Secondhand Serenade (настоящее имя John Vesely) – рок-музыкант из Калифорнии. Начал свою карьеру с выступлений в группе "Sounds Like Life".
При поддержке отца, профессионального джаз-музыканта в Чехии, начал заниматься музыкой в 12 лет, 8 лет играл на бас-инструментах в различных местных группах.
Начал самостоятельно писать музыку, нашёл деньги и отправился в студию записывать свой дебютный альбом под названием "Awake", который вышел в 2007 году. Альбом стал началом его карьеры, он выбрал себе оригинальное имя Secondhand Serenade, чтобы не быть похожим на обычного музыканта.
В 2006 году подписал контракт с "Glassnote Records". Второй альбом "A Twist in My Story" вышел 19 февраля 2008 года. Первый сингл "Fall for You" появился в продаже 21 января 2008 года. 28 января состоялась премьера клипа "Fall for You".
3 августа 2010 состоялся релиз третьего студийного альбома "Hear Me Now". 3 мая 2011 выпустил EP под названием "Weightless".
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Студийные альбомы:
2007 – Awake
2008 – A Twist in My Story
2010 – Hear Me Now
EPs:
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Secondhand Serenade is a one man band from Menlo Park, California. John Vesely, 30, sings and plays guitar and piano. His music is characterized by multitrack recording so he can create the sound of a band by himself. He uses multitrack recording to create vocal harmonies, and a lead acoustic guitar over strummed chords.
After the breakup of Sounds Like Life, featuring himself and Ronnie Day, Vesely started writing and performing his songs solo under the name Secondhand Serenade. (Secondhand, because his wife, Candice, hears all his songs firsthand.) He rented a studio for 8 days and recorded his 10-track debut album "Awake." Through self-promotion through MySpace and PureVolume, he began to build a loyal fanbase and sold his album and merchandise via his MySpace profile. He quickly rose to the MySpace "Top Unsigned Artists" list, and even entered the iTunes Top 100, a feat for an unsigned act.
He has since signed a deal with new label Glassnote Records, founded by CEO Daniel Glass. In total, Secondhand Serenade has sold about 73,000 digital tracks and more than 10,000 copies of his album "Awake," according to Nielsen SoundScan. After the album was released on Glassnote/ILG on Feb. 6, 2007, with two additional songs, it debuted on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart at # 16.
Vesely was featured on MTV's "You Hear It First," along with spots on AOL Music's "Breakers" and on Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next?".
Another album, "A Twist In My Story," has since been released and a band effect was added digitally. He is on tour, now with a band.
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