In Your Atmosphere

This is one of my favourite songs from a very influential musician in modern day music. John Mayer is unique in that he has completely developed his own unique style of rhythm and soul unmatchable to anyone else. His songs seem simple chordal-wise, but its those little, tricky, unique notes and flicks, that only if mastered, can you recognize the song as one of Mayers'.

This song, In Your Atmosphere, was reportedly written very early in his career, although it was never published until his live concert named Where The Light Is. This song speaks of the pain he faces when returning to the town in which the girl who hurt him resides. It has many relatable lines of the heartache one faces when dealing with a painful goodbye.

"Wherever I go whatever I do
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you
Wherever you go whatever you are
I watch your life play out and take pictures from a far"

Mayer combines his own mix of blues, rock, acoustic and pop into each song to make a style completely of his own.   

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I highly recommend checking out this concert very much. It is fantastic for any mood, time, day, or place. You can check it out here

Taylor

Jack Johnson is the main motivation I had for starting to play guitar, even though I obviously knew I could never be as good as him. He stands out in current times regardless of the mainstream pop/dance required for anything to be considered a "hit" anymore. He stays true to his sound and soul with every song he sings. I have chosen to outline his song Taylor.

I chose this song because im obsessed with the guitar rifts throughout the entire song. The eccentricity of the variety of notes he can play in a split second is what makes Johnson stand out from the rest, and it is seen in this song.

The first half of this song is actually about a stripper...

"Well mommy's little dancer'squite a little secretworking on the streets now

never gonna keep it."

...while the second part is about a man whos just floating through his day to day life, ever so unsatisfied.

"He thinks that singin' on a Sunday's gonna save his soul
but now that Saturday is gone
Well sometimes he thinks that he's on his way
but I can see, that his break lights are on"

Both are relatable in they tell the story of two people who dont like where they've ended up, both wanting to be anywhere else in the world then where they are and how they are; two people that want to run.

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