John Clayton Mayer mawaƙin Ba'amurke ne, marubuci, mawaƙi, kuma mai shirya rikodi. Sanannen wasansa na guitar da fasaha na neman waƙoƙin pop-rock. Ya sami babban nasarar ginshiƙi a Amurka da sauran ƙasashe.
Shahararren mawaƙin, wanda aka sani da ayyukansa na solo da kuma aikinsa a cikin John Mayer Trio, yana da miliyoyin magoya baya a duniya. Ya ɗauki guitar a 13 kuma ya ɗauki darasi na shekaru biyu.
Daga nan kuma albarkacin jajircewarsa da jajircewarsa, ya fara karatu da kansa ya kuma cimma burinsa. Babban "nasara" ya zo lokacin da ya yi a Kudu ta Kudu maso yammacin Music Festival 2000 a Austin, bayan haka Aware Records ya sanya hannu kan kwangila.
Wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy guda bakwai, ya canza salon wakokinsa lokaci zuwa lokaci kuma ya samu nasara a fannoni daban-daban, ya kafa kansa a cikin rock na zamani tare da fadada hangen nesa tare da fitar da wakokin blues da dama.
Gazer Times ta yaba masa saboda kuzarin muryarsa da rashin tsoro. Yawancin albam dinsa sun yi nasara ta kasuwanci kuma sun tafi multi-platinum.
Yara da matasa na John Mayer
An haifi John Clayton Mayer a ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 1977 a Bridgeport, Connecticut. Ya girma a cikin Fairfield. Mahaifinsa, Richard, shugaban makarantar sakandare ne kuma mahaifiyarsa, Margaret Mayer, malamin Turanci ne. Yana da 'yan'uwa biyu.
Lokacin da John ke dalibi a Cibiyar Nazarin Duniya a Makarantar Sakandare ta Brian McMahon a Norfolk, ya fara sha'awar guitar. Kuma bayan kallon wasan kwaikwayo na Michael J. Fox, ya "fadi cikin soyayya" tare da kiɗan blues. Ya samu kwarin gwiwa musamman ta faifan rikodin Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Sa’ad da Yohanna yana ɗan shekara 13, mahaifinsa ya yi masa hayan guitar. Ya fara daukar darasi kuma ya shagaltu da hakan har iyayensa da suka damu suka kai shi wurin likitan mahaukata. Amma likitan ya ce komai yana daidai da mutumin, kawai ya shiga cikin kiɗan.
Daga baya ya bayyana a wata hira da cewa matsalolin auren iyayensa yakan sa shi "bacewa cikin duniyarsa".
Sa’ad da yake matashi, ya fara kunna kata a mashaya da sauran wurare. Ya kuma shiga ƙungiyar Villanova Junction kuma ya yi wasa tare da Tim Procaccini, Rich Wolfe da Joe Belezney.
Sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 17, an gano cewa yana da ciwon zuciya kuma an kwantar da John a asibiti. Mawakin ya ce a lokacin ne ya gane cewa shi ma yana da baiwar rubuta wakoki. Daga baya an bayyana cewa shi ma ya sha fama da firgici kuma har yanzu yana shan maganin damuwa.
Ya so ya bar kwaleji don ci gaba da sana'ar kiɗa, amma iyayensa sun rinjaye shi ya halarci Kwalejin Kiɗa na Berklee a 1997 yana da shekaru 19.
Koyaya, har yanzu ya dage da kansa, semesters biyu daga baya ya koma Atlanta tare da abokinsa na kwaleji Glyn Cook. Sun kafa ƙungiyar Lo-Fi Masters Demo mai mutane biyu kuma sun fara yin wasa a kulake na gida da sauran wurare. Ba da daɗewa ba suka rabu kuma Meyer ya fara aikinsa na solo.
Sana'a da albums na John Mayer
John Mayer ya fito da EP Inside Wants Out a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 1999. Columbia Records ta sake fitar da kundin a cikin 2002. Wasu wakoki irin su: Komawa gare ku, Bakina Wawa da Babu Irin wannan Abu da aka sake rubutawa don albam ɗin sa na farko Room for Squares.
Kundin nasa na farko na studio Room For Squares an fitar dashi a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 2001. Kundin ya yi kololuwa a lamba 8 a kan Billboard 200 na Amurka. Album dinsa ne da ya fi siyar a yau, yana sayar da kwafi 4 a Amurka.
Kundin nasa na biyu mafi nauyi ya fito a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 2003. Ko da yake an soki rubutun waƙar sa, wannan kundi har yanzu yana haifar da tabbataccen bita.
A cikin 2005, ya kafa ƙungiyar dutsen John Mayer Trio tare da bassist Pino Palladino da mai ganga Steve Jordan. Kundin ya fito da kundi mai rai Gwada!.
A cikin 2005, albam ɗinsa na uku na studio Continuum ya fito a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 2006. Kundin ya ƙunshi abubuwan kiɗan blues, wanda ke nuna canji a salon kiɗan Mayer. Kundin ya sami yabo sosai daga masu sukar kiɗa kuma Meyer ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa.
Kundin nasa na hudu na Battle Studies an sake shi a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 2009. Ya kasance nasara ta kasuwanci ba kawai a Amurka ba, har ma a wasu ƙasashe da dama.
Kundin ya kuma sami yabo mai mahimmanci kuma RIAA ta ba shi bokan platinum. Kundin nasa na biyar Haihuwa da Tashe an fito dashi a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 2012.
Kwanakin Shadow na farko da ya fara yawo a shafin mawakin kafin fitar da albam din da kansa. An saki Sarauniyar California ta biyu zuwa gidan rediyo mai zafi a ranar 13 ga Agusta, 2012 kuma an fitar da bidiyo na hukuma a ranar 30 ga Yuli, 2012.
Wani abu Kamar Olivia shi ne na uku guda daga cikin album Born and Raised, ya haɗa da wasu abubuwan kiɗa na jama'a da na Amurka, a cikin wannan waƙa ne aka ji canjin Mayer a salon kiɗa. Masu suka sun yaba fasahar fasaha.
An saki kundi na studio na shida na Mayer Paradise Valley a ranar 20 ga Agusta, 2013. Yana fasalta hutun kiɗa da kiɗan kayan aiki da yawa.
Kusan kundi duka ya ƙunshi sautin guitar lantarki. An saki waƙarsa ta farko, Takarda Doll, a ranar 18 ga Yuni, 2013, sai kuma Wildfire a ranar 16 ga Yuli, 2013. Na uku wanda kuke so ya kasance a gidan rediyo mai zafi AC ranar 3 ga Satumba. An samar da guda na gaba, Paradise Valley, don yawo a ranar 13 ga Agusta.
A ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 2014, Mayer ya yi XO a wani shagali a Ostiraliya. Sigar wannan kundi ta ƙunshi sigar tsiri mai sauti tare da guitar, piano da harmonica. MTV ya yaba masa don sauƙi da tsabta. An yi muhawara a lamba 90 akan Billboard Hot 100 na Amurka kuma ya sayar da kwafi 46.
John Mayer kuma ya yi tare da Dead & Company, ƙungiyar da ta ƙunshi Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Otheil Burbridge da Jeff Chimenti. Kungiyar ta fara rangadin ne a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 2017, wanda ya kare a ranar 1 ga Yuli.
Babban ayyuka da nasarori
Kundin halarta na farko na John Mayer Room For Squares ya sami kyakkyawan bita daga masu sukar kiɗa. Kundinsa na studio na biyu, Abubuwa masu nauyi, wanda aka yi muhawara a lamba 1 akan Billboard 200 na Amurka kuma ya sayar da kwafi 317 a makon farko.
Album dinsa ya ci gaba da halarta a lamba 2 akan Billboard 200 na Amurka kuma ya sayar da kwafi 300 a makon farko. Sakamakon haka, an sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 186 a duniya. Kundin Nazarin Yaƙi da aka yi muhawara a #3 akan Billboard 1 na Amurka kuma an sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 200 a cikin Amurka.
A tsawon rayuwarsa ta waka, John Mayer ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy guda bakwai a cikin zabuka 19. Ya karɓi lambar yabo ta Grammy don Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Vocal na Namiji don ɗayan Jikinku shine Abin al'ajabi daga Daki don Filaye a 2003.
Continuum ya kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta Grammy don Mafi kyawun Album Vocal. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy guda biyu don 'ya'ya mata don Song of the Year da Best Male Pop Vocal Performance a 2005.
Sauran lambobin yabo da ya samu sun hada da lambar yabo ta MTV Video Music Awards, lambar yabo ta ASCAP, Kyautar Kida ta Amurka, da sauransu.
Rayuwar mutum
John Mayer ya haɗu da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Jennifer Love Hewitt, mawaƙa Jessica Simpson, mawaƙa Taylor Swift da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Minka Kelly.
A cikin 2002, ya kirkiro gidauniyar Back To You, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta wacce ta tara kudade don kula da lafiya, ilimi, fasaha, da bunkasa hazaka.
Ya goyi bayan kamfen da nufin wayar da kan jama'a game da sauyin yanayi kuma ya shiga ayyukan jin kai a lokuta da yawa. Ya kuma tallafa wa gidauniyar Elton John AIDS.
Ko da yake ya zaɓi ya guje wa shan ƙwayoyi a farkon aikinsa, a cikin 2006 ya yarda cewa yana amfani da marijuana. Ya kuma shiga cikin wata babbar badakala kan kalaman wariyar launin fata a wata hira da aka yi da shi, inda daga baya ya nemi afuwa. Har ila yau, yana da abin sha'awa - John ƙwararren mai tattara agogo ne.
A watan Maris na 2014, ya kai karar dillalan agogon, Robert Maron a kan dala 656, yana mai zargin cewa bakwai daga cikin agogon da ya saya daga Maron na dauke da jabun sassa. Duk da haka, a shekara mai zuwa Mayer ya fitar da wata sanarwa yana mai cewa dillalin bai taba sayar masa da agogon karya ba, ya yi kuskure.
