LYCOS RETRIEVER 
John Mayer: Berklee College
built 606 days ago
John Mayer grew up in suburban Connecticut listening to pop music. When he was in his teens, he became influenced by blues legend, Steve Ray Vaughan. He decided to learn how to play the guitar. After only two years of playing, he began touring around Connecticut playing at local venues. When he was nineteen he enrolled in the very prestigious Beklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Mayer... did not stay very long. He became frustrated.
Source:
Connecticut-born and Berklee-educated, John Mayer's records have sold millions and garnered critical success. Today he is ... known for his efforts to prevent and cause awareness of global warming through keeping a home in both LA and New York. Once the boyfriend of celeb Jessica Simpson, these days John has been reported dating low-key girls and focusing on his musical projects.
Source:
Mayer played the guitar for several years before enrolling in the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of nineteen. After two semesters, he chose to cut his studies short, and at the urging of his college friend and Atlanta native, Clay Cook, the two moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Quickly making a name for their two-man band, LoFi Masters, they began their career in earnest there, frequenting the local coffee house and club circuit in venues like Eddie's Attic. Cook has said... that they began to experience musical differences due to Mayer's desire to take the duo in more of a pop direction.The two parted ways and Mayer embarked on a solo career.
Source:
After playing the guitar for several years, Mayer enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts at the age of 19. He soon realized that instead of studying music, he was more interested in writing and playing it, and chose to cut his studies short in favor of moving to Atlanta, Georgia. He began his career in earnest there, quickly making a name for himself in the local coffeehouse and club circuit.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Berklee College