John Mayer - guitar virtuoso, composer, showman and music producer

American songwriter, guitarist, music producer John Mayer was born on October 16, 1977 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in a family of teachers. Father - Richard Mayer - at that time worked as a school principal, and his mother - Margaret Mayer - taught English.

Young talent

Since childhood, John Mayer was noted for his musical abilities, and when he went to school, he began to take private lessons on the clarinet and violin. At the age of thirteen, he took the guitar for the first time. At that time, the teenager was impressed by the 1950's rock'n'roll of the Johnny Be Goode type by Elvis Presley, and he also liked the work of Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker.

Once in the hands of John came a cassette with records of the famous bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughn. Blues music captured the young musician so much that he began to pick up familiar melodies on his guitar day and night, and then play them in the circle of friends.

Since the age of sixteen, John Mayer began performing in various clubs, which gave him the opportunity to improve his guitar playing skills. Two years later, the young musician became a member of the Villanova Junction, but did not last long.

Unsuccessful musical education

In 1996, John Mayer, whose songs had already gained some popularity, entered the Berkeley, a prestigious college of music based in Boston. There he made friends with his classmate Clay Cook. Soon, both friends quit their studies and moved to Atlanta, where they created the group Lofi Masters and began to perform in nightclubs. Six months later, John Mayer chose to start a solo career, left the band and released his first disc Inside Wants Out, which was released in mid-1999.

Exactly one year later, the musician recorded a second album called Room For Squares, which included the popular hit No Such Thing. In 2000, John Mayer, whose albums began to appear one by one, signed a contract with the firm Columbia Records, and immediately released an updated version of the disc Inside Wants Out.

The year 2003 was marked for Mayer with the first Grammy award, in the "Best Vocal" nomination in the pop style for the song called Your Body Is A Wonderland. In the same year, his first live album Any Given Thursday was released in DVD format.

Programs on TV with a guitarist

Since the middle of 2004, John Mayer, whose albums have already sold millions of copies, opened his own program on television, called "Music Lessons with John Mayer." In addition to music in the programs, there was a lot of humor, conversations on popular topics, communication with spectators.

In the autumn of 2005, Meyer invited a wide audience to come up with poetry for the music he created. In the repertoire of the guitarist there were many styles, ranging from pop, blues, country, ending with rockabilly. Poems sent in huge numbers, and the winner was a certain Fagan Tim from Los Angeles.

John also launched a vigorous activity on the Internet, in addition to his own official website, the musician communicates with admirers on three more portals.

In terms of creative realization, John Mayer is still closer to television, he accepts the invitation to participate in many programs, mostly musical, but he does not refuse to act as an artist of the colloquial genre. In various talk shows, John feels quite comfortable, he can organically fit into any scenario, even without preliminary rehearsals.

One day, Mayer took part in one of the episodes of the crime series "CSI: Crime Scene", where he played two soundtracks and performed one of the supporting roles.

Awards

In total, John Mayer was nominated for the Grammy award nineteen times, but received the award only in seven cases. His work has been repeatedly noted by other American associations for musical art.

Discography

In the period from 2001 to 2013 Meyer released six studio albums, which sold out in huge editions. Currently, the guitarist is working on the next disc, the recording of which is scheduled for the summer of 2016. The album will consist mainly of new songs, although a certain number of songs will be included from previous collections.

Personal life

The guitarist is always at the center of attention of reporters of various publications, newspapers and magazines. A charismatic young man attracts women, his relationships with famous actresses, singers, theater divas and just famous ladies are regularly discussed in the pages of glossy magazines.

John Mayer's girlfriends often replace each other, among them were Jennifer Aniston, Minka Kelly, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Swift Taylor. At one time, the yellow press attributed a novel to Mayer with Heidi Klum, but the rumors were not confirmed, in fact, John with the German supermodel was not worth anything.

But with the singer of American origin Katy Perry, according to the ubiquitous reporters, "everything was." Relations between Cathy and John stretched out for three years, during which they parted several times, and then again converged.