Michael White

Michael White is a gifted and talented new artist, songwriter and musician. He won the Unsigned Artist Showcase with his group True Praise at the 2007 Gospel Heritage Praise and Worship Conference. White and True Praise are committed to impacting worshippers with a fresh flow in praise and worship music. He is currently a minister of music at Reid Temple in Glenn Dale, Maryland.

Gospelcity.com: Tell us about your musical background.

Michael White: I started as a musician at the age of 11 for a preacher who happens to be my father. I started playing the piano simply because we needed someone and I asked God for that gift. God gave it to me… I did take piano lessons and started picking up things by ear. I’ve been a self-made musician through the anointing of God. When I was 24, I came to the Washington, D.C. area from Berryville, Virginia. I did a recording with Toby Palmer and Chosen Generation. I began to hook up with Patrick Lundy; I was actually the organist for his first two projects. Patrick’s a great friend.

GC: Describe your debut CD project.

MW: The title of the project is Conqueror. It’s a song of war. It’s meant to empower the believer as well as empower everyone to succeed and live their life for God. The whole project is geared around strength… even more so, relationship with God that’s the important piece.

We live as Christians … we use praise and worship in our daily lives, our daily relationships. You start your day with that worship so you walk out your door as a conqueror. No matter what the devil says during that day or no matter how the enemy might try to trip you up. You still have that relationship with God. God will give you that strength to come back from whatever comes your way. The song is scriptural. It comes out of Romans 8:37 … it puts that scripture to life. So when you go through something a lot of times you need to remember that scripture of what God has said so you can just begin to speak it. You can say I’m more than a conqueror through Christ that strengthens me.