Perfecting the Art of Multi-Tasking: Interview with Kevin Max

Kmax: Yes, it is. It's like a marriage: you have to have someone that understands you on all levels.

ccmbuzz: You're going to be releasing another book of poetry this summer.

Kmax: Yes, maybe sooner. If is a book about the female -- from my point of view, which is a bit skewed, I'm sure . . .

ccmbuzz: (Laughs) That should be interesting! You've mentioned that there might be a music project to accompany it as well.

Kmax: Yes, I want to create a synergy of poetry and music that is co-existent. I really believe in the power of poetry. I believe it opens people up.

ccmbuzz: So will it be like a spoken-word thing with musical accompaniment?

Kmax: I don't know yet . . . maybe something more revolutionary. I would love to do something with the Internet.

ccmbuzz: That would be interesting.

Kmax: Make the poetry interactive, something that everyone can download and respond to in an individual way . . . something more than "I start a line and you finish it."

ccmbuzz: Because really, that's what poetry is all about -- how it impacts the reader personally.

Kmax: Exactly, it is.

ccmbuzz: I've read somewhere that you were trying to get a project going based on C.S. Lewis'Screwtape Letters -- anything happening with that?

Kmax: That is sensitive material! (laughs) Yes, I am in the process of making that happen among other things. I have a list.

ccmbuzz: Sounds like you're pretty busy these days.

Kmax: Yes, I am . . . constantly! I am an energetic little hobbit.

ccmbuzz: (Laughs) Thanks for that mental image there.

Kmax: I am more like a mixture of elf and hobbit, to be exact. (laughs) Anyway, I've been in contact with Douglas Grisham, Lewis' step-son.

ccmbuzz: Has he been pretty receptive to it?

Kmax: Yes, but we need to talk more about it, to realize what direction to take and the business aspects.

ccmbuzz: Tell me a bit about your move to Los Angeles. Why did you leave Nashville?

Kmax: I needed to grow as an artist and I felt that Nashville was sucking at the very marrow of my bones. It has been quite a change of pace. I am not under the constant microscope and butcher's knife. L.A. has provided a way for me to start over in some respects. I have built a whole new live audience, as well as a band, and have been able to meet people in the industry who do not know as much about the whole CCM world and its applications.