Capturing Your Stories & Preserving Your Memories

Your legacy is rooted in the stories you pass down from each generation. Lasting Remarks captures & records your life story in an audio keepsake, ensuring that your voice is heard for generations to come.

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About Lasting Remarks

Give the Gift of Your Loved One’s Legacy

Our families give us the most cherished gifts — their time, energy, and love. Lasting Remarks is a way to give back to our loved ones by recording their favorite memories and life lessons. It’s a meaningful gift for both the recipient and the giver. A Lasting Remarks recording means that the individual brings to life their favorite memories, well-wishes and thoughts. Your family and friends will have your voice to listen to for years to come.

The process is:

Guided by a compassionate in-person interviewer who will help you honor your favorite life moments.

Professionally done and securely packaged, so your family doesn’t have to worry about a file being lost or corrupted.

Adjustable and flexible, with opportunities to add more to your story as life happens.

Kept close to home, as we proudly serve local families within the Orange County, California area.

The Lasting Remarks experience is only $500. You can learn more about our process below or get started with your journey by contacting us.

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Process

How It Works

Step 1

Schedule Your Lasting Remarks Guided Interview

Preserving your legacy starts with booking time to talk! We will coordinate on a time that works best for you. During your booking call, you will discuss the process more in-depth.

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Step 2

Discover the In-Studio Experience

Your guided 90-minute session will be where the real magic happens. Brian will lead you through questions that unearth your favorite memories. The 90 minutes will fly by due to the ease of discussion. It won’t feel like an interview, but more like chatting with an old friend.

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Step 3

Revisions & Review

We want you to feel confident with the story we’ve captured. We offer a complimentary 30-minute revision session. You can include memories or notes that you might’ve recalled after our initial session to your final recording.

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Step 4

Sound Engineering

Our exceptional sound engineering team will process and produce the final cut of your Lasting Remarks. They’ll take out the awkward pauses, ums, and anything else that could detract from the polished feeling you want to leave for your loved ones.

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Step 5

Delivery

We’ll then send you a final copy via USB flash drive and digitally via a secure Dropbox link. We’ll also include a written transcription of your Lasting Remarks interview.

As life unfolds, you can always come back down the road and add to your Lasting Remarks!

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“For years I wanted to make sure my family knew how much they meant to me.  Thankfully, Brian Zimel developed Lasting Remarks. It was a profound experience, finally getting to record in my words how much I loved them.  I rest assured now they will have a lasting record of my love for them.”
–John T.
“Going through the process of recording my life’s journey and that of my parents was both emotionally draining but yet rewarding. It is comforting to know that my family’s future generations will know our history. Recording final remarks for each child and grandchild gives me peace.”
–Edna S.
“Leaving my lasting memories to my kids was not about saying goodbye, it was about saying I love you.  As I left my memories for my kids, I did so with a heart full of gratitude for the privilege of being their parent.  Brian led me through this most precious journey of expressing my life experience.  It was truly was an emotional and loving experience.”
–Penny S.
“What an incredible way to leave a legacy and lasting story for your family. It was a very easy process and I feel confident my wishes and words will live beyond my time and teach and help my family once I’m gone. This is something that everyone should do and continue to update as your story evolves and changes.”
–Carlos A.
“The desire to give my husband and family an audio remembrance of my love for them has been present at the back of my mind for a long time, and the hurdles to be overcome to do it seemed to relegate the idea to the zone of wishful thinking and no action until your innovate venture, Lasting Remarks, provided the support and the tools to bring it to fruition. “
–Catherine D.
“Thank you again, Brian for this opportunity. God has given you a very special gift and it is wonderful that you are pursuing this gift with such dedication, heart and patience. You are an outstanding interviewer. Thank you for giving people such a precious opportunity”
–Pam K.

“Everyone has stories that matter, and those stories will now endure.”

–Brian Zimel, Founder

Brian Zimel, founder of Lasting Remarks

Preserve Your Legacy Today

Give your family the gift of a lasting legacy that can be revisited time and time again.

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