Max Jason Mai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Max Jason Mai

slovak composer, lyricist and singer

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1988

Place of Birth: Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia

Profession: composer, singer

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Max J.
Mai (born Miro Šmajda; 27 November 1988 in Košice, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and frontman of the hard rock/pop rock band Terrapie and alternative/metalcore band MAXJMAI. Max was raised in Košice, Slovakia, where he played with several music groups.
He began his music career in 2004 as the singer and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock-jazz band Skivers.
He also played in heavy metal/trash metal band Blackened.
In 2009 he achieved success in Czechoslovak Idol, where he reached 2nd place.
In 2010 he toured the Czech Republic and Slovakia with his band Terrapie, releasing three studio albums - Co sa týka lásky (2010), mirosmajda.com (2013) and Terrapie (2015), achieving success in "Zebrik Music Awards" - and winning 3 awards from 4 nominations in the categories of newcomer of the year, record of the year and song of the year. In 2012 Max founded a new band named Max Jason Mai / MAXJMAI using his childhood PC gaming nickname "MaxJMai" and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 for Slovakia with single "Don't Close Your Eyes", where he finished 18th in the semi final with 22 points, thus failing to qualify for the grand final.
In the end of 2015 he released a new single called Rising Angels.