John Mayer - Inside The Square (Complete) 2001

"Inside The Square" is a snapshot documentary into the mind of John Mayer. This short film provides a unique look at the beginning of his professional career.

Room for Squares is the debut studio album of American musician John Mayer, released September 18, 2001 on Columbia Records in the United States. Originally released independently through Aware Records on June 5, 2001, the album peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Upon its release, Room for Squares received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Mayer a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland". It remains as his best-selling album to date, with sales of over 4,308,000 copies in the U.S. as of July 2009.

Through constant shows, including in the Atlanta-area Eddie's Attic, Mayer's reputation began to build, and a March 2000 appearance at the South by Southwest Music Festival brought him to the attention of "launch" label, Aware Records. After including him in the Aware Festival concerts and having his songs included on Aware compilations, in early 2001, Aware released Room for Squares as an internet-only album. During that time, Aware inked a deal with Columbia Records that gave Columbia first pick in signing Aware artists, and so in September of the same year, Columbia remixed and re-released Room for Squares. As part of the major label "debut", the album's artwork was updated, and the track "3x5" was added, which didn't appear on the original as the recording wasn't yet complete at the time. The re-release included reworked studio versions of the first four songs from his indie album, Inside Wants Out.

The album was relatively unknown at its time of release, but it became more well-known through word of mouth and John's touring. By the end of 2002, Room for Squares had spawned several radio hits, including "No Such Thing", "Your Body Is a Wonderland", and ultimately, "Why Georgia" (a radio-only single).

In 2003, Mayer won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Your Body Is a Wonderland". In his acceptance speech he remarked, "This is very, very fast, and I promise to catch up." He referred to himself as being sixteen, a remark that many mistook to mean that he was only sixteen years old at the time.

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[KendricVoss]

thanks for this video. I am really enjoying this

[MikeysMisses2]

@KendricVoss You're welcome, my friend. :~)

[MikeysMisses2]

@KendricVoss You're welcom mate. :D

[therichardchannel]

WOW thanks for all these videos. it's really cool to see him before he became famous -- what a funny guy

[Billbill80s]

its kinda weird seeing him at this time. I dont think this first album really was strong enough to really make an impact. I think in general he didnt really worldwide till later on... Its kinda weird how many people jumped on the mayer bandwagon in the USA... Here in australia we only knew of Body is a wonderland then... They didnt talk much about the John Mayer Trio which i think is where he had gained a following there... its just fascinating he seemed to be such an overnight success story.

[metalguyn]

love this!

[6grogers]

ALL THE CHEESE

[StevenKellyBelly]

‎"3x5 was a song that I finished right around the song that 'ROOM FOR SQUARES' was being recordedd, and ah even though it was 99% done, that 1% was figuring out the right way to play it" 3:00

[TheBluerose94]

i love John Mayer

#getwellsoonJohnMayer