I Am John Mayer: NEW ALBUM Pre-Order!

Hello! I am very excited to share that the album I have been working on since January is finished and available for pre-order now: Vinyl, Compact Disc, and Digital Download!  

This one is particularly personal and special. It is called I Am John Mayer so it's sorta self-titled. It’s also the first one since North Star in 2018 that will materialize in physical media form: the vinyl and compact discs are being made right now! All pre-orders will receive a link to the making of documentary and the first single, “I Am John Mayer." A single version of this song will be streaming on Spotify/Apple/etc in a couple weeks, but it's just the first half. Our tech overlords may eventually have the whole song and possibly the whole album, but let's just keep it between us for now.

The most recent Audiode (85) is a collection of phone conversations with some of my favorite recording artist friends about their relationships to their own recordings. I found it quite enlightening and enjoyable to hear other people talk about that process as I get ready to part with this one. To be really honest with you, this moment right here is very vulnerable. I’ve been working on making this all year. I made it with a band of musicians who are also some of my best friends in a fancy studio. I stepped far outside of my comfort zone to work with a new team of engineers. I have spent so much time and treasure to finish it…and now it’s going to be heard or ignored and heard later or listened to and dismissed or enjoyed and everything in between. 

Also, I have to acknowledge that in light of current events, this all feels quite ridiculous. But writing songs and recording them and singing them is how I am most authentically myself during this particular existence so it is what it is. My friend Robert said it best in that Audiode so I’ll quote him here: 

“At the time you are that person and you know that’s the best you can do and later on you think jeez…all right, well I’m called to do this, I have to do it to be me, this is what I want to do, and if that’s the way I sound, well, I’m gonna have to roll with that. That’s the option available.”

Sincerely,
John