Christopher Max

CHRISTOPHER MAX BIOGRAPHY“My music is a living, breathing and intensely colorful inner-light experience that I can actually feel and almost touch from the inside. New songs usually explode into my mind nearly everyday, with anything from wild, high-voltage Rock tunes to Acoustic Pop ballads and even deep Classical-oriented movements, and most of the time I literally do not know where they came from." ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------Such is the state of mind of Christopher Max, Born May 1st, 1962 in Hollywood, California, and his musical heritage is apparantly just as deep as his musical creations. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- His father, world-class singer/songwriter and record producer Gene McDaniels, spent a good deal of time on the Pop music charts in the early 1960's, as well as writing the eight-weeks- at-number-one hit "Feel like making love" (originally recorded by Roberta Flack) that such highly popular artists as D'Angelo and many others have recorded and keep recording to this day. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- After leaving home in Seattle Washington at the young age of 16, Christopher spent studying at Berklee college of music in Boston, with his brother London. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- After reaching near-virtuoso status as a young drummer, Christopher later went on to study piano, electric bass, and then acoustic and electric guitar, which would eventually become his primary instrument next to his unmistakably beautiful, strong and passionate singing voice. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- Moving from Boston back to Hollywood, he formed the group "Carerra" (Warner Bros.), later changing the band's name to "World Citizenz" (Manhattan/Capitol). ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- After the group's break-up in 1987, Christopher had a chance run-in with Producer Nile Rodgers on L.A.'s chic Melrose avenue. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- "Aside from being one of the major reasons that I moved to New York City, Nile Rodgers was already one of my greatest musical heroes, and I had the good fortune to have him produce my debut album with me for EMI while I was simultaneously signed as a songwriter to Sony Music Publishing." ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- At this stage in his career, Christopher was making what he calls "Electro-Funk-Pop", characteristic of the late 80's-early 90's R&B/Pop music scene."I did it as a way to get on the charts, and it worked”, Christopher says. “But it slowly dawned on me that I had sacrificed the Rock&Roller and the deep music composer in myself to satisfy the commercial powers that be at the record label at the time”, he states. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- So what happened next? "Well naturally, I grew my hair, moved to Woodstock and started writing heavy Psychedelic Rock music, much more in line with the influences that I grew up listening to as a kid like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, and incorporating the production skills I had learned from working with Nile Rodgers." ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- With Woodstock being what he now considers his spiritual home, Christopher has remained 100% faithful to his singing, his songwriting, his guitar playing and roots to this day, and continues to write, record and rehearse continuously. Christopher is living in the Netherlands at this moment and looking for a new record deal.******************************************************* ********* DISCOGRAPHYChristopher Max has worked with the following A-list of Number One recording artists:· Michael Jackson (Pepsi Int’l Commercial) · Simon Le Bon & John Taylor of Duran Duran (Nile Rodgers “SuperProducers” Japan Tour & “Train to Bombay” on Christopher Max “More Than Physical” Album-EMI Records) · Slash (Guns & Roses/Velvet Revolver-“SuperProducers” Tour Japan) · Diana Ross (wrote title track of her “Working Over Time” album with Nile Rodgers) · Steve Winwood-(“SuperProducers” Tour Japan). · Lenny Kravitz (Co-Wrote “The Power of You” recorded by Christopher Max) · Whitney Houston (Coca-Cola commercial NYC) · Martika (Wrote and Produced “A Magical Place” duet on the “Martika’s Kitchen” album) · Nile Rodgers ( “SuperProducers” Tour Japan ) This is further underscored by the major record and publishing contracts that Christopher Max has signed throughout the years, including deals with such label giants as:· Warner Bros. Records · EMI Records · Manhattan/Capitol Records · Sony Music PublishingHe has also managed to work directly with such songwriting heavyweights as:· Mike Chapman (Tina Turner) · Holly Knight (Rod Stewart/Aerosmith) · David Foster (Earth Wind & Fire) · Billy Steinberg (Madonna)Contact Christopher Max directly for Bookings:Email: [email protected] Alt. Email: [email protected] Tel: +31.6.1809.0522 +31.20.7707752