U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  Marinka: Mayer iyo LaBruyere waxay ka soo muuqdeen Georgia oo dhan iyo gobollada u dhow. Sidoo kale, maadaama shaqadiisu ay ku beegantay suuqa muusikada internetka ee markaas soo ifbaxay, Mayer wuxuu ka faa'iideystay raacitaankiisa internetka. Mayer wuxuu soo jiitay dareenka Gregg Latterman ee Aware Records iyada oo loo marayo qof yaqaan Mayer, qareen, oo u diray Aware EP. Ka dib markii lagu daray riwaayadihiisa bandhigyada Aware Festival iyo heesaha ku jira ururinta Aware, horraantii 2001, Aware waxay sii deysay albumka internetka oo keliya ee Mayer oo cinwaankeedu yahay, Room for Squares. Intii lagu jiray waqtigan, Aware waxay heshiis la gashay Columbia Records taas oo Columbia siisay xulashada koowaad ee saxiixa fanaaniinta Aware. Bishii Sebtembar, Columbia waxay dib u habeyn ku sameysay oo dib u sii deysay Room for Squares. Iyada oo qayb ka ah astaanta weyn ee "debut", farshaxanka albumka ayaa la cusbooneysiiyay, waxaana lagu daray wadada "3x5". Dib-u-soo-saarka waxaa ku jiray noocyo studio ah oo dib loo soo saaray afartii heesood ee ugu horreeyay ee laga soo saaray Inside Wants Out. Dhamaadkii 2002, Room for Squares wuxuu soo saaray dhowr heesood oo raadiyaha ah, oo ay ku jiraan "No Such Thing", "Your Body Is a Wonderland", iyo ugu dambeyntii, "Why Georgia". Waxay sidoo kale heshay ammaan guud oo muhiim ah, Mayer wuxuu isbarbar dhigay Dave Matthews. Sanadkii 2003, Mayer wuxuu ku guuleystay Grammy-ga ugu wanaagsan ee Fanaanada Fanaanada ee "Jidhkaaga waa Wonderland". Oraahdii qalin jabinta ee uu jeediyay wuxuu ku dhahay", tani waa mid aad, aad u dhakhso badan, Waan idiin balanqaadayaa inaan idinla socon doono". Waxa kale oo uu si muuqata u tilmaamay inuu lix iyo toban jir yahay, hadal ay dad badani ku khaldameen inuu macnaheedu yahay inuu lix iyo toban jir ahaa waqtigaas. Bishii Febraayo 2003, Mayer wuxuu sii daayay CD nool iyo DVD oo ah riwaayad ka dhacday Birmingham, Alabama oo cinwaankeedu yahay Any Given Thursday, oo ay ku jiraan heeso aan horay loo duubin, sida "Man on the Side", "Something's Missing", iyo Covered in Rain". Ganacsi ahaan, albumku wuxuu gaadhay kaalinta 17aad ee jaantuska Billboard 200. Daabacaadda DVD-ga ee la socota waxay heshay ammaan xasaasi ah, in kasta oo ay joogto tahay, iyadoo dadka dhaleeceeya ay kala jabeen muuqaalkiisa pop-idol, iyo (waqtigaas) soo ifbaxaya awoodda gitaarka. Erik Crawford oo ka tirsan AllMusic ayaa weydiiyay, "Ma [Mayer] waa geesiga gitaarka ee la dhammeystirey oo tusaale u ah markii uu ciyaarayo daboolka Stevie Ray Vaughan's...  Su'aal: Muxuu ahaa cinwaanka loo bixiyay cajaladaha la duubay
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