The Rosary Tapes
It’s funny how long it takes to discover something really unique. The Rosary Tapes for example. Created in the early nineties on cassette tapes and later remastered onto CD, The Rosary Tapes are a collection of Roman Catholic prayers and meditations for the rosary, which are set to contemporary music. Alot of study, research and prayer went into the recording process, according to reports.
Michigan-based music consultants Bill Gildenstern and composer John Giaier have collaborated on thousands of advertising jingles in their 30 year history of working together. They were the guys who did the famous Ford jingle “Have You Driven A Ford Lately?” Gildenstern convinced Giaier on the project in 1992, and created the Rosary Tapes to help recite the prayers while driving.
They have released the fourth CD in the set, the Mysteries of Light, and had more than one million free downloads of the Joyful Mysteries since 2001. More than 40,000 sets of the Rosary Tapes have been sold. The four-CD set costs $39.95 online and can be ordered from rosarytapes.com.
“It’s not a Catholic prayer, it’s a Christian prayer,” Gildenstern said. “We all have our traditions, but the bottom line is we’re Christians. I see the rosary not as something to, in any way, replace our Sunday worship together, but rather as a way to bring prayer into other areas of our lives where we may typically not pray, such as while driving or exercising.”
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