Life on Yavin IV: Kevin Max a true artist

Life on Yavin IV

Hello there. I'm Jedi Knight G. Since the creation of the New Jedi Order by Master Skywalker, the Jedi have been free to take part in previously forbidden activities. One of those being Marriage. The following are the tales of my experiences being married with children. May the force be with you...G.

10.14.2005

Kevin Max a true artist

I'm a huge fan of Kevin Max. Haven't heard of him? Well you should. The guy is unbelievably talented. He's not only a singer/songwritter but a poet, author and stage actor. The dude is brilliant. Why isn't he on Top 40 or MTV or anywhere on the mass media radar...well that's what makes him unique. He doesn't do all this to appeal to the most people to sell the most stuff, which is why we have this problem knowadays with cookie cutter music and lip-syncing duds that spend more time dancing than singing. It's the flava of the week phenomenon multiplied by a thousand. There's just sooo much music and movies out there that are nothing but hollow ear & eye candy mass produced to squeeze ever penny they can from the fickel, braindead masses.
Kmax is an artist in a world where true artistry is all but extinct. Perhaps you have heard of the band DC Talk. Composed of Toby McKeenen, Micheal Tait and kevin Max. I liked DC Talk. Phenomenal band...they've taken christian music to a whole new level. Groundbreaking, revolutionary...that's what DC Talk was. Was. After 5 albums they decided to stretch their solo wings. While Toby Mac and Tait have had great success in their solo careers, I have to say that Kmax has grown the most. He is taking it to a whole new level. Stretching outside the "bubble" that entraps most christian artists these days. Of course he'll be the first to tell you he's an artist that is a christian...not a christian artist. Two completely different things. You know...if your water pipes break, do you look in the phone book under christian plummer...NO. Then why do we subject our artist with the confines and label of 'christian artist'. Just let them be artist. The christian culture has this idea that if your a christian and an artist then all your albums/songs/etc. must be about God,Heaven,etc...no. It's not a radical idea. Did you know there is an entire book in the bible that doesn't mention anything about God or Jesus. Yep. Look it up. It did however uphold and illustrate the fundemental truth of God. God is the utimate artist and even He knows how to illustrate Himself without referencing Himself directly. That's the point I'm trying to make...whether I'm doing a good job or not is up to debate.
Want to hear some Kmax music? Try This. It's an online stream of his latest album 'Imposter' Here's a review. If you click on the title of this blog you'll go to his website.
Here's a couple of good articals Click on "Misunderstood Max' on the page for another interview. I'm putting all these links up because it's easier than trying to explain...I like the way one reviewer put it "Kevin Max is the musical equivalent of abstract art. As if his intense vibrato was not enough to set him apart from other artists, Kevin's lyrics are vague and symbolic, essentially poems set to music, and the music itself does not conform to any fixed genre. Like abstract art, he is difficult to understand and easy to dismiss as strange. However, it is this individuality, as his fans are quick to relate, that draws people to his music." That about sums it up. Anyway. I just thought I'd share. Introduce some of you to a talent that often misunderstood and overlooked. Give it a listen.

- G

posted by G. @ 7:41 PM

1 Comments:

At 4:06 PM, Anonymous said…

Hey, I just read an interview with KMax on JFH. If you haven't read it you oughta.

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