Shadow Lantern Studios
Personal Songs
Your story. Your people. Your song.
Turn the moments, people and stories that matter to you into an original song created around your life. Weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, family milestones and personal achievements can all become music worth keeping.
100% AI-Generated
Human-Curated
Built Around Your Story
Made to Keep
A Song That Belongs to You
Personal details change everything.
A custom personal song is built from the details that make a story recognizable: the place you met, a family tradition, an inside joke, a long road travelled together, a favourite sound, or the words you would say if you could put a lifetime into music.
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Your Story
You give us the people, memories, details and emotional direction. The song begins with what makes the story yours.
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Your Sound
Ballad, soul, Latin, cinematic, upbeat celebration, duet, horns, strings or something entirely different — the musical direction is shaped around the occasion.
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Your Keepsake
The finished song is created for the people and moment behind it. It is not added to the public Shadow Lantern music catalogue.
Hear the Possibilities
Twelve stories. Twelve completely different songs.
Personal songs do not have to sound alike. These examples move across love, family, friendship, celebration, remembrance, retirement and tradition — with musical directions ranging from ballad and soul to Latin, country, hip-hop, Americana and Afro-pop.
Graduation / Achievement
Own the Sky
A bright, youthful achievement anthem with a strong female lead, group responses and a rhythm-first Afro-pop / Caribbean-influenced groove.
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First Dance
I Would Choose You Again
A deeply romantic first-dance song built around a relationship that began in a summer rainstorm and grew through everyday life into a quiet proposal and a promise to keep choosing each other.
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Retirement
Out of the Office Forever
A comic retirement anthem for a man finally walking away from decades of meetings, deadlines and workplace routine — and discovering the freedom of being permanently out of office.
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New Baby / Generations
My Daughter's Daughter
A grandmother watches her daughter become a mother, seeing one generation of love quietly become the next in a warm, intimate family song.
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50th Anniversary
Dance Until Morning
A joyful anniversary celebration driven by elaborate Latin percussion, Mediterranean colour, duet vocals and the energy of a room full of family and friends.
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Best Friends / Personal Truth
I Trust You More
A young man carries a deeply personal truth for years before finally trusting his lifelong best friend enough to say it out loud.
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Family Christmas
Christmas Finds Us Here
Two sisters gather their families for Christmas Eve — children, pets, old photos, recipes and familiar stories turning one crowded house into a tradition worth returning to every year.
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Father & Daughter
Love Just Grows Another Way
A father reflects on the little girl whose hand he once held, then walks beside her toward a new chapter on her wedding day.
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Memorial / Remembrance
You Keep Showing Up
A tender remembrance song about finding someone who is gone in ordinary traces — a jacket, a voicemail, a familiar chair, a coffee shop and the small habits memory refuses to lose.
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Birthday
Plenty of Road to Go
A high-energy birthday song built around cars, garage time, lifelong friends and the idea that fifty years is only part of the road ahead.
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Lifelong Friendship
You Knew Me Before
An upbeat reunion song for lifelong friends who can pick up where they left off, carrying old memories, shared history and the easy shorthand that only time can build.
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Anniversary
All the Years Between
A mature duet looking back on the ordinary moments, children, difficult years and shared life that turned decades together into something worth celebrating.
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Each example demonstrates a different creative direction. Your song is shaped around your own story, occasion and musical preferences.
Personal Song Experiences
Choose the level of creative involvement that feels right for you.
All pricing is in U.S. dollars. Every package begins with the same Personal Song Questionnaire. What changes is the level of interaction, creative development and final presentation. Limited-time introductory pricing is currently available.
Personal
$249
$187
USD
Limited-Time Introductory Price
Streamlined creation. You share your story and we create your song.
- Personal Song Questionnaire
- One original custom song
- Created from your completed questionnaire
- MP3 audio file
- Standard lyric sheet
- One revision round
- Personal, non-commercial use
Premium
$399
$299
USD
Limited-Time Introductory Price
Guided creation with email interaction to help develop and clarify your story.
- Personal Song Questionnaire
- Detailed review of your story
- Email-guided clarification and creative development
- One original custom song
- MP3 audio file
- Polished lyric sheet
- Two revision rounds
- Personal, non-commercial use
Signature
$599
$449
USD
Limited-Time Introductory Price
Collaborative creation with personal involvement and a premium finished presentation.
- Personal Song Questionnaire
- Personal pre-production consultation
- Collaborative creative development
- Up to three collaborative revision rounds
- Final MP3 audio file
- Final WAV audio file
- Instrumental audio file
- Custom track cover artwork
- Premium designed lyric page
- Signature presentation package
- Optional use of your photographs in the cover artwork
- Personal, non-commercial use
Commercial use is not included in standard Personal Song packages.
If you require commercial rights, contact Shadow Lantern Studios and we can
discuss the appropriate licensing arrangement.
How It Works
From memories to music.
You do not need to know how to write lyrics or describe production. Tell us the story in your own words. We shape the creative direction from there.
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Tell Us the Story
Complete the questionnaire with the people, memories, occasion, details and musical preferences that matter.
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We Shape the Song
We develop the lyrical concept, emotional direction, structure and musical character around your story.
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Create & Refine
The song is generated, curated and refined. Your package includes the applicable number of reasonable revision rounds.
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Keep It
Final files are delivered for you to keep, share with family, play at the event and use in your personal memories.
Your Song
Made for your moment — not the catalogue.
Personal Use
Standard Personal Song packages provide perpetual personal, non-commercial use. Play the song at your event, share it with family and friends, or use it in personal videos and social posts. Commercial use can be arranged separately.
Private by Default
Your custom song is not automatically added to the Shadow Lantern public catalogue or licensed to other customers. Shadow Lantern will not feature your personal song publicly without permission.
Personal Song FAQ
A few things people usually want to know.
Do I need to write the lyrics?
No. Writing the lyrics is completely optional. You can provide full lyrics,
a few lines or phrases you would like included, or simply tell us the story,
memories and details behind the song. Shadow Lantern can develop the lyrics
from that material for you.
Can I choose the musical style?
Yes. Tell us what you enjoy — ballad, soul, Latin, cinematic, upbeat celebration, duet, horns, strings or another direction. We will use that as part of the creative brief.
Can I choose the type of vocal?
Yes. You can tell us whether you prefer a male vocal, female vocal,
duet or group-style vocal, along with the general age, tone and
character you have in mind. We will use that direction when
developing the song, although the exact voice will depend on what
best serves the finished piece.
Can the song include names and personal details?
Yes. Specific details are often what make a personal song feel meaningful. You decide what information you want included.
How long will my song be?
There is no fixed radio-length target. The song should be long enough to serve the story and musical idea without unnecessary repetition.
What if I don't like what I'm hearing?
Tell us what is not connecting — the lyrics, vocal character, musical style,
tempo, instrumentation, energy or overall direction. The revision rounds
included with your package are there to refine the song, and when a concept
is not working we may rewrite or recreate sections rather than simply make
small cosmetic changes. If you decide to change the core story or move to
an entirely different creative direction after work has begun, we will
discuss whether that falls within the included revisions or should be
treated as a new version.
Will my song be posted publicly?
Not by default. Personal songs are not automatically added to the public catalogue or featured on the site without permission.
Can I use the song commercially?
Standard packages are for personal, non-commercial use. If you need commercial rights, contact Shadow Lantern and we can quote the appropriate licence.
Start Your Song
What story would you turn into music?
Tell us about the person, occasion and memories behind it. We will take it from there.