For your grandma
Her kitchen is the only place everyone still shows up on time. You want her to know what that house means.
A song for grandma: one she knows, or one about her
Grandmothers hold a family's stories, and a song lets you give some of them back. Tell us her recipes, her sayings and her house, and we write an original song that sings her name, or Grandma, or Nana.
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
Prop the phone against the sugar bowl after lunch. The cousins go quiet before she does. She asks for it again, louder, and then asks who told you about the card games.
Sunday lunch, all the cousins
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
Songs to play for grandma
Older favorites she may already sing along to, and one for a laugh at Christmas.
| Song | Artist | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Grandma's Hands | Bill Withers | What her hands did for the family |
| You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis | A song she may have sung to you |
| What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | Gentle and hopeful |
| Moon River | Andy Williams | A dreamy classic from her era |
| Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | Elmo & Patsy | A Christmas joke she will groan at |
Closest sample: a gentle piano song
"Your Gentle Way" is a soft ballad, the style many families choose for a grandmother.
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.
- For a party or school slideshow: the photo video sets your photos to the song, or download the MP3 and use it under your own.
Grandma details
- The dish she makes for every holiday.
- A saying of hers that the whole family quotes.
- Her house: the porch, the garden, the candy dish.
- How she met your grandpa, if you know the story.
- A skill she passed down, like knitting, cards or canning.
- How many grandchildren and great-grandchildren she has.
Grandma, Nana or her name
Use whatever the family calls her. Nana, Gran, Abuela or her first name all work in the name field, and if it is unusual you can tell us how to say it.
Make it easy for her to hear
Older listeners often prefer a slower song with clear words. A piano ballad or acoustic pop with a female voice is a safe choice. Play it a little louder than you think you need to.
For example
A family can recognize her in those three lines.
- Every Sunday she made biscuits and let us steal the dough.
- She says 'well, isn't that something' about absolutely everything.
- She raised five kids and still knows all twelve grandkids' birthdays.
Gather stories before you write
Ask your parents, aunts and uncles for one memory of her each. You will hear things you never knew, like the job she had before marriage or the town she grew up in. Pick the three that surprise people most; they make the song feel like a family project.
If she lives in a care home, a song with her own name in it can be a gentle thing to share during a visit. Ask the staff before you play it, and keep the volume comfortable for the people nearby.