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BIO
Kirk McMillan never meant to be a songwriter. In fact, his dream was to be in the military. Born and raised in Atlanta, McMillan headed off to the Citadel Academy to pursue his dream. After 6 long months of boot camp, uniforms and chores, he shortly realized this wasn’t for him. He wanted structured but nothing like this. So he went to work for the only job he would ever come to have. Working for his family business, a food wholesaler company that started in 1980 in Atlanta. He started from the bottom up, just like everyone in the family did. Emptying trashcans, and cleaning up. He slowly worked his was up, getting his MBA at Kennesaw University in Atlanta. He is now the co-president on the family company, with his Brother Sean.
Even though Kirk was thriving at his job he felt strongly that his life was missing something. He couldn’t put his finger on what it was until one day, he was walking in Memphis with his brother. “We stopped to listen to this guy play guitar on the street,” Kirk says from his Atlanta home. “There was nothing that special about the guy, but in that moment it hit me. I told my brother. I said you know what? That’s what I need to do. I don’t know if I wanted to do it, or needed to do it, but I had to.” McMillan came back, bought a guitar and started taking lessons. With in a year he wrote his first song.
I remember the first moment of the first song. I was waking up one morning in bed, my wife brought me coffee, and all of a sudden it because something. I realized how I started watching everything differently. That this must be how songwriters see things, and that is where the song came from. I was a moment I knew I needed to sing. “ “A morning cup of coffee”
As Kirk went on to write, every experience became something he could latch onto and turn into a song. This became his saving grace, This filled his void. In a sense it also became the essence of his first record American Dreamworld. “I was not happy doing what I was doing, I looked at myself in the mirror and new I needed a change. That was the inspiration for the record. It’s clear to hear where Kirk McMillan is coming from. With songs like corporate cross, you hear the struggle of looking at your threshold of sanity knowing something has to give way. “Clinging to the ladder of the corporate cross.” It means there is always a sacrifice for the family business, but one gets to the point that more is needed.
It took 6 months to make the record that it took 6 years to write. This record is the outcome of a significant changing point in his life. Music chose him. He never chose it.
When his family found out he was heading in a different direction then the business they had all grown into, they were shocked, but chalked it up to nothing but a hobby. It wasn’t until they heard the finished record that they knew something was special here. They agreed, this is what he was meant to do.
Kirk, who is still living in Atlanta, still working for the family business is taking his life in a new direction with his debut release. But that is not the only thing that makes Kirk stand out. About a year and half ago Kirk started working with a children’s charity called Creative Community Services. He felt the pull to make a difference and do more. “There is just so much that needs to be done. There is so much lacking. From the basic food and water, to things like eyeglasses, or even a friend. My goal, if I had my wish, would be to combine the audiences I garner from my music and bring them together with this organization. If we can make a difference with just one person….that would be worth while.”
This is Kirk McMillan. This is his honest truth. |
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