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Heartbeat / Legacy Song

Legacy songs serve as an opportunity to say what we would like to say to our loved ones, to archive meaningful things about our personalities and values and personal stories and/or to make tribute to a loved one that we have lost. Legacy songs provide us with an outlet to express our grief, both anticipatory grief and our grief after losing a loved one.


Legacy songs might involve recording the heartbeat of a loved one and weaving this beautiful rhythm into the song, serving as the drums. Other times, legacy recordings capture voice recordings from

Videos or old voice memos from our loved ones paired with co-written lyrics and music to honor this life.


If a heartbeat recording is desired as part of the legacy song, we will arrange a time to obtain the recording with an electronic stethescope. Afterwards the heartbeat recording will be looped and edited to have clear sound quality in order to be used within the song and also provided as its own track.


For individuals living outside of the Los Angeles County/ Ventura county area or in another state, a loaner stethoscope with included directions and return policy can be mailed to you so that you can record your own heartbeat or your loved one’s heartbeat for the legacy song. Small shipping fee will be added to total costs of project.


The songwriting portion of the legacy song creation process can be done in a variety of ways in accordance to your preference and comfort level. For example, you may prefer to answer questions/prompts or engage in a discussion while the music therapist takes notes and creates lyrics from your responses and the discussion or you may prefer to play a more involved creative role in the lyric writing. Your legacy song creation process and end product will be personal, meaningful and customized to tell your unique story.


All heartbeat songs come with a custom designed pdf with lyrics and finished mp3.


Optional add-on: Heartbeat Teddy Bear Heartbeat recording and heartbeat song placed inside of a stuffed animal teddy bear (or stuffed animal of your choice) $70 (includes cost of stuffed animal, cost of soundbox and cost of extra editing time).

Pricing:

Legacy song: sliding scale $300-$600 per song

$300 - $600

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