A song for your daughter, for the person she's becoming

Children grow past almost everything you give them. A personalised song for your daughter is about the version of her that exists this year: what she was obsessed with at six, the thing she says that stops you in your tracks, the fear you had for her that turned out fine. Her name goes in the chorus. Years from now it is a recording of exactly who she was, and of how you saw her — which is not a thing you can buy later.

You write the details in plain sentences, choose a gentle or a bright tone, read and adjust the lyrics, and hear two full recordings before paying for the one you keep. For a small child, the Kids & Family and Lullaby genres keep it simple to sing along to; for a grown daughter, the acoustic presets usually fit. It comes as a link and an MP3, so it survives every phone she will ever own.