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I was seconds away from updating my status with a quote from that entry... then I saw it was from John Mayer and I realized how much grief and sarcasm I'd get f

I was seconds away from updating my status with a quote from that entry... then I saw it was from John Mayer and I realized how much grief and sarcasm I'd get for having posted and linked to the source. The sad thing is, I like a lot of his music so the fact that I was truly intimidated by posting a link by him for fear of what my friends might think of me probably says more about me than it does him (and perhaps speaks to a bit to why Rdio and Spotify had to add privacy controls). Oh well! I'm intimidated by music snobs, I guess. I'll be intimidating another time.

Firebrand 15y ago
I think he's one of the best guitarists out there today, but his reputation is really mired by the way people perceive his antics off stage.
- andrewvc 15y ago
  Or people who genuinely find his music tedious.... Personally, I find the notion of a guitarist boring. I like music, not guitars played expertly.
fleaflicker 15y ago
This isn't the first time his comments have been well received on HN. I had the same reaction when I read this a few months ago: http://www.berklee-blogs.com/2011/07/john-mayer-2011-clinic-manage-the-temptation-to-publish-yourself/ http://www.berklee-blogs.com/2011/07/john-mayer-2011-clinic-... Discussed here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846949 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846949
kubrickslair 15y ago
Don't know much about Mayer, but found it interesting that he deleted the post honoring Steve Jobs after SJ's biography came out and he was quoted as saying that Mayer was "out of control". http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/ld6th/john_mayer_on_steve_jobs/ http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/ld6th/john_mayer_on_s... That's a strange thing to do.
- ajkessler 15y ago
  He has a habit of deleting almost all of the posts on his tumblr. When he started the account, he actually said he was only going to have one or two posts up at any one time. It's kind of surprising the number he's got up now (although they're almost all photos). The Jobs tribute post could have been deleted out of spite, but he's deleted some other really cool stuff too, so I kinda doubt it.

Firebrand 15y ago

I think he's one of the best guitarists out there today, but his reputation is really mired by the way people perceive his antics off stage.

andrewvc 15y ago
Or people who genuinely find his music tedious.... Personally, I find the notion of a guitarist boring. I like music, not guitars played expertly.

fleaflicker 15y ago

This isn't the first time his comments have been well received on HN. I had the same reaction when I read this a few months ago: http://www.berklee-blogs.com/2011/07/john-mayer-2011-clinic-manage-the-temptation-to-publish-yourself/ http://www.berklee-blogs.com/2011/07/john-mayer-2011-clinic-... Discussed here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846949 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846949

kubrickslair 15y ago

Don't know much about Mayer, but found it interesting that he deleted the post honoring Steve Jobs after SJ's biography came out and he was quoted as saying that Mayer was "out of control". http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/ld6th/john_mayer_on_steve_jobs/ http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/ld6th/john_mayer_on_s... That's a strange thing to do.

ajkessler 15y ago
He has a habit of deleting almost all of the posts on his tumblr. When he started the account, he actually said he was only going to have one or two posts up at any one time. It's kind of surprising the number he's got up now (although they're almost all photos). The Jobs tribute post could have been deleted out of spite, but he's deleted some other really cool stuff too, so I kinda doubt it.