jhnmyr:

iTunes exclusive five song EP coming August 7… Sadly (though funny to me) the title is pretty much the truth. Four in studio acoustic performances and the track “Go Easy On Me” from the Born and Raised sessions. A little something for all your support and patience.
I’m about to enter the prep/surgery/recovery wormhole next week (edit: surgery at the end of August) , but I’m excited to get back to it next year. Hope you’re all having a great summer. 
love
JM

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I Love the art work  John…  Healthy body will be the key for everything! Praying for your quick recovery! (you always give us a smile btw…)

jhnmyr:

“Queen of California” video animated via Draw Something.

A must-see. So great.

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I Can See You, And Thank You.

jhnmyr:

Someone told me that the tag search on Tumblr would be one of the safer doors to open on the internet and that it might be an encouraging experience to read your posts… I’m really glad I did, because I got to connect with and feel a whole lot of love from you all. It’s been strange to release a record with zero crowd noise to go off of, and tonight I really felt like the music I made over the last couple of years really matters. You have all put a huge smile on my face. Thank you.

I played this album at my work during our lunch time with clients.

You put a smile on our clients* face :)   *sp needs

Thank you.

jhnmyr:

4/11/11
Hotel room sketch…
jhnmyr:

Cover art for the ‘Queen of California’ single
John Mayer On World Cafe →
jhnmyr:

Well, that’s a wrap on release week promotion for Born and Raised. It’s so phenomenally weird to wake up this morning at home and not in the back of a bus somewhere. On the bright side, releasing this album and getting back in touch with my fans has been something I’ve been waiting to experience for a long time now. I’m finally at a place in my life where I can truly appreciate the kindness and support, and you have shown me lots of it. Thank you for that.
As I understand it, the album is set to enter the charts at number one, which is just incredible on all your parts because there has been very little I’ve been able to do to promote it. In a world of schemes and strategies when it comes to selling something, you guys just bought music you trusted you’d like. You picked it up in the same way I made it… from the heart, no trickery. That is so cool and rare and all the marketeers in the world together can’t manufacture that. I am very grateful to you. 
The making of this record was purposely undocumented, but there are a few iPhone videos and some photos to share. I figure I’ll do that here, and more often than I usually have in the past. Even if this album slides off the charts in a month, it doesn’t make it any less special to me, and we should all be digging this music together, like we would have (and will again) on stage.
Stay tuned…
with thanks and love
John

“Why not be happy after a while? You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness, sometimes you never remember to actually get happy, so I remembered how to get happy, which is cool.”

Be sure to catch John Mayer on The Ellen DeGeneres show today!

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Can be seen at 4:00 PM EST  

on NBC

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jhnmyr:

The incomparable David A Smith working on the Queen of California single cover…

Listen to Entire Born and Raised Album for Free

jhnmyr:

click here to go to the iTunes store and stream the record now. Pre-order if you dig it.

I listened to the record last Wednesday on my flight to Los Angeles. Gave it one more go round before it went out into the world… one last little listen as being just mine. It’s brought me so much joy and company and peace, and I hope it will do the same for you.

JM

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Queen of California Lyric Video