Gospel Music NYC - Can The Choir Be Revived? | Lindsey Williams

"If you are going to be a leader, know who you are meant to lead, be true to who you are and to what is given to you. Everything will come organically." Lindsey Williams (Divine Connection)

Today our guest is Lindsey Williams, a church musician and an artist who helped many churches build a church music ministry. As a child, he played drums and at the age 15 he started playing the organ just to show his competitive friend he can do it too. One thing followed the other and soon enough Lindsey started preaching, which helped him get out of his shell and be out front.

He describes himself as a choir guy who writes songs out of a heart and he finds his inspiration in a sermon or a current situation. It is very hard for people out of New York to penetrate the music scene in Brooklyn and Lindsey made it nevertheless. He was constantly looking for the opportunities to help people and play music. For him, it was not about money, but about getting the experience. In order to be the best, you have to be surrounded by the best (which is why he came to New York) and have a hunger for what you do. His advice is: have love for what you do and if you are going to do something, aspire to be like the ones who are already doing it. One of Lindsey's greatest pieces of advice came from bishop Walker: "If you want a successful music ministry, you have to pray". That is why he puts great emphasis on finding the time to pray for everything he does and holds dear.

Divine Connection Music Ministry is his vision of a church choir, a project he started 5 years ago by including the members outside of his church (St. John 'Bible' Baptist Church). Most of the songs sung by a choir are originally written by Minister Lindsey. In the beginning of his career, Lindsey did strong covers that everybody knew - you can't miss with a hit that's already a hit! After he made a name for himself, he introduced his own music and people liked it. For him, it is important that an artist reinvents themselves, but not completely change who they are. He is always glad when his songs get out, but he never glories in his victories. He rather moves on and pushes through obstacles. He concludes the interview by saying the following: