Can I mention my own kids?

Yes. If she is a grandmother, a line about her with your children is often the most moving part of the song.

Can my brother add a line?

Yes. Fit his line into your three and say in the brief that it is from both of you.

What if our relationship is complicated?

Write only what is true and kind. The song uses your lines, so it will not claim more than you give it.

Mother’s Day

You heard yourself on the phone last week and it was her voice. Some days you are more like her than you ever planned.

A Mother’s Day song from a daughter, about the parts of her you carry

Daughters often notice it in a mirror or on a phone call: you sound like her now. A Mother’s Day song is a good place to say that out loud, set to music, with her name in the chorus.

Hear the second a name lands

Niamh, my sweet girl, you are eighteen today.

You wrote“Once talked a whole bus into singing happy birthday to a stranger.”

The song singsYou led a whole bus in a happy song for a stranger as the wheels rolled along.

From a real song made here: “Your Gentle Way”, for Niamh, from what her mum typed.

The moment you give it

She finds the card in her handbag at church, or the grocery store, or wherever she goes first. She listens in the parking lot and calls you before the song ends to tell you you've always sounded like her.

Mother's Day, slipped into her handbag

I sound just like you now.

Turns out that's the best compliment I have.

Start with one memory

Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.

A real Mother's Day song made here

This one was written by a son for his mom, Linda. A daughter's brief is turned into lyrics the same way, from the details only you know.

Every Thursday with Linda

for Linda · mom · Mother's Day · Piano ballad

Mom drove me to 6 a.m. hockey practice for nine winters and never missed one. She still mails me care packages with her lemon bars. Now she babysits my daughter every Thursday and teaches her the same card games.

1:55

Ten Octobers with You

for Saoirse · wife · Anniversary · Acoustic pop

We met on a rainy platform in Cork in 2016. She lent me her umbrella and kept it for a year. Every Sunday she sings to the dog, Murphy, while the toast burns. Ten years this October.

1:55

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: Family in another country? Pick the language they speak at home in the form, and the whole song, chorus and name included, is sung in it.
: Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.

What only a daughter can say

The habit of hers you swore you would never pick up, and did.
The advice she gave you that you ignored and later needed.
Getting ready together: a wedding, a prom, a first day.
The way she handles a crisis, one specific time.
What you want your own kids to get from her.
A sentence about the two of you on the phone.

Voice choice

A female voice makes the song sound like it comes from you, which is what most daughters want here. Acoustic pop and piano ballad are gentle; country works if she raised you on it.

Timing Mother’s Day

In the US, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of May. The preview takes about two minutes, so even a Sunday-morning idea is still on time; unlock it and play it at brunch or over a call.

For example, from a daughter

A daughter might send: she braided my hair before every school picture and never once got it straight; she taught me to say sorry first even when I was right; now she calls my kids every Sunday and sings to them over speakerphone. Three generations in three lines is a lot of song for two minutes, and it gives the chorus somewhere to go.