MIC
// Marlon Van Whye, vocalistMIC are a Christian dance, hip-hop, and R&B band from Durban, South Africa. “Stories From A Dry Land” (1996), “Acoustic” (1997), “Superhuman [EP]” (1997), “Crazy World” (1998), “I Am Yours” (2000), “Give You Love” (2001), “Re: Invention” (2004), and “Snap Shot” (2006) are all available from Sarepta Music. Marlon Van Whye also has a successful solo career as a Christian Hip-Hop and R&B music producer. His debut solo album “Nobody Else” was independently release, and “Your Love Is Like” is available from Sarepta Music. Marlon Van Whye also manages the recording studios at Rhema Church Ministries.
Website: www.marlonvan.com
Photo: Marlon van Whye / MarlonVan.com
Interview:
Music has the power to move people, change emotions, and alter moods. The Bible talks about worshipping God “in spirit and in truth” [John 4:24]. Here we can see a spiritual significance in worship music, and I personally believe that music is very spiritual. Music releases spirits. This is what I learnt at a worship seminar. If you are a worship leader in a church, and you are leading worship during a service, then you need to prepare yourself spiritually. Be prepared to lead people in worship and enter into the Holy of Holies. There is a very strong spiritual significance that can be experienced when we worship. Music needs to be presented in the right way so that it can be released with a Godly spirit. Music was designed to worship God. If music is not glorifying God, then it is glorifying something else other than God. So as musicians we need to be very careful in how we create a spiritual significance in our music.
“Music releases spirits… so as musicians we need to be very careful in how we create a spiritual significance in our music.”
– Marlon Van Whye, vocalist in MIC
