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I’m a Detroit native and my home was filled with music. My dad was a Bishop (yeah I’m a PK kid!!!!!!!!) played the guitar, my brother played bass. I started playing the trombone by the age of six, and at twelve I switched my affections to the piano. My style began to take shape through watching and listening to Yvette Epps play organ at the church I attended as a youth. By the time I graduated from high school, I was a playing professionally for a well-known choir in Detroit called Rejoice Community Choir founded and directed by Lorenzo Turner. In 1988 my first taste of the secular world was playing keyboards for Broadways award winning soul singer Jennifer Holiday when she went on tour. It was also during that period that I form a choir called Communion, who would be my outlet for songs birthed out of my soul and spirit. To this day my choir is well known around the country for a cappella song I wrote and is done every Easter around the country call “He’s Alive”. My first national released song was in 1989 called “On The Battlefield”, and the man responsible for that opportunity was a genius who I played for when he did workshops and concerts took me under his toolege a man that years before would change me musically forever gave me a opportunity my mentor, Thomas “The Maestro” Whitfield when he needed an up-tempo song for a CD he was producing on Word Records artist baritone singer Douglas Miller “On the Battlefield” claimed the spot. While studying musical theory at Henry Ford Community College in 1991, I was offered the job of music director by writer and producer Thomas Butler for a play called “Selma” in which Redd Foxx was one of the executive producers. Over the next decade, I honed my skills and became an in-demand session player on numerous recordings and in concert settings. I have worked with music industry giants, like Thomas Whitfield, Herman Harris, Rudolph Stanfield, Kurt Carr, Dorinda Clark Cole, Commissioned, Darly Coley, Michael Powell(Anita Bakers producer) Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Alvin Slaughter, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Donald Lawrence, Oleta Adams, Shirley Murdock, George Clinton, Coko, Tyrese, The Dramactics, Four Tops, The Contours, Freda Payne just to name a few My keyboarding can be heard on Ms. Franklin’s 2006 Grammy winning tribute song "A House Is Not A Home" to Luther Vandross, “So Amazing,” and I have appeared on stage with Diana Ross providing background vocals for the pop Diva at the Fox Theater. In October 2005 I traveled to Krefeld, Germany where I was the special guest for the Gospel Musik Festival where 400 choir members preformed original songs. The event was named after my song “He’s Alive” which was written to Germanys own Ludwig Van Beethoven’s’ 5th which got a standing ovation. In 2003 I began working on a solo debut to complete twelve songs rounding out my Praisestrumentals project with is in stores now (Walmart, Circut City, Bestbuy Mom&Pop) I'm in Septembers Jazz Times magazine and getting much love around the country. The unplugged video of “He Made a Way” debuted on BET’s Video Gospel Sunday, June 25, 2006. An additional video of “Me & God” is already in editing and soon to be released.MICHAEL MINDINGALL CREDITS/DISCOGRAPHYCDs/ALBUMSPraisestrumentals (Crystal Rose/The Mindingall Firm 2006) Michael Mindingall’s Communion (Sound of Gospel/1991)SONGS COMPOSED BY MICHAEL MINDINGALLA Quiet Praise Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals A Holy Rock Praise Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals A Jazzy Praise Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals Arise Chris Jones Awesome God Keith Dobbins & Resurrection Mass Call Jesus Keith Dobbins & Resurrection Mass Closer Walk Michael Mindingall & Communion Counselor Keith Dobbins Featuring Shirley Murdock Dance In Victory God’s Little Soldiers Do You Know Him Keith Dobbins & Resurrection Mass Do You Know Him Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Choir Expressions Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals Hath Breath God’s Little Soldiers God Is The Answer Michael Mindingall & Communion He’s Alive Michael Mindingall & Communion Holding on to You Fred Hammond I’ll Go Keith Dobbins & Resurrection Mass I’ll Still Love You Michael Mindingall & Communion I Am There Chris Jones & Word of Praise I Can’t Forget Keith Dobbins & Resurrection Mass Instant Praise Lecrecia Campbell If the son didn’t rise Michael Mindingall & Communion I’ll Fly Away Mark Hubbard I’ll Fly Away Ron Bishop Let go to be holy Michael Mindingall & Communion Magnify Him Tyrone Dickerson Me & God Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals Never Get To Busy Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals Now and Forever Gene Dunlap On the Battlefield Douglas Miller One More Time Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals Put Yo Hands Up Rodney Posey Sing Unto The Lord Michael Mindingall/Praisestrumentals Search Me God’s Little Soldiers Send Me I’ll Go Ron Bishop Serious Praise Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Choir Serious Praise Ron Bishop Surrender Ron Bishop Spend Time Chris Jones & Word of Praise Sweeter Michael Fletcher Chorale Featuring James Moore To Live Is Christ Michael Mindingall & Communion You Can’t Take My Joy Dorinda Clark-Cole Very Sure Michael Mindingall & Communion Without Leaning Michael Mindingall & Communion Zion Chris Jones & Word of PraiseSESSION WORK BY MICHAEL MINDINGALLAngelo & Veronica/Change Keyboards/Producer Aretha Franklin/TBA Keyboards Aretha Franklin/So Amazing/2005 Grammy Keyboards Chris Jones/Dance Keyboards/Exec Producer Craig Brothers/Live In Detroit/2005 Stella nom Keyboards/Exec Producer Coko/Hot Coko/featuring Tyrese Keyboards Commissioned/Time & Seasons Vocals Dramatics/Look Inside Keyboards Fred Hammond/Deliverance Keyboards/Arranger God’s Little Soldiers/Compilation Keyboards/Producer GMWA Women of Worship/When I Get Home Keyboards Hitsville/Compilation The Dramatics LJ Remolds, Ron Banks, Four Tops, Temptations, The Contours, Freda Payne, The Miracles, George Clinton Keyboards/Producer Herman Harris & Faith, Hope and Love/In Loving Memory Keyboards Iyanla Vanzant/Donnie McClurkin In the Meantime Keyboards Keith Dobbins/Can’t Live Without Him Live Keyboards Lecrecia Campbell/Instant Praise Keyboards Lorenzo Owens/After the Show Keyboards Men of Standard/Feels Like Rain Keyboards Nancey Jackson/Relationships Keyboards Rodney Posey/Put Yo Hands Up Keyboards/Producer Ron Bishop/I’ll Fly Away Keyboards/Producer Slumvillage/Trinity Vocals St. James Adult Choir/I Trust in God Keyboards Thomas Whitfield/Alive& Satisfied Keyboards Various Artists/Christmas Harmony Keyboards