This week I’m listening to John Mayer’s 1999 debut EP ‘Inside Wants Out’ and damn, this song hits so hard. “Back to you. It always comes around”. I immediately get transported to my 14 year old self, visiting Kathmandu after 2 years of being away, and listening to this album while letting my damp, wavy hair dry in the Kathmandu morning sun. I have so many memories associated with John Mayer’s songs, like jamming out in college with my friend Natalie, who always seemed very impressed that I knew how to play ‘Why Georgia’ on guitar :D. #iwastotallyshowingoff #iwasnothumble
This song in particular reminds me of many late night drives taken down highway 427 as I headed downtown Toronto with AJ (whom a lot of you may know as DJ AJ, a pioneering figure in the early underground Nepali Hiphop scene 👀 #NepHop). We used to blast John Mayer really loud and head to Nepali Dashain parties - where sometimes we got to perform and sometimes we just partied :). Alongside being a talented music producer, AJ’s emotive and philosophical songwriting had a way of tugging at heartstrings. #KahileKahi Strangely, we never really got a chance to write music together. As to why? That will always remain a mystery to me. #itsallabouttiming
Throughout life, I always seemed to find myself in spaces surrounded by musicians who pushed and inspired me to grow musically. So many memories of playing music with AJ, Sash, Ishan, Deep dai, Janmanjay dai, and who can forget Jimmy dai’s iconic music studio in his basement in Mississauga, where all of us were given the opportunity to play and practice. #eternallygrateful #howluckywerewe #jimmydaiyouarethebest #istillhavetopickupmybassampfromyou
John Mayer’s songs are such a joy to play on guitar but they also conjure up many traumatic memories of connecting via dial up internet 🤕 just to visit ultimate-guitar.com haha. If you know, you know lol.
#neon #backtoyou #insidewantsout #johnmayer #songsthatmademe
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