Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne
Andrew Mayer Cohen, better known by the stage name Mayer Hawthorne, is a Grammy-nominated American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. Cohen also performs and records in the groups Tuxedo and Jaded Incorporated...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth2 February 1979
CityAnn Arbor, MI
CountryUnited States of America
mayer people playing send
People will send me tweets or texts, 'Yo, I'm at Red Lobster now and they're playing Mayer Hawthorne,' more of that kind of stuff, which is hilarious.
kids music
It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's music.
connect ended love main seemed
My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love.
call care listening music people talking
I really don't care at all what people call me as long as they're listening to the music and talking about it. They can call me a space-jazz flautist. I don't care at all.
cool frustrated grew hard love music public rap side songs
I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.
mastering mixing music production serious student time
I'm a serious student of music, a perfectionist in the studio, and I take the arrangement and production of it very seriously, down to the mixing and mastering even. But at the same time I'm having so much fun with it. I try not to take myself so seriously.
thinking people world
I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.
fun eye thinking
I don't think I've ever had more fun doing anything in my life than trading verses with Daryl Hall on 'Private Eyes.' That's as fun as it gets.
sense-of-humor decent
I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?
thinking soul together
I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.
trying tests test-of-time
I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.
people band expecting
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.
soul detroit earth
Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.
fashion unique space
Gary Numan had a huge influence on both my music and my style. He had his own unique fashion sense - that futuristic space style. It was out there.