John Mayer's Guitar Teacher - Tomo Fujita

Last week I had the opportunity to chat with guitar educator Tomo Fujita and create some guitar lesson content together. The whole chat was so insightful and full of Wisdom - I hope you enjoy it!

Tomo has been teaching guitar at Berklee College of Music since 1993. He taught John Mayer in 1 to 1 lessons during Mayer's time at Berklee in 1998.

10 years later in 2008, John Mayer came back to Berklee to give a guitar clinic, and Tomo accompanied him during these lessons, many of which you can watch in the videos embedded further down this page!

Tomo’s philosophy, distilled into a one-liner, is that music is not just about playing; it’s about emotional expression. He teaches students to inject emotion into every phrase, whether the style is blues, jazz, funk or rock.

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[TomoFujitaMusic]

Andy! Thanks so much for having me here! It was so much fun doing this together!

[andycrowley]

Thanks for watching guys! And thanks to Tomo for sharing so much wisdom

[NoorAlambd]

Two of my favourite person together!!!What a gift...

[aaronwarner]

I love Tomo!
I'm so glad I got the opportunity to interview him for my podcast :)
He's really a down to earth guy. I need to see more of you two!

[sujayanarula]

Thanks Andy, I'm getting to see the Guitar legends coming together sharing their thoughts and expertise of Guitar playing, Thank you so much 🙏🏽😊

[andrewhaydon]

Thx for sharing Andy.
Very interesting.... especially with me being in Japan.

[lucasvanderveen]

5:15 oooh wow! Andy please teach us these two bits!

[fayda]

Awesome information!
From great guitarists . “Happy place”. Thanks for sharing. Andy.🤘🏻🌞

[rocknroy]

Yeah, have fun playing and learn to recover from mistakes and land on your feet. (End up where you started.)

[elflock]

I'm just a beginner I follow both Andy's and Tomo's videos I do guitar exercises everyday I can really seeing the difference I made everyday so thank you both of you❤

[sushiboyeditz]

Andy please upload a pirates of the Caribbean theme song I really want to learn it

[austinsabu]

Sir i have one dought. What is the difference between a 50$ acoustic guitar and 150$ acoustic guitar. Is there any easy ness while playing??

[randomthings]

That is like harry potter talking to moody

[DanRodriguezMusic]

Thanks for uploading! If you have a minute, I've been recording some original acoustic songs. As a fellow music fan, I'd love if you would check it out. It's on my channel. Hope you enjoy.