A look at the successes, achievements, and flaws of John Mayer.

2.  John Mayer is one of the most respected song
writer as well as guitar players of our time. He
has been hailed as one of the last remaining
true remaining talents in pop music today. His
style is primarily pop, with a blues, jazz, and
acoustic rock influence. He has achieved
enormous success over the years and continues
to do so.

3.  John Mayer originally got into playing guitar
after watching the film „Back to the Future‟
where Marty McFly is seen rocking out on
guitar. His father rented him a guitar and he
took lessons from a local guitar shop where he
would become obsessed with the instrument.
Mayer became interested in blues, jazz and
rock music through influences such as Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and
many others.

4.  John Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in
Boston, Massachusetts for two years and eventually left
to join a band with a friend in Atlanta where they
would perform in local coffee shops and small gigs.
Mayer would eventually move on his own to perform
more pop music and record an EP called Inside Wants
Out. A hit single came off that record called „No Such
Thing‟ which helped to make him popular. Through
the use of the internet, John Mayer created a full length
CD called „Room for Square‟ through Aware records.
Columbia Records heard it and decided to work out a
deal with Aware records and re-released „Room for
Squares.‟ The singles „No Such Thing,‟ Your Body Is a
Wonderland,‟ and „Why Georgia‟ would take off and
officially launch Mayer into pop music.

5.  John Mayer has sold over 10 million albums in
the United States alone with an additional 20
million world wide. He has won seven
Grammy awards, and has worked with Buddy
Guy, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, as well as modern
acts such as Kenye West, Jay Z, and Nelly. He
five albums in which he has done as a solo
artist.

6.  John Mayer is known to be a little rough
around the edges. He has been in relationships
with well known Hollywood celebrities and
performers. Mayer has been associated with
actresses Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica
Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, and even Taylor
Swift which she wrote a song about him called
“Dear John”. He would criticize this song later
calling it „cheap.‟ John Mayer is known to be a
womanizer and afraid to commit because his
number one passion is his music and guitar
playing.

7.  John Mayer has always had his sights set on
fame and the spotlight. Many have accused
him of over exposing some of his relationships
to tabloid exposure and increased celebrity
status. He has appeared on late night talk
shows, Comedy Centrals Chapelle Show for a
comedy skit. VH1 gave Mayer a half hour
comedy special where he would dress up and
play pranks on fans in the parking lot. He has
even taken on the task of performing stand up
comedy.

8.  Although John Mayer has his flaws, he also
uses his wealth and fame for good causes. One
such cause is his non-profit organization “Back
to You” Fund which raises funds through
auctions of John Mayers personal items and
merchandise to fund educational programs,
health care initiatives, art projects and talent
development programs. Mayer has also taken
part in climate change awareness.

9.  John Mayer has actively taken part in social
media websites such as Twitter, MySpace, an
official site for his music, Honeyee.com,
Tumblr.com, maintained a photoblog at
Stunningnikon.com. He is one of the most
followed celebrities in the world with 3 million
followers on Twitter. He also wrote in a
column on „Esquire‟ magazine. Mayer is
known to have engaged in social media
personally rather than have a publicist write
everything for him.

10.  John Mayer is no public relations specialist and is
known for saying and doing unintelligent things
from time to time. He is a very honest person who
will speak his mind and that has gotten him into
trouble through interviews in which he has stated
things about his past relationships and publicly
announced his dislike for Twitter. He shut down
his Twitter account saying it affected him
musically and wasted to much of his time. He
would go on to say that „he quit the media.‟
However, he still does interviews from time to
time so he hasn‟t completely given up on it.