I muri i te whakaurua ia i roto i Aware Festival konohete, me ona waiata i runga i Aware kohinga, i roto i te tīmatanga o te 2001, Aware tukua Mayer o ipurangi-anake anake pukaemi i huaina Room for Squares. I tenei wa, Aware whakaoti i te kirimana ki Columbia Records e hoatu Columbia tuatahi i roto i te hainatanga Aware toi. I roto i te Mahuru, i remixed me te rere-whakaputaina Room for Squares. I roto i te tapanga nui "debut", i whakahoutia te mahi toi o te pukaemi, a ka whakahoutia te "3x5" i te mutunga i roto i te ora i te whai ake. [Ko Mayer i tae mai ki te aro o Gregg Latterman i Aware Records i roto i te mohio o Mayer o, he roia, he rōia, he rōia, i roto i te pouaka whakaata, i te mutunga o te 2003] "No reira, i roto i te wā, i roto i te wā, i roto i te wā, i roto i te pouaka whakaata, i riro ia i te maha o nga waiata, tae
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