About Cygnals Multimedia

I'm Scott Simpson, and I'm on a mission to save family memories.

When my wife Amanda died from ovarian cancer in 2016, I realized I had failed to capture what mattered most - her voice, her stories, the messages she would have left for our three-year-old son. Despite being a self-proclaimed "Media Hoarder," I hadn't preserved the one thing that couldn't be replaced.

Once it's gone, it's gone.

Years earlier, I'd given my grandmother a cassette recorder and pleaded with her to record her story. She never did. When my mother began losing her memory to Alzheimer's, I made sure to sit her down and record everything she could share before it was too late.

I've spent my career in media - from community television at 14, to radio news anchor at Toronto's 680News and Halifax's News95.7, to Program Director at NewsTalk 1290 CJBK in London. I know how to tell stories, and I know how media deteriorates.

Your family's videotapes are deteriorating right now. The magnetic tape is breaking down. Signals are fading. Memories are disappearing.

I started Cygnals Multimedia because I have the technical skills to save these memories, and I understand how precious they are. Every tape I digitize might contain someone's last words, a child's first steps, or a moment that can never be recreated.

Your stories matter. Let me help you preserve them before they're lost forever.

— Scott Simpson
London, Ontario