A song for the day that matters.
For the month’s mind. For their birthday. For the first anniversary. For the funeral, if there’s time.
Written from your memories. Ready for the date.
What After Songs is
A song written to remember and honour the ones we lose.
Made from what your family remembers.
You don't have to know what to say. We ask the questions — their habits, their sayings, the small things — and we write the song from your answers.
Not a cover. Not a slideshow with music underneath. A new song that did not exist before.
Written by our team. Approved by you.
A song says it when nobody in the house can.
- You won't be doing this alone.
- Any style you want — a hymn, a ballad, something they'd have laughed at.
- Every word approved before a note is made.
- A private page for them — yours to share with everyone who loved them.
Photographs sit in a drawer. Flowers dry out. A song gets shared, played at Christmas, on their birthday, or just because.
Their song comes on in the car and they’re in the passenger seat again.
Their name, said right.
Saoirse. Tadhg. Caoimhe. Gráinne. You tell us how it’s said — we sing it that way, and you hear it before anyone else does.
In the form you can type how their name is said, the way it sounds to you.
Examples
Four songs, four different people.
We wrote these to show what's possible. A family's own song stays private unless they ask otherwise.
The first families are being served now.
When a family gives us permission to share their song and their words, you’ll find them here. We don’t invent stories.
How it works
Three steps. About two days.
Nothing is recorded until you approve every word.
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Tell us about them
A short form — five minutes, or thirty-five if you want to tell us everything.
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You read the lyrics
We send them within 12 hours. Change anything, as many times as it takes.
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The song arrives
On a private page you can play and share from any phone.
Need it sooner? Priority delivery within 24 hours, €25.
What you keep
What you keep forever.
Not a file that sits in a drawer — a place you can return to.
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A private memorial page
A link, not a lonely download. Share it with family anywhere in the world.
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Two versions of the song
Both yours to keep — full length, and a shorter one for the funeral or the month's mind.
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The lyrics you approved
To print and keep.
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An instrumental version, free
For a slideshow or memorial video.
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Songs in another language
Spanish or Portuguese, €30.
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Two revision rounds included
Nothing is recorded until you say yes.
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Downloadable
So it plays in a church or crematorium with no wifi.
Private by default. Their page is never public and never indexed unless you ask.
Their page
This is the page the family receives.
One link. It opens straight to their name and their song.
No account, no app, no sign-in. Grandparents manage it on the first try.
Add photographs whenever you're ready and we'll make a keepsake video, free. No likes, no comments — nothing to scroll past.
And it needn't stop at one song. The album grows with the family.
Private by default. Never public, never indexed unless you ask.
Honest price
€125
Everything included.
An original song written from what your family remembers, and a private page where it lives.
Unlisted link. Never public, never searchable. Deleted on request.
- The full song, written from your memories and approved by you before it's made.
- A funeral-ready edit, timed and formatted for a service.
- An instrumental version.
- The lyrics, printable and downloadable.
- A private page for the song, their photograph and the words — shared by link, never indexed.
- Everything is downloadable from day one and yours to keep, permanently.
- The page stays online for at least five years.
There isn't a smaller version. Every family gets the same song.
Our guarantee: if the lyrics don't sound like them, we rewrite them. If they still don't, you get every cent back.
Need it sooner? Priority delivery within 24 hours, €25.
Create their songQuestions
Questions families ask.
I'm not good with words. Is that a problem?
No. Most people say the same thing. You don't need to write anything beautiful — you need to tell us what you remember. "She always had the immersion on." "He called everyone 'chief'." That's the material. We do the rest.
How is the song made?
Our team writes the lyrics from what you tell us. The music is produced with modern studio technology, and a person listens to every song before you do. Nothing is recorded until you've approved every word.
Can it sound like the music they loved?
Yes. Tell us what they listened to and we write it that way — a hymn, a trad lament, country and Irish, a showband number, a lullaby. You can hear the same song in twenty different styles if it helps to decide, though you don't have to choose: most families just tell us what was always on in the car.
How long does it take?
Lyrics within 12 hours of your order; the finished song within 48 hours of you approving them. Need it for a funeral this week? Priority delivery within 24 hours, €25 — or email us at hello@aftersongs.com.
What if the lyrics aren't right?
We rewrite them. Nothing is recorded until you approve every word. If they still aren't right after that, you get every cent back.
Who else can hear it?
Only who you send it to. The page is private by default, never public and never indexed unless you ask us to make it so.
Can we play it at the funeral?
Yes, and many families do. That's why there's a shorter version. You can download the file so it works without wifi in the church or the crematorium.
Does it have to be for a funeral?
No. Plenty are made months or years later — for a month's mind, an anniversary, a birthday, or for no occasion at all. Honouring them doesn't end.
What if more than one of us wants to contribute?
Good. Send the form link around the family. The more voices, the more the song sounds like the person everyone actually knew.
Can we hear it before we pay?
You see and approve the lyrics before anything is recorded. Payment is taken when you order, and the guarantee covers it — if the lyrics still aren't right after rewrites, you get every cent back.
When you're ready, tell us about them.
Ordering for a parent or someone who’d rather not sit at a screen? Fill it in for them — they only approve the words.
At the month's mind, on their birthday, at the funeral — or just when you miss them. Honouring them doesn't end.
On the days you can’t talk about them, you can put them on.
Prefer to talk? Call [Irish phone number — to supply].
[Founder line — to supply]
Listen
Listen to some examples.
Every one of these began with a family writing down what they remembered.
More land over the coming weeks.