A Brief History...

An L.A. native, Mike was ready to branch out to new opportunities and in late 2002, he geared up to depart for London, England where he ministered at Holy Nation Church, Victoria. Arriving in London on January 1st, 2003, Mike would soon have the opportunity to not only work for the church there, but also teach music at two Christian schools in central London. “London was amazing; I couldn’t really do too much sight seeing but for the first few weeks because it was so hectic. It’s insane, a good third of your time is spent in travel, just getting around; such a beautiful city though, rich in diverse cultures and expression."
After arriving back in the states, Mike spent 8 months in Columbus, Nebraska (where his parents and two sisters had lived for 3 years), while also ministering with his dear friends at Highland Park Church on a 6 month music internship.
From there Mike corresponded with Eric and Chris Diaz into spring of 2005 about the formation of Interchange. Then, in April of 2005, Mike packed up his kit, threw it atop a Chevy Astro van (bought specially for the occasion) and headed back home to L.A. with his long time friend and first drum student, Trevor Jones. Now, since May of 2005, Mike has been drumming and singing for Interchange. As the production and release of their (10 track) full-length album entitled 'Resonate' came to pass, wives and kids did also. This made for something called "growing up." However, Interchange has still been happy to perform (just more selectively) at their regular rate. "Resonate was the longest project I think any of us had ever worked on", Mike recalls, "It took us about a year and a half but we were picky and meticulous."
Mike, along with his wife Kristy -Scanlon- (married June 10th 2006), ministered for almost three years as music director and Pastor at 'The Highlands Christian Fellowship' in Palmdale, California where he lead for multiple services a week and taught music theory for their 'Life School of Ministry'. They've now relocated to East Sacramento where Mike has accepted an assignment as Creative Arts Pastor at East Valley Church (www.EVchurch.com). He continues to hold weekly musicality workshops and lead for multiple services most every week while pursuing his Bachelor of Theology/Music. Mike and Kristy have two daughters (Kami Addison Gerbrandt, born 4.27.08 and Maci Paige Gerbrandt, born 2.27.10). They've also released their first duet project to date, "Lead Me to the Miracles" now digitally available at www.mikegerbrandt.bandcamp.com.