How it Works...

How Your Custom Song Is Created

At Top Shelf Weddings Northwest, we craft unforgettable experiences tailored to your vision.

Creating a personalized song isn’t just about generating music—it’s about crafting something meaningful, emotional, and professionally polished. While we use advanced AI tools to accelerate parts of the process, every track is shaped, refined, and finalized by a real producer.

AI slop is something made at the click of a button. Having the knowledge of music theory and production, as well as, our network of musicians is how you create something meaningful and truly personalized.

Anyone can generate a song with AI.
What most people can’t do is turn that raw output into something that actually feels professional and emotionally real.

The Process

1. Your Story Comes First

You provide details: your relationship, memories, tone, and style preferences
This becomes the emotional and creative foundation of the song
During this step you will also receive an email from me with any additional questions

2. AI-Assisted Ideation

I use AI tools to help generate initial lyrical or melodic ideas
This speeds up the creative process—but this is only the starting point song

3. Human Arrangement & Production

I take those ideas into a professional DAW (Ableton Live)
I fully arrange the track: structure, instrumentation, transitions, and dynamics
Every element is intentionally placed to match your story and desired energy

4. Music Theory & Artistic Refinement

I apply my background in music theory to ensure:

Cohesive harmony and chord progressions
Strong melodies and emotional impact
Proper song structure that feels natural and engaging
Polishing sound levels to it loud enough for all sound systems

5. Final Product

You will receive an email from us with the final product:

Once finished we will send you a 30 second snippet of your custom song (this version will not be mixed and mastered).
If you like it you will be directed to our product page where you will make the final purchase
After purchase is made, you will receive the final version fully mixed and mastered.

Create a Track

Why We Do Things Differently:

You may have seen other custom song sites talk about their "network of artists" or hand-pick a musician's profile for you to choose from. Here's the honest truth: those artist profiles are almost always AI-generated. A name, a stock photo, and a fabricated bio. It's a clever way to make an automated process feel personal, but it isn't real.

We'd rather be upfront with you. Yes, we use AI tools — they're great for speeding up the early part of the process. But every song that comes out of Top Shelf Weddings Northwest is shaped, arranged, and finished by actual people. Us! Music theory, real production in Ableton Live, and a genuine ear for what makes a song feel meaningful. That's the part AI can't do on its own, and it's the part that makes your song actually YOURS!

No fake artist roster. Just an honest process and a real human behind your music.