John Clayton Mayer ndi woyimba waku America, wolemba nyimbo, woyimba gitala, komanso wopanga nyimbo. Amadziwika chifukwa chosewera gitala komanso kutsata mwaluso nyimbo za pop-rock. Idachita bwino kwambiri tchati ku US ndi mayiko ena.
Woimba wotchuka, yemwe amadziwika ndi ntchito yake yekha komanso ntchito yake mu John Mayer Trio, ali ndi mamiliyoni ambiri okonda padziko lonse lapansi. Anatenga gitala ali ndi zaka 13 ndipo adaphunzira kwa zaka ziwiri.
Kenako, chifukwa cha khama lake ndi kutsimikiza mtima kwake, anayamba kuphunzira payekha ndipo anakwaniritsa cholinga chake. "Kupambana" kwake kwakukulu kudabwera pomwe adachita ku South ndi Southwest Music Festival 2000 ku Austin, pambuyo pake Aware Records adasaina naye mgwirizano.
Wopambana wa Mphotho zisanu ndi ziwiri za Grammy, wasintha kalembedwe kake ka nyimbo nthawi ndi nthawi ndipo wapambana mumitundu yosiyanasiyana, akudzikhazikitsa yekha mu thanthwe lamakono ndikukulitsa mawonekedwe ake ndikutulutsa nyimbo zingapo za blues.
Gazer Times inamuyamika chifukwa cha mawu ake amphamvu komanso kusachita mantha. Ma Albums ake ambiri adachita bwino pamalonda ndipo apita ku multiplatinum.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer anabadwa pa October 16, 1977 ku Bridgeport, Connecticut. Ndinakulira ku Fairfield. Bambo ake, Richard, anali mphunzitsi wamkulu wa sekondale ndipo amayi ake, Margaret Mayer, anali mphunzitsi wachingelezi. Ali ndi abale awiri.
Pamene John anali wophunzira pa Center for Global Studies pa Brian McMahon High School ku Norfolk, anayamba kuchita chidwi ndi gitala. Ndipo atatha kuwona sewero la Michael J. Fox, "adagwa m'chikondi" ndi nyimbo za blues. Analimbikitsidwa kwambiri ndi zojambula za Stevie Ray Vaughan.
John ali ndi zaka 13, bambo ake anamubwereka gitala. Anayamba kuphunzira ndipo anatengeka nazo kwambiri moti makolo ake omwe anali ndi nkhawa anamutengera kwa dokotala wa zamaganizo. Koma adotolo adati zonse zili bwino ndi mnyamatayo, adangolowadi munyimbo.
Pambuyo pake adawulula m'mafunso kuti banja lamavuto la makolo ake nthawi zambiri limamupangitsa kuti "azisowa kudziko lake".
Ali wachinyamata, anayamba kuimba gitala m’mabala ndi m’malo ena. Adalowanso gulu la Villanova Junction ndikusewera ndi Tim Procaccini, Rich Wolfe ndi Joe Belezney.
Pamene anali ndi zaka 17, anamupeza ndi matenda a mtima ndipo John anagonekedwa m’chipatala. Woyimbayo adati nthawi imeneyi ndi yomwe adazindikira kuti adalinso ndi mphatso yolemba nyimbo. Pambuyo pake zidadziwika kuti adadwalanso mantha ndipo adamwabe mankhwala oda nkhawa.
Ankafuna kusiya sukulu ya koleji kuti ayambe ntchito yoimba, koma makolo ake adamuuza kuti apite ku Berklee College of Music ku 1997 ali ndi zaka 19.
Komabe, adalimbikirabe yekha, semesita ziwiri pambuyo pake adasamukira ku Atlanta ndi mnzake waku koleji Glyn Cook. Adapanga gulu la anthu awiri Lo-Fi Masters Demo ndipo adayamba kusewera m'makalabu am'deralo ndi malo ena. Posakhalitsa anasiyana njira ndipo Meyer anayamba ntchito yake payekha.
Ntchito ndi ma Albums a John Mayer
John Mayer adatulutsa EP Inside Wants Out pa Seputembara 24, 1999. Nyimboyi idatulutsidwanso ndi Columbia Records mu 2002. Nyimbo zina monga: Back to You, My Stupid Mouth ndi No such Thing zinajambulidwanso pa chimbale chake choyamba Room for Squares.
Chimbale chake choyambirira cha Room For Squares chidatulutsidwa pa June 5, 2001. Chimbalecho chinafika pa nambala 8 pa Billboard 200 ya US. Ndi chimbale chake chogulitsidwa kwambiri mpaka pano, akugulitsa makope 4 ku US.
Chimbale chake chachiwiri cha studio Heavier Things chinatulutsidwa pa Seputembara 9, 2003. Ngakhale nyimbo zake zidatsutsidwa molakwika, chimbalechi chidatulutsanso ndemanga zabwino.
Mu 2005, adapanga gulu la rock John Mayer Trio ndi woyimba bassist Pino Palladino komanso woyimba ng'oma Steve Jordan. Gululo lidatulutsa chimbale chomwe chidatulutsa Yesani!.
Mu 2005, chimbale chake chachitatu cha Continuum chidatulutsidwa pa Seputembara 12, 2006. Nyimboyi inali ndi nyimbo za blues, zomwe zikuwonetsa kusintha kwa nyimbo za Mayer. Nyimboyi idayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi otsutsa nyimbo ndipo Meyer adalandira mphotho zingapo.
Nyimbo yake yachinayi ya studio Battle Studies idatulutsidwa pa Novembara 17, 2009. Zinali zopambana zamalonda osati ku US kokha, komanso m'mayiko ena angapo.
Nyimboyi idalandiranso kutamandidwa kowopsa ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu ndi RIAA. Nyimbo yake yachisanu ya studio Born and Raised idatulutsidwa pa Meyi 22, 2012.
Tsiku lake loyamba la Shadow Days linasindikizidwa patsamba la woimba nyimboyo isanatulutsidwe. Mfumukazi yachiwiri yaku California idatulutsidwa pawailesi ya Hot AC pa Ogasiti 13, 2012 ndipo vidiyo yake yovomerezeka idatulutsidwa pa Julayi 30, 2012.
Chinachake Monga Olivia ndi wachitatu wosakwatiwa kuchokera ku Album Born and Raised, kuphatikizapo nyimbo za anthu ndi Americana, ndi nyimbo iyi yomwe Mayer akusintha mu nyimbo. Otsutsa adayamikira luso lake laukadaulo.
Chimbale chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha Mayer cha Paradise Valley chidatulutsidwa pa Ogasiti 20, 2013. Imakhala ndi nthawi yopuma komanso nyimbo zambiri zoimbira.
Pafupifupi chimbale chonsecho chimakhala ndi mawu agitala amagetsi. Nyimbo yake yoyamba, Paper Doll, idatulutsidwa pa June 18, 2013, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Wildfire pa Julayi 16, 2013. Nyimbo yachitatu ya Who You Love inali pawailesi ya Hot AC pa Seputembara 3. Nyimbo yotsatira, Paradise Valley, idapangidwa kuti iwonetsedwe pa 13 Ogasiti.
Pa Epulo 15, 2014, Mayer adachita XO pakonsati ku Australia. Mtundu wa chimbalechi uli ndi nyimbo zovumbulutsidwa ndi gitala, piyano ndi harmonica. MTV idayamikira chifukwa chosavuta komanso chomveka bwino. Inayamba pa nambala 90 pa Billboard Hot 100 ya US ndipo inagulitsa makope 46.
John Mayer adachitanso ndi Dead & Company, gulu lopangidwa ndi Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Otheil Burbridge ndi Jeff Chimenti. Gululi lidayamba ulendowu pa Meyi 27, 2017, womwe udatha pa Julayi 1.
Ntchito zazikulu ndi zopambana
Chimbale choyambirira cha John Mayer Room For Squares chinalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa nyimbo. Album yake yachiwiri ya studio, Heavier Things, inayamba pa No. 1 pa Billboard 200 ya US ndipo inagulitsa makope a 317 sabata yake yoyamba.
Album yake Continuum inayamba pa nambala 2 pa Billboard 200 ya US ndipo inagulitsa makope 300 mu sabata yoyamba. Zotsatira zake, makope opitilira 186 miliyoni agulitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Album ya Battle Studies inayamba pa #3 pa Billboard 1 ya US ndipo inagulitsa makope oposa 200 miliyoni ku US.
Pa ntchito yake yonse yoimba, John Mayer wapambana mphoto zisanu ndi ziwiri za Grammy mwa 19 omwe adasankhidwa. Analandira Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Male Variety Vocal Performance pa single Thupi Lanu Ndilo Wonderland kuchokera ku Room for Squares mu 2003.
Continuum idamupatsanso Mphotho ya Grammy ya Album Yabwino Kwambiri Ya Vocal Pop. Analandira Mphotho ziwiri za Grammy kwa Atsikana a Nyimbo Yapachaka ndi Best Male Pop Vocal Performance mu 2005.
Mphotho zina zomwe adalandira ndi MTV Video Music Awards, ASCAP Award, American Music Award, ndi zina zambiri.
Moyo waumwini
John Mayer ali pachibwenzi ndi Jennifer Love Hewitt, woimba Jessica Simpson, woimba Taylor Swift ndi wojambula Minka Kelly.
Mu 2002, adapanga Back To You Foundation, NGO yomwe idapeza ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo, maphunziro, zaluso, ndi chitukuko cha talente.
Iye wathandizira kampeni yodziwitsa anthu za kusintha kwa nyengo ndipo wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito zachifundo kangapo. Anathandiziranso Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Ngakhale kuti anasankha kupeŵa mankhwala osokoneza bongo atangoyamba kumene ntchito yake, mu 2006 anavomereza kuti ankasuta chamba. Anakhudzidwanso ndi nkhani yaikulu yokhudza kusankhana mitundu pokambirana naye, ndipo pambuyo pake anapepesa. Alinso ndi zomwe amakonda - John ndi wokonda kusonkhanitsa mawotchi.
Mu Marichi 2014, adasumira wogulitsa mawotchi Robert Maron ndalama zokwana $656, ponena kuti mawotchi asanu ndi awiri omwe adagula kwa Maron anali ndi zida zabodza. Komabe, chaka chotsatira Mayer adatulutsa mawu akuti wogulitsayo sanamugulitseko mawotchi abodza, adalakwitsa.
