John Mayer - Room for Squares (CD)

Don't confuse personal TASTE w/ TALE

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 26, 2003 | 1 out of 1 found this Room for Squares review helpful

I think the CD RFS is great. John Mayer is definitely an under appreciated new talent. He is singing, writing & performing from the heart… and yes I said – writing. ½ of the artist today don’t know what “writing” means ...because they aren’t the ones writing their music! If you think he is JUST recycling old material then you must not have any artistic bones in your body. It takes times to write and produce a CD that is meaningful – I am sure he could produce a CD every 6 months (like some people do) if he wants to diminish the quality of he’s work and sound, but why would a true artist do that? I saw his concert last night and he does have a new CD coming soon as his fans already know. As for mistaking him for DMB – you say that like it is a bad thing. DMB is another band that embodies amazing musical skills – I think the problem is that some people (stega1) are so fixated the fact that DMB obviously had the recognition of this type of sound first, that you then see John Mayer as being a knockoff instead of seeing talent for what it’s worth.To anyone who denies his talent (you don’t necessarily have to like his style or message to see that he along with his musicians are talented) question - Can you play the Guitar (or any instrument)? Do you write your own music? If so then think of the groups that influenced you and I am sure in some way shape or form you resemble them as well. because everyone resembles someone to a certain extent! Music has been around too long to not resemble someone else!It was good to read the thoughts of others. Peace. Read more Less