Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Mayer yayi la'akari da tsallake kwaleji don bin kiɗan sa, amma iyayensa sun hana shi. Ya shiga Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Berklee a 1997 yana da shekaru 19. A kan roƙon abokinsa na koleji Clay Cook, sun bar Berklee bayan semesters biyu kuma suka koma Atlanta. A can, sun kafa ƙungiyar mutum biyu da ake kira LoFi Masters, kuma sun fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a gidajen kofi na gida da wuraren kulob kamar Eddie's Attic. A cewar Cook, sun sami bambance-bambance na kiɗa saboda burin Mayer na matsawa zuwa kiɗan pop. Hanyoyi biyu sun rabu kuma Mayer ya fara aiki na solo. Tare da taimakon mai samar da gida da injiniya Glenn Matullo, Mayer ya yi rikodin EP mai zaman kanta Inside Wants Out. EP ɗin ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi takwas tare da Mayer a kan manyan muryoyi da guitar. Don waƙar buɗewa, "Back To You", an haɗa cikakkiyar ƙungiyar, gami da mai haɗin EP ɗin David "DeLa" LaBruyere a kan bass guitar. Cook ya rubuta yawancin waƙoƙin kundin, gami da fitowar sa ta farko ta kasuwanci, "Babu Irin Wannan Abu", Duk da haka, gudummawar aikinsa kawai shine waƙoƙin tallafi a waƙar "Ta'aziyya".  Tambaya: Waƙoƙi nawa ne a cikin EP na Mayer?
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