Peter Mayer is a song writer and singer from Minnesota. He writes songs that are profoundly spiritual and reverent such as "Holy Now" and "Church of the Earth." Other songs are whimsical and topical, including "Driving with My Knee" and "Made in China." On his web site, he says the songs are "about interconnectedness and the human journey; about the beauty and the mystery of the world." Dale Connelly of Minnesota Public Radio said, "He is unafraid of complicated topics and always strives to look beyond the easy sentiment…Peter does nothing less than address the very nature of our existence…Trust me, most songwriters can't pull this off. Peter Mayer does."
Peter is also a talented guitar player. One reviewer said, "Mayer's appealing guitar style (is) alternately percussive, rhythmic, melodic, or all of the above. In Mayer's capable hands, the instrument sounds like a calliope one moment, an orchestra the next and then a cleanly picked guitar a la Dave Van Ronk."
Peter began playing the guitar and writing songs when he was in high school. He studied Theology and music in college, and then spent two years in seminary. After deciding that the priesthood wasn't for him, he took a part-time job as a church music director for 8 years, while performing at clubs and colleges, and writing and recording his music.
In 1995, he quit his job and started touring full-time. Since then, Peter has gradually gained a dedicated, word-of-mouth following, selling out shows from Minnesota to Texas, New England to California. He has eight CDs to his credit, and has sold over 50,000 of them independently. His accolades include numerous nominations for Minnesota Music Awards, and selection as a finalist in several songwriting competitions including Telluride and the Rocky Mountain Folksfest, where he has been invited back to perform and teach songwriting at the highly regarded Rocky Mountain Songschool. For more information, look at www.petermayer.net. Also there are several videos of Peter Mayer on youtube and he has a page on My Space - under <petermayer1>.
