John Vesely Secondhand Serenade terbentuk di kota kelahirannya di Menlo Park di California, Amerika Serikat, pada tahun 2004. Vesely was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area in a musical family and as the son of a professional jazz musician father, commenting that “getting into music was a natural thing” for him. Vesely dibesarkan di San Francisco Bay Area dalam keluarga musik dan sebagai anak seorang profesional jazz ayah musisi, berkomentar bahwa “memasuki musik adalah hal yang wajar” baginya. He spent 8 years playing bass in local bands, featuring in a number of acts ranging in style from ska and hardcore to rock and pop. [ 5 ] One of the bands he played in, Sounds Like Life [ 6 ] , included fellow Bay Area artist Ronnie Day . Dia menghabiskan 8 tahun bermain bass di band-band lokal, menampilkan di sejumlah tindakan mulai dalam gaya dari ska dan hardcore untuk rock dan pop. [5] Salah satu band yang dimainkan dalam, Sounds Like Life [6] , termasuk sesama Bay Area artis Ronnie Day . After years of playing bass , he opted for an acoustic guitar . Setelah bertahun-tahun bermain bass , ia memilih untuk gitar akustik . Vesely follows in the tradition of John Ondrasik’s Five for Fighting. Vesely berikut dalam tradisi Yohanes Ondrasik Lima untuk Memerangi. Vesely was also the son of a Czech immigrant. [ 7 ] Vesely juga putra seorang imigran Ceko. [7]

Vesely began writing his own songs when he met his wife Candice Vesely. Vesely mulai menulis lagu sendiri ketika ia bertemu istrinya Candice Vesely. She had wanted him to play a song and “serenading her with a bass guitar was out of the question.” Dia ingin dia untuk memainkan sebuah lagu dan “bernyanyi dengan sebuah gitar bass sudah keluar dari pertanyaan.” He has admitted he found his “true calling” when he picked up the guitar. [ 5 ] The pseudonym Secondhand Serenade is a reference to the way in which his songs were ‘ serenades ‘ sung to his wife Candice, with whom he has two young sons. Ia mengaku dia menemukan panggilannya benar “” ketika ia mengambil gitar. [5] Secondhand Serenade nama samaran ini merupakan acuan dengan cara di mana lagu-lagunya adalah ‘ serenades ‘dinyanyikan istrinya Candice, dengan siapa ia memiliki dua muda putra. People around the world are merely getting to hear the songs ‘ second-hand .’ [ 5 ] While Vesely continues to market the affectionate biography, the couple broke up in 2008. Orang-orang di seluruh dunia hanya mendapatkan mendengar lagu ‘ kedua tangan ‘. [5] Sementara Vesely terus pasar biografi sayang, pasangan itu bubar pada tahun 2008. Vesely was heart broken as can be seen in many of his songs. Vesely adalah patah hati seperti dapat dilihat di banyak lagu-lagu nya. He released “A Twist In My Story” as a reference to the divorce. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Dia merilis “A Twist In My Story” sebagai referensi untuk perceraian. [8] [9]

In 2005, Vesely released his debut album titled Awake . Pada tahun 2005, Vesely merilis album debutnya berjudul Awake . It was recorded as a demo, after booking a few days at an Ontario studio earlier in 2005, “using just an acoustic guitar and his multi-tracked vocals.” [ 10 ] The album was promoted through the Secondhand Serenade Myspace page and by playing local shows. Itu tercatat sebagai demo, setelah pemesanan beberapa hari di sebuah studio Ontario sebelumnya pada tahun 2005, “dengan hanya menggunakan gitar akustik dan multi-dilacak vokal”. [10] Album ini dipromosikan melalui Secondhand Serenade Myspace halaman dan dengan bermain lokal menunjukkan. The CD’s were originally sold through mail order with a PayPal account by Vesely, eventually he signed up with distributor TuneCore , making Secondhand Serenade’s songs available on music portals including iTunes . [ 11 ] The album experienced tremendous online support, and by the end of 2006 Secondhand Serenade had received millions of plays on Myspace and had been the social-networking site’s No. 1 Independent Artist for months. The CD awalnya dijual melalui mail order dengan PayPal account oleh Vesely, akhirnya dia mendaftar dengan distributor TuneCore , membuat Serenade’s lagu Bekas tersedia di portal musik termasuk iTunes . [11] Album mengalami dukungan online yang luar biasa, dan pada akhir tahun 2006 Secondhand Serenade telah menerima jutaan diputar di Myspace dan telah-situs jaringan No 1 sosial Independen Artis selama berbulan-bulan. Financially, he was said to be bringing in up to $20,000 a month from downloads and merchandise sales out of his home. [ 10 ] He sold over 15,000 copies of the album on his own, [ 12 ] and on the strength of these sales and the support, naturally, the labels came knocking. Secara finansial, ia dikatakan membawa sampai $ 20.000 per bulan dari download dan penjualan barang-barang dari rumahnya. [10] Dia menjual lebih dari 15.000 eksemplar album pada sendiri, [12] dan kekuatan dari penjualan dan dukungan, secara alami, label datang mengetuk. Secondhand Serenade was signed by longtime label executive Daniel Glass , on his new label Glassnote Records , which is distributed through Warner’s Independent Label Group . [ 11 ] In 2006, Rolling Stone announced Secondhand Serenade as #3 in the magazine’s reader’s poll for Best Myspace Artist. [ 12 ] Secondhand Serenade ditandatangani oleh eksekutif lama label Daniel Glass , pada label barunya Glassnote Records , yang disalurkan melalui Warner Independent Label Group . [11] Pada tahun 2006, Rolling Stone mengumumkan Secondhand Serenade sebagai # 3 di pembaca polling majalah untuk Artis Myspace Terbaik