Interview with Jeremy Camp
I interviewed Christian Singer, Jeremy Camp today as part of an assignment for the Ft Wayne News-Sentinel newspaper on Winter Jam 2007, coming to our area soon.
That was my first interview with Jeremy Camp. He was courteous and apologized for calling four minutes late, due to another interview just before us. I thanked him for that.
Jeremy is just one of several celebs I’ve interviewed in the past few years while writing the Ticket! column for the Ft Wayne News-Sentinel newspaper and other assignments.
Other interviews have included Steven Curtis Chapman, various band members of Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, NewSong, The Afters, Hawk Nelson, Michael W. Smith (a backstage picture of this guy and my friend Aimee and me is posted at my website), tobyMac and Michael Tait from dc talk, Dick Smothers, and actors of traveling theater troupes coming to the area.
These are always fun, but challenging, interviews. For one thing, I have to be available for them to call me. This means looking at my schedule for a time that would work (a challenge when working full-time!), staying by the phone, possibly for a good part of a day, waiting for a call.
Sometimes there’s a problem with the time change. I always emphasize to whomever I make the interview appointment with what time it is where I live and ask what time it is where they live. That way, hopefully, they will translate the difference to the person I’ll interview.
Then there’s the challenge of not being nervous. I admit, I still get nervous when I know I’ll be speaking to someone famous, even if they are half my age, but as soon as I pick up the phone, I’m calm and collected (at least I think I am). It’s strange.
The third thing that is a challenge is trying to think of questions that are not the same old hash for the interview subject. The answers can sound rehearsed for typical questions. I start out by asking them where they are calling from and move into the questions I’ve prepared that will make them think.
Yes, despite having done hundreds of interviews, I still research and write down my questions for each subject and fall back on them if the conversation lags. Usually I’m allotted just 15 minutes so that isn’t enough time for conversation to lag, but the questions are there, just the same.
I love to interview celebs, especially ones who are polite and considerate of my time and effort. Thanks to Jeremy for making the interview a real pleasure. I look forward to writing this article. It will be published on February 1, 2007, in Ticket! in the Ft Wayne News-Sentinel newspaper.
Check out Jeremy Camp’s website and listen to his music posted there. It’s deep stuff and very soul-full. He’s young but definitely has his head on straight. www.jeremycamp.com
Take care,
“That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.”- 2 Corinthians 5:19-20
That was my first interview with Jeremy Camp. He was courteous and apologized for calling four minutes late, due to another interview just before us. I thanked him for that.
Jeremy is just one of several celebs I’ve interviewed in the past few years while writing the Ticket! column for the Ft Wayne News-Sentinel newspaper and other assignments.
Other interviews have included Steven Curtis Chapman, various band members of Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, NewSong, The Afters, Hawk Nelson, Michael W. Smith (a backstage picture of this guy and my friend Aimee and me is posted at my website), tobyMac and Michael Tait from dc talk, Dick Smothers, and actors of traveling theater troupes coming to the area.
These are always fun, but challenging, interviews. For one thing, I have to be available for them to call me. This means looking at my schedule for a time that would work (a challenge when working full-time!), staying by the phone, possibly for a good part of a day, waiting for a call.
Sometimes there’s a problem with the time change. I always emphasize to whomever I make the interview appointment with what time it is where I live and ask what time it is where they live. That way, hopefully, they will translate the difference to the person I’ll interview.
Then there’s the challenge of not being nervous. I admit, I still get nervous when I know I’ll be speaking to someone famous, even if they are half my age, but as soon as I pick up the phone, I’m calm and collected (at least I think I am). It’s strange.
The third thing that is a challenge is trying to think of questions that are not the same old hash for the interview subject. The answers can sound rehearsed for typical questions. I start out by asking them where they are calling from and move into the questions I’ve prepared that will make them think.
Yes, despite having done hundreds of interviews, I still research and write down my questions for each subject and fall back on them if the conversation lags. Usually I’m allotted just 15 minutes so that isn’t enough time for conversation to lag, but the questions are there, just the same.
I love to interview celebs, especially ones who are polite and considerate of my time and effort. Thanks to Jeremy for making the interview a real pleasure. I look forward to writing this article. It will be published on February 1, 2007, in Ticket! in the Ft Wayne News-Sentinel newspaper.
Check out Jeremy Camp’s website and listen to his music posted there. It’s deep stuff and very soul-full. He’s young but definitely has his head on straight. www.jeremycamp.com
Take care,
“That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.”- 2 Corinthians 5:19-20
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