Mayer wá si awọn akiyesi ti Gregg Latterman ni Aware Records nipasẹ a mọ ti Mayer ká, a amofin, ti o rán Aware rẹ EP. Lẹhin ti o pẹlu rẹ ni Aware Festival ere ati awọn orin rẹ lori Aware compilations, ni kutukutu 2001, Aware Mayer ká internet-nikan awo orin ti akole, Iyẹwu fun Squares. ni akoko yi, Aware pari a adehun pẹlu Columbia Records ti o fun Columbia kọkọ yan ninu wíwọlé Aware awọn ošere.
ìyá ìyá rẹ̀ tó ń jẹ́ Annie Hoffman