Tauren Wells fearlessly and confidently straddles mainstream and church music . A gifted worship leader as well , he participated in Lakewood Music ’ s recent live recording event , and has just released his new solo project , Joy In The Morning . In addition to his church songwriting contributions , Tauren currently has 10 Grammy nominations , 6 number one ’ s , 225M + video views , 6 Dove Awards , a Billboard Music Award nomination , and over 1 billion global streams !
[ WM ] Tauren , it ’ s great to see you again . It ’ s been a year and a half , and more than that in life experiences over the past couple of years !
[ Tauren Wells ] Absolutely ! Yeah .
[ WM ] Our culture has changed , and in many ways recast itself over the past two years . I ’ ve read that you describe yourself as a cultural architect . Tell us about that and the importance of impact in what we create ?
Tauren Wells - All God ’ s Children
[ Tauren ] Yeah , I think the ultimate purpose of what we create is to move people toward God and toward one another . And so , if God has put specific tools in my hands to construct a vehicle that moves people , then I want to move them towards Him and I want to move people toward each other and to see the value in each other and the good in one another . And so that ’ s a lot of what I ’ m doing , experiences . I ’ m creating , tours , album , podcasts , all those types of things are all with that idea in mind .
I like how my friend , Travis Greene , says it . He says that culture is the rhythm of a people . It ’ s how people move and sway to what ’ s happening in the world and in society . A less artistic , more refined definition by A . R . Bernard says , “ Culture is a people ’ s thinking , it ’ s institutions , it ’ s art , it ’ s entertainment ”, and a few other things .
So when I say I ’ m a cultural architect , I am not going to speak directly into the financial landscape . I will share limited opinions in the political sphere , but what I can do through music is give people perspective that they carry into every sphere of life that they have access to . I think that ’ s what ’ s unique about being an artist and what ’ s unique about music as a whole .
[ WM ] And you ’ re doing this , Tauren ! I can ’ t think of another artist that is more musically diverse and works so determinedly alongside issues that really matter . All God ’ s Children is a great example of that . What can you tell us about this ?