John Mayer
If you've never read the bio on John Mayer you should check it out.
Here's the thing that John Mayer does that makes him great. He gets better. If you listen to his "Any given Thursday" record and then listen to the latest live installment, you can hear the difference. As a listener you almost feel like you've watched the artist grow up, and grow into greatness. This is what happened with the Beatles right? We saw them become legends.
Most modern top forty acts are out to make a living, not to become legends. Jessy McCartney will never be a legend, T-Pain will not be a legend. Michael Jackson is a legend. Bands and acts that push the limits, that refuse to do just enough to get by, that connect with that innate desire in man to better himself, those are the legends.
Of course the acts I listed above played it safe in the beginning, they were undeniably good. They knew how to play by the rules. But once people were hooked they used their power to push music beyond it's limits.
This is what facebook did right? It played by the social network rules at the beginning and now is a the friendly giant of the internet. You know your in when apple is treating you like part of the family. It just keeps pushing the limits, it made a better chat system,a simpler aesthetic, a more intuitive tagging and link system, and then opened it up to its users to create what they wanted.
Hearing what your audience wants as opposed to telling them. What an interesting concept. But sometimes they don't know there is something better until you show them.
So show them.
j.
Here's the thing that John Mayer does that makes him great. He gets better. If you listen to his "Any given Thursday" record and then listen to the latest live installment, you can hear the difference. As a listener you almost feel like you've watched the artist grow up, and grow into greatness. This is what happened with the Beatles right? We saw them become legends.
Most modern top forty acts are out to make a living, not to become legends. Jessy McCartney will never be a legend, T-Pain will not be a legend. Michael Jackson is a legend. Bands and acts that push the limits, that refuse to do just enough to get by, that connect with that innate desire in man to better himself, those are the legends.
Of course the acts I listed above played it safe in the beginning, they were undeniably good. They knew how to play by the rules. But once people were hooked they used their power to push music beyond it's limits.
This is what facebook did right? It played by the social network rules at the beginning and now is a the friendly giant of the internet. You know your in when apple is treating you like part of the family. It just keeps pushing the limits, it made a better chat system,a simpler aesthetic, a more intuitive tagging and link system, and then opened it up to its users to create what they wanted.
Hearing what your audience wants as opposed to telling them. What an interesting concept. But sometimes they don't know there is something better until you show them.
So show them.
j.
posted by j. at
1:21 PM
1 Comments:
Unfortunately, John Mayer did not get better. He has a few great songs(Your Body Is a Wonderland, Mothers/Daughters), but the rest remain insignificant.
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