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LOS ANGELES — After touring for a year and a half behind Heavier Things, John Mayer couldn't wait to start recording his third album. Then something happened on the way to the studio.
"Daughters," the third single from the
album, took off at radio, becoming Mayer's biggest hit since "Bigger Than My Body."
"That's the way songs go: Whatever happens, you just gotta be there and have your bags packed," Mayer said. "Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it ... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while."
Instead, Mayer launched a promotional tour of interviews and performances and then hit the radio-station festival circuit. He even launched his own VH1 show, "John Mayer Has a TV Show," and now he's looking at a winter tour.
That's not to say, however, that Mayer isn't still excited for his next album, which he promises will be a departure (see "John Mayer Going Back To The Lab To Get His Music Where He Wants It To Be" ).
"My next record, I'm closing up shop on acoustic sensitive and I'm gonna go to electric guitar and make something else happen," he said. "I'm bored, man, [singing,] 'I miss your kiss so much.' Truth is, I don't.
"I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians," he continued. "But slowly, as I get older, the radio's on and I go, 'What the f--- is that? How did that get on the radio?' It's not music out there right now. That's why, to me, hip-hop is where rock used to be."
So is Mayer going hip-hop? It's possible. After all, he and Kanye West have collaborated on West's new album and are talking about doing more (see "Kanye West And John Mayer Collaborate But Won't Elaborate").
"I just like collaborating," Mayer said. "There's so many inspiring people out there. It's hard to realize how long you can go without being inspired as a musician. I just wanna tell so many musicians, like, 'Man, you spend all that time trying clothes on. Spend all the time listening to some stuff.' " This report is from MTV News. | | | |
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John Mayer Sent To Principal's Office For Being Famous
Singer barred from ceremony meant to honor him. Almost a decade after graduating from Fairfield Warde High School in Fairfield, Connecticut, singer/songwriter John Mayer found himself in the principal's office again last week.
Mayer, a 1995 graduate of the high school, came home to be inducted into the school's hall of fame, but was unexpectedly diverted to headmaster James Coyne's office, according to The Associated Press. Mayer was not expected to attend the ceremony due to a scheduling conflict, but he flew in at the last moment, surprising school administrators. Mayer said he changed his mind about attending and was planning to donate a guitar he'd played on tour to the school.
"We were not ready for John Mayer," hall of fame committee chairman Jim Conley told the AP, explaining that security concerns forced officials to bar the singer from the ceremony and hold him in the headmaster's office until the event was under way.
Mayer said he was about to greet a fellow inductee, pro tennis player James Blake, when he was led by the arm to Coyne's office. "So there I was," Mayer said, "I could see James out there with his mom and the whole thing's going on and I'm in the office."
Though Coyne said the diversion occurred because of his concern for Mayer's welfare and that of the students, Mayer said it was "hurtful."
"I'm sorry he felt that way," Coyne said, explaining that Mayer wasn't asked to leave the premises, but was accompanied to his car.
Neither Mayer nor Coyne could be reached for further comment at press time.
This report is from MTV News.
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