Personalized song for your friend

Turn the friendship you actually share into a song: an adventure, an inside joke and the time they showed up.

Choose the kind of friendship this is: a childhood friend, a new companion or someone far away. Use a memory only the two of you would recognize. A short explanation of an inside joke helps make the words work when sung.

Review your words Hear a short preview Choose your recording

See what to write

Make it specific

Tell the story only your friendship could have

Choose one adventure

Describe a journey, a very ordinary afternoon or the day your friendship began.

Explain the private joke

Give enough context for the lyric to make sense without turning it into a long anecdote.

Name how they helped

Say what their friendship changed for you and what you want them to hear now.

An illustrative writing example

An inside joke becomes a friendship lyric

For Avery. Written to explain the process; not a customer testimonial or a recorded audio sample.

The story to bring

We took the wrong bus on our first day at college. We have called every unexpected trip “the scenic route” since.

A line to build on

Every scenic route, every wrong-way sign, a better story with your hand in mine.

Before you continue

Can the song be platonic?

Yes. State that this is a friendship song and review any romantic-sounding lines before recording. You can write or replace the entire lyric yourself.

You decide whether the gift is private or shared at a gathering; check the friend’s comfort with personal stories.