John Mayer #8 We keep on waiting...

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"With any trilogy," says John Mayer, "the third in the series blows it open."

On CONTINUUM the singer/songwriter/guitar slinger meets that challenge head-on. Mayer's third studio album follows the multi-platinum ROOM FOR SQUARES (2001) and HEAVIER THINGS (2003) and marks his first turn as producer. It is his most soulful, cohesive collection yet and he says it's no accident that this project is where all of his efforts, his potential, and his disparate influences fully come together.

"The night I was recognized for 'Daughters' at the Grammys was the night this record started," he says. "I knew I had bought the time to learn everything I needed before I started this one. CONTINUUM is not a shot in the dark, it's not a guesstimation. This is the first endeavor in my entire life, music or otherwise, that I did not cop out for a second on."

The last few years have seen Mayer maintaining a frantic pace. In addition to his own writing, recording, and touring, he has collaborated with icons and contemporaries alike - Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Herbie Hancock, as well as Kanye West, the Dixie Chicks, and Alicia Keys. In doing so, Mayer says his own interests have grown and his perspectives expanded.

Mayer also credits his collaboration with Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino (collectively known as the John Mayer Trio) and the intimate-venue tour that produced the 2005 live album TRY! with helping to recalibrate his musical priorities. "As a songwriter, the Trio helped me focus on being more raw," he says. "As a guitar player, it helped me get a lot out of my system. If it wasn't for the Trio, CONTINUUM would have been less accessible. It let me settle up with my needs as a musician, and get to a point somewhere between the Trio record and ROOM FOR SQUARES - and that's a really good place to be."

While the Trio tour showcased Mayer's blazing fretwork, he says he learned lessons from those shows about restraint. "When I made my first record, there was no trust in space because it was all me, everything was just on those six strings," he says. "With Steve and Pino, it was all about space, using a whole different palette. When your tone is good on the guitar you need, like, four notes. The more concise and right you have it, the less you need around it."

Mayer points to one song in particular as the turning point for CONTINUUM. "I wrote 'Gravity' last summer, and it changed everything," he says. "You talk less when you trust that people understand you. 'Gravity' had to be sparse. And when I listened to it - for the first time, holding back - then it was a whole new game. That might be the most important song I ever wrote."

Armed with this outlook, Mayer knew CONTINUUM would tackle larger ideas than those that defined his previous albums. "A big challenge was writing about big themes," he says. "I'm not a better writer in terms of sitting down in front of a pad, but I'm better in terms of receiving inspiration and converting it into something 'real' quicker. I'm better equipped to deal with those moments."

With "Waiting on the World to Change", Mayer shot for something even more ambitious - something like an attempt to explain his generation's attitudes about politics. "It's meant to shed a little light on inactivity and inaction," he says, "because I don't believe that inaction is disinterest, I think inaction is preservation – nobody wants to get involved in a debate in which the rules and the facts will change so that they'll lose. So we end up with this other option, which is, I guess we'll just have to wait for things to get better.

Having just announced a co-headlining tour with Sheryl Crow to help launch CONTINUUM, Mayer is raring to start playing his new material for an audience. "This record is infinitely playable," he says. "I built so many corners into these songs I cannot wait to play them live."

Ultimately, CONTINUUM represents maturity, both musically and thematically, for John Mayer – a concept that he wasn't comfortable with until now. "A lot of these songs are about coming to terms with getting older," he says. "My generation was never told we were going to get older. We thought we were going to hear our names on 'Romper Room' for the rest of our lives. For a long time, I was really upset about getting older, worried that things were just going to level out.

"But then I realized that everyone around me was all getting older at the same time. We're all fighting it together, and we're always going to be those kids, the first really emotionally aware generation. When I realized that, I could relax about it a little bit. And I thought that maybe I can be the guy to sing about it."

www.johnmayer.com

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Op woensdag 20 september 2006 14:18 schreef JeroenV het volgende:
Ik zit ook nog steeds te wachten ja..

Tot er een goedkoop kaartje op Markplaats komt

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Op woensdag 20 september 2006 22:00 schreef nemesis4 het volgende:

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Heb je het nu over TRY! ?

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Op donderdag 21 september 2006 20:56 schreef Jill-RMC het volgende:

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Geef iemand een podium en een gitaar en zelfs de grootste nerds hebben ineens duizenden groupies

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Op vrijdag 22 september 2006 10:10 schreef DTmaster het volgende:
Lache dat je zoveel hebt ik heb ook dit qua video...


- Any Given Thursday DVD helemaal Orgineel
- MOD club videos , dat is de video van de Secret Show samengesteld door fans.
- conan.o.brien.2006.09.12.hdtv.xvid-fqm.nfo (optreden vamn John mayer !!!!
- John Mayer Live Sessions - Sydney.avi
- John Mayer - Live At Webster Hall (2006-09-13).avi

Want ik wou eigenlijk nog wat meer van je lijst , dus vind ik het redelijk om nog iets aan te bieden mocht je dit hebben dan krijg ik binnenkort weer nieuwe dingen , die NIET op bittorrent worden gegooid ik geloof dat ik dan meer kans maak bij jouw ahaha

laterzz

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From the October 2006 issue of esquire:

A Letter From an Old Friend

I was just passing the Banana Republic consulate today when I saw a mannequin wearing back-to-school clothes, and in Pavlovian fashion I declared this the year I make people notice how much growing up I've done over summer break. At Esquire's request and in honor of the Esquire 100, here is John Mayer's List for the Upcoming Fall Season.

1. THE RETURN OF THE PORSHE 911 TURBO
After sitting out of the Porshe lineup for a couple of years, the venerable 911 returns with a long list of styling and performance improvements. If I didn't already know that everyone in the greater Los Angeles area was going to be driving one, I might be tempted to throw down.
2. THE ARLINGTON GUITAR SHOW
Every October, for two days, guitar freaks from all around the globe converge on the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas (October 21 to 22). I've made it every year I haven't been working, and there are few consumer experiences more thrilling. Even if you don't have a fistful of cash to spend, it's still fun to browse the world's most extensive display of vintage guitars, amplifiers, and Hawaiian shirts.
3. A HOST OF NEW ROAD CASES
One of the socially acceptable perks of being a traveling musician is the freedom to bring creature comforts out on the road. To bring something on the road without damaging it after night one, you have to have a road case built for it. Don't ask me why, but this is somehow the fulcrum point for my excitement in touring. A Ping-Pong table and a new computer workstation are some of the brand-new goodies that are completely excessive but somehow easily rationalized. I need something to distract me from that foot smell in my dressing room.
4. WHATEVER APPLE COMES UP WITH
It's got ups by the balls.
5. SUPERSTAR ARTISTS' CD'S
I'm not going to ahem, ahem you, because we've known each other for some time and you expect better of me. Bob Dylan, Justin Timberlake, and Beyoncé are some of the names with CDs hitting shelves. There's got to be one great release in the bunch. Ahem, ahem. Okay, now I seriously have something caught in my throat.

John Mayer, CULTURAL ADVISOR
Los Angeles, Calif.

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Op vrijdag 22 september 2006 17:54 schreef Toad het volgende:
Was in dit topic al gemeld dat Scott Matthews de 'special guest' is in de melkweg?

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Op vrijdag 22 september 2006 21:25 schreef Gosjke het volgende:

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