He was also a member of pop rock band Stars Go Dim, with Joey Avalos, Lester Estelle Jr. (former drummer for Pillar) and Chris Cleveland until 2012.

The band was originally called Q: The Source (named after the Q document), but they eventually renamed it as Godspeed for the release of their self-titled EP.

After playing with Pillar for ten years, Michael Wittig left the band in September 2008 for multiple reasons.

While in Pillar, in 2007 Wittig with his friends Lester Estelle, Jr. and Joey Avalos formed pop rock band Stars Go Dim in which he played till 2012 but left for personal reasons.

Michael Wittig has two sons and, as of summer 2010, twin daughters and lives with his wife in Oklahoma.