Cottage Tapes and More - About Us
We are a small company, just a husband and wife team,
that love the Lord and like to express that love through music.
We have been involved in church music all of our adult lives and
have used some tracks in our church but only started selling tracks
through Cottage Tapes in 2002. We have sold them through some
Christian bookstores in our area, through our Ebay store and our web site. Click here to read what our Ebay Customers say.
We
are offering accompaniment CDs of hymns at modest prices. These are NEW ARRANGEMENTS of favorite hymns and gospel songs. Each track has the
song accompaniment in 3 keys for medium, high, and low voice ranges and
a vocal demo. Many are offered in different styles to suit your musical
expression. The beautiful words and the familiar tunes of the old hymns
are revitalized with these modern arrangements. They can be used for
solos or congregations will enjoy singing with these tracks. We
are planning to continue to add new songs and styles and welcome your
suggestions. We are also offering accompaniment tracks of some of the
newer songs,
which are slightly more expensive because of the licensing fees. These
are not the original tracks, but new arrangements of some of the great
gospel classics.
There are also some original songs never before offered
anywhere!
Listen to the demos and decide if you would like to add these new songs
to your collection. The Devil and His Men is always a hit at our church picnic. Watch for more in the future!
If
your church does not have a pianist sometimes, Simply Hymns may fill a
need for your congregation. Each CD has 10 hymns that are
still sung in our churches today. These are plain and simple
hymns on keyboard
only, very much as written in the hymnal, so simple no demo is needed.
Lyrics are included but the hymns will probably be in most
hymnals.
A few years ago we expanded our line to include Daywind accompaniment tracks.
These are great performance soundtracks of some of the newest
popular songs recorded by Nashville's fine musicians. Our line
includes Southern Gospel and Contemporary, including many titles for
special holidays and events.
Daywind Karaoke Tracks are a great buy!!!! You can buy six great accompaniment tracks for less than the cost of 2 single song
accompaniment CDs. They include hymns, Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, Kids Songs, and Praise & Worship.
Our
daughter has home schooled her four children and could not find a
curriculum teaching Missouri history and geography
with literature so she wrote one. This
is a Missouri History Guide written for home schoolers, using
the literature approach. Children can discover the rich heritage of
Missouri by reading books, checking out web sites, taking field trips,
and then organizing their discoveries in a personal notebook.
It's a way to enjoy studying and students are more likely to
remember what they learn. One home
school group in Missouri has used the guides in their group for several
years.
We enjoy learning about what inspired our wonderful old hymns and we think that
makes the songs more meaningful. On our Lyrics and Inspirational
Stories page, you can
read the words of these hymns that reflect the deep convictions and
feelings of the authors and have been passed down through generations
of Christians. If you are looking for the lyrics to a public domain
hymn, we would be happy to check our old hymnals to see if we can find the lyrics.
We
would appreciate any comments or suggestions you have, whether or not
you make a purchase. You may email us at cottage@cottagetapes.com or click on the Contact Us link. Thank you for visiting our site!!