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John Mayer
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"John Mayer will be going back to play at his old stomping ground this December and Local-83 members will have a chance to purchase tickets. He will be playing at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, GA December 20-22nd. Stay tuned for more details on tickets!" Local83
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John Mayer was one of those multiple-threat music talents that made most other players' lives and career paths seem simple. Born in India, to Anglo-Indian parents, he studied classical music and had a successful career as an orchestral violinist, but gave it up to work as a composer and, later, in jazz fusion as a composer-violinist-band leader. From the mid-1960's onward, he made his mark in the fields of jazz, progressive rock, and world music.
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After a short-lived stint at the Berklee College of Music, where he had a "great learning experience, but not because of class," John Mayer set down roots in Atlanta, where his music career hit the ground running. After one year in Atlanta, he released his debut solo album, Inside Wants Out, in 1999. At the same time, he became a regular in the Atlanta club circuit, playing a steady stream of shows at venues like Eddie's Attic. An appearance in March 2000 at the South by Southwest Music Festival led to a recording contract with Aware Records, a subsidiary of Columbia. He began recording his major-label debut, Room for Squares, that fall with producer John Alagia, who had previously worked with artists like Dave Matthews and the Ben Folds Five. Mayer's first album had been a decidedly acoustic effort; in contrast, Room for Squares featured a full electric band and showed the work of its producer with its funky hooks and an emphasis placed on Mayer's versatile, smooth voice, which bore more than just a stylistic resemblance to Dave Matthews.
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After a short-lived stint at the Berklee College of Music, where he had a "great learning experience, but not because of class," John Mayer set down roots in Atlanta, where his music career hit the ground running. After one year in Atlanta, he released his debut solo album, Inside Wants Out, in 1999. At the same time, he became a regular in the Atlanta club circuit, playing a steady stream of shows at venues like Eddie's Attic. An appearance in March 2000 at the South by Southwest Music Festival led to a recording contract with Aware Records, a subsidiary of Columbia. He began recording his major-label debut, Room for Squares, that fall with producer John Alagia, who had previously worked with artists like Dave Matthews and the Ben Folds Five.
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John Mayer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He did his schooling from Fairfield High School. He then joined Brien Mohandas High School for his junior year, where he was enrolled in the Center for Global Studies at Brien McMohan High School. It is ... known as the Center for Japanese Studies Abroad. Although he listened to pop music, but when he was thirteen years old he yearned to learn playing guitar, after he was greatly influenced by Stevie Ray Vaugham, Mayer. After listening to them, he discovered the blues and also learned to play the guitar.
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John Mayer is deeply devoted to his music. Going to great lengths as to developing a new method of sounds, called the Phase Resistant Technique, which he is the founder of the institute. Also with his prized possessions of stratocasters and guitar pedals, you know that he's not going anywhere.
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