Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Mayer naLaBruyere vakaita muGeorgia yose uye nyika dziri pedyo. Zvakare, sezvo basa rake rakaenderana nemusika wemimhanzi weinternet wanga uchangotanga, Mayer akabatsirwa nekutevera online. Mayer akauya kune Gregg Latterman paAware Records kuburikidza neanoziva Mayer, gweta, uyo akatumira Aware EP yake. Mushure mekumuisa mumakonzati eAware Festival uye nziyo dzake paAware compilations, mukutanga kwa2001, Aware yakaburitsa dambarefu raMayer reInternet-chete rakanzi, Kamuri reMakwere. Munguva iyi, Aware akapedzisa chibvumirano neColumbia Records iyo yakapa Columbia sarudzo yekutanga mukusaina maartist eAware. MunaSeptember, Columbia yakadzokorora uye yakabudisazve Room for Squares. Sezvo chikamu chikuru chinyorwa "kutanga", album's artwork yakagadziridzwa, uye rwiyo "3x5" rwakawedzerwa. Kubudiswazve kwaisanganisira shanduro dze studio dzakagadziridzwa dzenziyo ina dzekutanga kubva mukati Wants Out. Pakupera kwa2002, Kamuri reSquares rakanga raburitsa nziyo dzinoverengeka dzeredhiyo, kusanganisira "Hapana Chinhu Chakadai", "Muviri Wako Nyika Inoshamisa", uye pakupedzisira, "Nei Georgia". Yakagamuchirawo kurumbidzwa kukuru, uye Mayer akafananidza naDave Matthews. Muna 2003, Mayer akahwina Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Muviri Wako Nyika Yezvishamiso". Muhurukuro yake yokugamuchira akacherechedza, kuti, "Izvi zvinokurumidza zvikuru, zvikuru, uye ndinopikira kuzosvika". Iyewo akafananidzira achitaura nezvake seane makore gumi nematanhatu, chirevo icho vazhinji vakafunga zvisirizvo kuti zvaireva kuti aive nemakore gumi nematanhatu panguva iyoyo. Muna Kukadzi 2003, Mayer akaburitsa mhenyu CD uye DVD yekonzati muBirmingham, Alabama yakanzi Any Given China, iyo yaisanganisira nziyo dzisina kunyorwa kare, dzakadai se "Man on the Side", "Something's Missing", uye Covered in Rain". Kutengeserana, album yacho yakasvika panhamba 17 paBillboard 200 chati. Kuburitswa kwayo kweDVD kwakagamuchira kuremekedza <unk> kunyangwe kwakadzikama <unk> kurumbidzwa, nevatsoropodzi vakapatsanurwa pakati pemufananidzo wake wepop-chiratidzo, uye (panguva iyoyo) hunyanzvi hwegitare hunobuda. Erik Crawford weAllMusic akabvunza, "Ko [Mayer] igitare rinoshamisa rinosimbiswa paanoridza chifukidzo chaStevie Ray Vaughan's...  Mubvunzo: zita rei rakapiwa marekodhi acho
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