh, my sweet girl, you are eighteen today.
You wrote“Learned to swim in the cold lake at Grandpa's house.”
The song singsI still see you splashing in the cold lake at Grandpa's house.
From a real song made here: “Your Gentle Way”, for Niamh, from what her mum typed.
The moment you give it
Play it at breakfast while she eats cereal half awake. The song remembers the lake, the paintings and the time she made a bus full of strangers sing. She stops chewing.
Birthday morning, before school
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
A real birthday song for a daughter
Niamh’s mother wrote about a cold lake, watercolor foxes and a bus full of strangers singing.
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
- From mom or dad: pick daughter or son in the form and the lyrics are written in a parent's voice.
- Posting it? The 15-second cut fits an Instagram story and the 30-second cut a Reel, with the lyrics already on screen.
What to write at different ages
| Her age | Good details |
|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | Her first words, a favorite toy, the song she asks for at bedtime |
| 6 to 12 | Her best friend, a sport or hobby, the question she asked that floored you |
| 13 to 17 | What she is brave about, her style, a moment she made you proud |
| 18 and up | Where she is going, what she taught you, a trait she got from the family |
How Niamh’s song started
The 18th birthday sample began with three facts from her mother: she learned to swim in a cold lake at her grandpa’s house, she paints tiny watercolor foxes, and she once got a whole bus to sing happy birthday to a stranger. The song turned them into a piano ballad, and her name, which singers often get wrong, is sung the Irish way.
Voice and style
Little kids love upbeat pop they can dance to. Teenagers tend to prefer a piano ballad or R&B / soul they would not be embarrassed to replay. For a grown daughter, acoustic pop with a female voice comes across like a letter from home.
Ways to give it
- At breakfast, before the party noise starts.
- On the drive to her party, windows up.
- For a grown daughter, by text first so she can listen alone.
More song ideas
Questions
This year of her, in two minutes.
Pick three moments from the past twelve months and hear the opening.