We all know what it feels like to be touched by a song – to hear lyrics that meet us right where we are in life. Songs can encourage us or challenge us; they can make us cry or make us smile. As singers who are choosing to use our gifts to glorify the Lord, the impact of music is even more powerful.
Whereas other singers may just be sharing their voices & personal reflections through song, those of us involved in music ministries are accountable to more than just ourselves. read more…
We’ve (Andrew and Valerie) just returned from a business trip to Nashville where God allowed us to solidify some great relationships in the interest of continuing to provide you with the widest Christian music catalog available.
One of our meetings was with the Dottie Leonard Miller and Ed Leonard at Daywind who our family has had a relationship with for two decades. While there, we were able to tour their facility in Hendersonville, Tennessee. It’s amazing to see the rows and rows of CDs all organized by number, ready to be dropped into boxes for shipment. We also viewed one of their sound-proof recording studios where many of the tracks you sing are produced.
We want you to know that the folks at Daywind are committed to providing you with the latest and best quality tracks and Christian Music possible and we appreciate their cooperation with us to make them available to you at Christwill Music.
Who would have thought that behind this small unassuming house there is a large warehouse and distribution center?
Rows of in-stock CDs and cassettes await ordering and shipment
One of three recording studios at Daywind Music Group, where some of the backup and demonstration vocals are recorded for the tracks you sing.
Andrew and Valerie of Christwill Music with Dottie Leonard Miller, founder of Daywind Music Group
Andrew Criswell of Christwill Music with Ed Leonard, president of Daywind and GMA chairman.
Have you ever found that you know a few words from a chorus or verse of a song but just can’t seem to remember the title? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. As far as we know, we are the only place on the Internet where you can do a lyric search to find the exact song you’re looking for. If you haven’t found it yet, let me tell you where to find this treasure and how to use it.
Many of you adventurous soloists have downloaded your accompaniment tracks in Ogg Vorbis format, only to find out that they don’t play in your standard media player and you’re lost from there. To help this confusion, I’ll explain why we sell Ogg Vorbis files and what you can and can’t do with them. This will help you know if you should download Ogg Vorbis or MP3 files. read more…
I’ve discovered something unique about shopping at Christwill Music…
Many have commented that the “Top 20 Best Sellers” on the Christwill Music Website are not right. They cite that those are not the same top sellers they see at other sources. Well, our very savvy and observant customers are right! Some of the titles in those lists were actually released decades ago. I’m going to tell you why our top 20 list doesn’t look like the other guys’. read more…
I think we all agree that the Scripture is alive and powerful when spoken or sung. Scripture is filled with songs (psalms) and poetic praises. I am so excited to tell you about this new product that my friend (and President of Christian World, Inc. [CWI]) Mark Stevens has produced.
As evidenced by CWI’s 3,206 accompaniment tracks, Mark has been firmly committed to spreading the gospel through song for almost 3 decades. The Lord put on Mark’s heart to develop this new Declarations of God’s Word series, so that when you can’t be there to witness or read or sing to a brother or sister in Christ who is in distress, you can give a truly meaningful gift. They in turn can listen to it, as well as read and reference all the scripture on the CD in the enclosed gift booklet. The three themes are:
Faith Healing My Identity In Christ
This can be a powerful gift of encouragement, at a very attractive price (especially with your discount when buying other music). When you look and listen to the three themes, perhaps the Lord will place on your heart someone who needs this gift.
Here’s one sample below; we ecourage you to come to the website to hear samples of all the tracks on each one.
I want to express my appreciation to all of you who have compared your older library of soundtracks against what we have secured and available on the site. There were two of you I want to personally thank for ferreting out several series we don’t have (though we wish we did), and discuss below.
Give a round of applause for the efforts of Sue Regan and Shawn Burdette; it is shared knowledge from brothers and sisters like them that help us know what and where to look. Now to follow-up on what they uncovered.
Okay, it’s time for a homework assignment for those of you who have been singing for a while… a long while. We need for you to reach into your library of accompaniment cassette tapes; yes, you read that right… cassette tapes. You see, we think we have every major series (i.e. Christian World Single Key [purple and green cover], Word Studio Tracks [silver cover], etc.) accounted for, though some will never be re-released due to licensing, distribution or other rights issues.
Nevertheless, if you have tapes from a label (studio) that we don’t have on the site right now, please
Comment to this post with the studio name and a description of the cover
We want to make sure that our breadth on Christian accompaniment music is the most complete on the planet, and if you who have been singing a while could help verify that, it would be fantastic!
Prayer Request for Steven
by Christwill Staff (Andrew) on August 12, 2009
As the Lord directs, we’re going to be asking the believers who read here to pray for a different Christwill Music team member each week, because even though life and this business is exciting, it can also be amazingly stressful.
And no one on the team catches more flack than Steven, (VP, Customer Service) who heads up all customer service and support, and mans a phone himself nearly all day and everyday that we’re in the office (Monday – Friday, 7am to 4pm MT). He is the problem solver, policy enforcer, and customer situation handler. He has access to and works with most every team member to head-off and/or resolve issues before/as they develop. And sometimes, Christian folks don’t act very Christian on the phone (though most do).
So pray for Steven as the Lord brings him to your mind this week.
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