Audio Memoir

Celebrating Life's Stories

Audio Memoir - a timeless collection of stories, reminiscences and anecdotes that make a life.

Life is all about the stories we tell. The longer we live the more stories we have.  With Audio Memoir you put them together in one place – a celebration of someone’s life story.

  • Funny anecdotes
  • Cherished memories
  • Family / local history
  • Life lessons
  • Reflections to mark a significant birthday

Whatever your preferences, the result will be a long-lasting gift to be shared (via private YouTube link) with friends and family all around the world. We all know people whose stories deserve to be collected.

I will deliver professional level recordings of the guest prompted by an experienced interviewer (me!) in a tone appropriate to the conversation: gentle, humorous, understanding, engaged. I want the guest to tell their stories. My role is simply to guide the conversation, while keeping it natural and informal.

In the editing process I will clean the audio to create a professional sound, add relevant photographs and historical imagery plus any appropriate music. You will have something that not only sounds and looks great, but is unique to the guest whose life it celebrates.

Testimonials

Paul Morrison

Australia

Your endeavours in preparing and producing the memoir have exceeded all expectations, a view shared by all who have seen it.

Your enterprise in researching contemporaneous photos of places and comics referred to, is amazing. Certainly, my monologue is much enlivened by your visuals. At times, it seemed I might be enjoying the telling more than the listener but in that regard I have no regrets.

I'm privileged to have partaken in what should be the start of a commercial enterprise that will be rewarding for you but more so in memory and nostalgia to those who treasure the past and know when the final curtain drops that in a small way they have defied mortality.

Cara Munns

Malaysia

Thanks so much for producing Dad's audio memoir, it's such a unique treasure to have of Dad's early years.

You managed to have such a natural conversion with him, whilst capturing old anecdotes and stories we'd grown up on. Initially he was a little bit wary about partaking, but he really enjoyed the chat with you and is thrilled with the final product. Amazing Gavin.

5 stars from me!

Martin Hanna

Ireland

How wonderful to hear Noelle’s lovely voice once again. She was always a ray of sunshine in all our lives bringing fun, laughter and energy to everything she did. She really was a true lady and how lovely it is to hear those wonderful stories told in her own inimitable way. One of Belfast’s finest raconteurs along with everything else!   And the recording was very clear.  With the accompanying images it was like watching a documentary about someone we all knew, in their own words. An amazing record of local history and her life.   Absolutely fantastic for the kids and grandkids to have this to refer back to.

Eimear Carvill

UK

Just finished listening - really didn’t want it to end, so interesting, lots of stuff I didn’t know. Such a lovely thing to have. I hadn’t realised there were photos until episode three so will have to go back and listen to the earlier couple to catch the photos. Loved it, thanks.

Judy Calver

Australia

Very impressed.  It’s so lovely to have these memories recorded for the grandchildren.  And you have put so much work into the accompanying images!

Conor O’Kane

UK

Fiona and I are on the 2nd last episode of your YouTube series. Fascinating stuff and a wonderful resource for all her descendants and us. Great work by the way and very funny.

Julie Crawford

UK

Gavin that is absolutely wonderful! I listened to it last night over a glass of wine or two ….and I cried a lot ….and laughed a lot. What an interesting life and how privileged we all were.

She had huge talents always a great love for people and zest for life. What an amazing role model she was for us all – A truly wonderful, wonderful lady. You’ve done a great job in editing all of this. The photos were fab.

Kathryn Sullivan

USA

I spent the whole evening watching the wonderful videos you made of my much-loved aunt sharing stories of her life and my cousins. It was awesome!   It was so wonderful to hear her voice telling those stories, see the corresponding photos from those times, and feel like I just shared a fantastic day listening her stories and enjoying her sense of humor again. It is so touching, and such a gift to have this now.

Why Did I Start Audio Memoir?

I first did this with my own Mum, who was always a great talker and joke teller. 

It seemed only fitting that all her anecdotes didn’t get lost but were preserved for the future. 

She really enjoyed doing it. It genuinely was a celebration of her life and her love for life.

When family and friends listened, around her 1 year anniversary, they were delighted to hear her voice and her stories. Many recommended I should do more of this. 

Often when someone leaves us, we regret that we can no longer hear their words, funny stories, family recollections and historical anecdotes. That’s all suddenly gone.

Since we never know the future, any of us, regardless of age or health status, should consider recording ourselves by way of an Audio Memoir.

With Audio Memoir you will be creating a timeless record of you or your loved one’s voice, their spirit, their life. 

For the guest it proves to be a very meaningful experience knowing they are preserving their words, their love, with the people closest to them.


Why use Audio Memoir? Why not DIY?

Of course, simply recording stuff can be a DIY project. Anyone can hit record on their phone and get some stories recorded. Why bother with this?

The reasons for using Audio Memoir include:

1 It will happen

Many people say they will get around to it one day, but that one day never comes.

2 Genuine Conversations

We will have a genuine long form conversation in a calm, controlled environment, not a few snatched moments here and there.

3 Impartial

You will get an impartial participant with no agenda and none of the biases that life can create. Some family members may have an axe to grind or have felt hurt by events of the past. These could relate to the guest or possibly people they know will be listening and might colour the conversation.

4 Guided

You will get an experienced interviewer who can guide the conversation and get the best out of the guest whether funny stories, meaningful reflections, pearls of life wisdom or whatever the guest wishes to discuss. 

05. Free-flow Conversation

You will get an an experienced participant who can both steer and follow the conversation where it should go rather than simply asking a few standard questions (and getting a few standard answers). Having experience of these conversations means I know how to keep them on track and avoid running into problems that can often arise.  

06. Independent

You will get an independent participant who does not arrive to the conversation with any fears over certain subjects, as many family members may have with an older relative. Sometimes it is better not to be armed with a lifetime of historical knowledge. 

07. Comfortable

The guest may be more at ease taking a trip down memory lane with a participant who is neither friend nor family. This can encourage an open, honest and relaxed discussion without either participant’s mind being clouded by other concerns.

08. Participation

With Audio Memoir, loved ones can record questions or requests on their phone which are incorporated into the final product. Having many voices participate, even in a small way, can make it a much more inclusive and meaningful experience for all concerned. 

09. Shareable

You will ultimately have a shareable link to the conversation(s) that can be proudly shared with friends and family all over the world, not a few files stuck in someone’s phone that may never see the light of day.

10. Professional End-product

The end product will be of professional level quality that befits the esteem in which the guest is held by loved ones. I understand that what I am creating is very important to the people involved. I therefore strive to create something that everyone will enjoy and cherish for many years to come. 

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