Four years of work, one song about it
The photos will show the gown. A song can hold the 2am library shifts, the subject they nearly failed, and the person who kept telling them to finish.
From A$39 · Hear two versions before you pay · Usually ready in 3–8 minutes
Graduation songs on the radio are about leaving in general. A personalised graduation song is about what this person actually did: the subject they nearly failed in second year, the job they held down alongside it, the person who wouldn't let them quit. It works for a school finish, a trade qualification, a nursing degree or a PhD, because the song follows the story rather than the ceremony.
Write it from the parents, the partner, the friends, or the whole family. Read the lyrics, hear two recordings, and choose the one that sounds like them. Play it at the dinner after the ceremony — or send the link on results day, when it's needed more.
Hear one first
What a graduation song sounds like
In A Hurry Since
AcousticOllie, keep saying the awkward true thing
You've been in a hurry since the day you came
Three weeks early, bursting into life
You've been racing ever since
At six it was dinosaurs, you knew them all
You corrected the guide right out loud
In the museum, in front of everyone
You were certain and you were proud
Every line came from a story someone typed in. Yours will read like this — with their name, their details, in the genre you choose.
Ideas
Graduation song ideas
What actually goes in one. Pick a couple — the song only needs two or three true things to stand on.
The moment they nearly quit
Every degree has one. Naming it is what makes the last chorus earned.
Who paid, drove, cooked and waited
The sacrifices around a graduate are the story the ceremony doesn't tell. A song can.
What they studied, and why
Not the certificate — the reason. The thing they wanted to fix at seventeen.
From the parents, looking back
The first day of school, the science fair, the year they stopped needing help. Sentimental acoustic, and keep tissues nearby.
For what comes next
The job, the move, the city. End the song where they're going, not where they've been.
Pick a direction
Choose the tone, we'll set the dials
Each option starts the wizard with the occasion, genre and mood already selected — you just tell the story.
What to write
Story prompts that make it theirs
You don't need to be a writer — answer two or three of these in plain sentences and the lyrics will do the rest.
- What they studied, and why they chose it
- The moment they nearly quit
- Who sacrificed something so they could finish
- What you think they'll do next
How it works
Making a graduation song, start to finish
Step 1
Tell the story
Answer a few questions about them in plain sentences — the story prompts above are a start. Pick a genre, a voice and a mood, or take one of the graduation tones.
Step 2
Read the lyrics
The words come back first. Change any line, swap a name, cut a verse — nothing is sung until you've said yes to every word.
Step 3
Hear it, then choose
Two full recordings of your approved lyrics, usually within 3–8 minutes, each about two minutes (one to three, depending on how much you write). Hear the first minute of both free; pay A$39 for the one you keep. It arrives as a gift page and an MP3.
The full price list, what each tier includes and who owns the song are on the pricing page.
Who it's for
A graduation song for…
Each of these pages has its own prompts, tones and a sample written for that relationship.
Questions
Graduation questions
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