Selasa, 06 September 2011

Biografi Secondhand Serende




Secondhand Serenade adalah sebuah band rock akustik Amerika , yang dipimpin oleh vokalis dan gitaris yang bernama John Vesely. Vesely telah merilis tiga album solo yang sampai sekarang dibawah nama Secondhand Serenade. Album pertama Awake, dirilis pada tahun 2007, A Twist on My Story pada tahun 2008 dan Hear Me Now pada tahun 2010. Album pertama Secondhand Serenade menggunakan rekaman multitrack untuk membuat suara dengan menggunakan teknologi, sedangkan album kedua mengambil cara yang berbeda yaitu dengan menggunakan sebuah musik yang tepat dan synthesizer untuk membentuk suara lebih sempurna.

SEJARAH

Pada tahun 2004 John Vesely membentuk Secondhand Serenade di kota di mana ia tinggal, Menlo Park, California, Amerika Serikat. Vesely dibesarkan di San Francisco Bay Area di keluarga musik dan sebagai anak dari seorang ayah musisi jazz professional sehingga menurutnya masuk ke dunia musik adalah hal yang biasa. Dia menghabiskan 8 tahun bermain bass di band-band lokal, dari bermain ala ska dan hardcore sampai ala rock dan pop. Salah satu band di mana ia pernah bermain adalah Sound Like Life. Setelah bertahun-tahun bermain bass, ia memilih untuk bermain gitar akustik. Vesely mengikuti tradisi John Ondrasik dari Five for Fighting.

Vesely mulai menulis lagu sendiri ketika ia merayu Candice Vesely, istrinya. Candice ingin John memainkan sebuah lagu untuk merayunya. Nama samarannya Secondhand Serenade berasal dari kata 'serenade' yang berarti musik rayuan, yang saat itu ia sering nyanyikan untuk istrinya Candice. Namun pada tahun 2008 pasangan ini bercerai. Vesely pun patah hati, hal ini terlihat jelas pada beberapa lagunya. Dia merilis albumnya yang berjudul A Twist In My Story sebagai ungkapan hatinya ketika bercerai.

Pada tahun 2005, Vesely merilis album pertamanya yang berjudul Awake. Rekamannya hanya menggunakan sebuah gitar akustik dan multi-tracked vocal. Album ini dipromosikan melalui halaman Myspace Secondhand Serenade dan juga saat pertunjukkan lokal. Pada awalnya CD Secondhand Serenade hanya dijual melalui pesanan dengan menggunakan akun PayPal, namun kemudian Vesely berkerja sama dengan dengan distributor TuneCore , membuat lagu Secondhand Serenade terserdia di portal musik termasuk iTunes.

Album ini mendapat dukungan online yang luar biasa, dan pada akhir tahun 2006 Secondhand Serenade telah menerima jutaan permintaan konser di Myspace dan telah menjadi the social-networking site's No. 1 Independent Artist for months. Secara finansial, ia dikatakan mendapat sampai $ 20.000 per bulan dari download dan penjualan barang dagangan di luar rumahnya. Ia menjual sendiri lebih dari 15.000 kopi albumnya, dan kemudian ada label yang tertarik dengan Secondhand Serenade. Kemudian ia menandatangani kontrak dengan label Glassnote Records.

Pada tahun 2006, Rolling Stone mengumumkan Secondhand Serenade sebagai juara 3 di polling pembaca majalah untuk Best Myspace Artist.

Di awal tahun 2007, album Awake diterbitkan kembali oleh Glassnote Records dengan dua lagu tambahan. Dirilis pada tanggal 31 Januari dan memberikan Vesely chart pertamanya. Secondhand Serenade hanya merilis satu lagu sebagai single dari album pertamannya yaitu lagu yang berjudul Vulnerable.
Kemudian pada tanggal 19 Februari 2008 album kedua dirilis, A Twist in My Story. Sebagian besar album adalah lagu baru yang ditulis oleh John Vesely.

Judul album keduanya ini merupakan gambaran kisahnya yang berubah karena bercerai dengan istrinya, Candice, pada tahun 2008. Pada November 2008, single Fall for You mendapatkan Platinum dari RIAA.
Tepat tanggal 3 Agustus 2010. Secondhand Serenade merilis album ketiganya yang berjudul Hear Me Now. Vesely menyebutkan bahwa lagu barunya akan bertempo lebih cepat dari album sebelumnya.

DISKOGRAFI

2007 Awake
2008 A Twist in My Story
2010 Hear Me Now

Secondhand Serenade - Your Call

Waiting for your call, common sick,common I'm angry
common I'm desperate for your voice
Listening to the song we used to sing
In the car, do you remember
Butterfly, Early Summer
It's playing on repeat, Just like when we would meet
Like when we would meet

Cause I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

Stripped and pollished, I am new, I am fresh
I am feeling so ambitious, you and me, flesh to flesh
Cause every breath that you will take
When you are sitting next to me
Will bring life into my deepest hopes, What's your fantasy?
(What's your, what's your...)

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

And I'm tired of being all alone, and this solitary moment makes me want to come back home
[X4]
(I know everything you wanted isn't anything you have)

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight
(I know everything you wanted isn't anything you have)

Secondhand Serenade - Why

The buttons on my phone are worn thin
I don't think that I knew the chaos I was getting in.
But I've broken all my promises to you
I've broken all my promises to you.

Why do you do this to me?
Why do you do this so easily?
You make it hard to smile because
You make it hard to breathe
Why do you do this to me?

A phrasing that's a single tear,
Is harder than I ever feared
And you were left feeling so alone.
Because these days aren't easy
Like they have been once before
These days aren't easy anymore.

Why do you do this to me?
Why do you do this so easily?
You make it hard to smile because
You make it hard to breathe
Why do you do this to me?
To me, to me, to me.

I should have known this wasn't real
And fought it off and fought to feel
What matters most? Everything
That you feel while listening to every word that I sing.
I promise you I will bring you home
I will bring you home.

Why do you do this to me?
Why do you do this so easily?
You make it hard to smile because
You make it hard to breathe
Why do you do this to me?

Why do you do this to me?
Why do you do this so easily?
You make it hard to smile because
You make it hard to breathe
Why do you do this to me?
To me, to me, to me.

Secondhand Serenade - Take Me With You

Forgive me if I seem forward,
But I've never been in front of anything like you,
It's the last place I thought I'd be when I woke up this morning,
Is it true that you are always this part-taking,
And you're smart and you're willing,
And your calmness is killing me,

Send me all the things you never said,
We can lie here and talk for hours in my bed,
I don't have anything to hide,
I don't have anything everything is not for certain,
I don't have anything to hide,
I don't have anything everything is not for certain,

You started to see right through me,
And I'm loving every minute of it,
Its like I'm born again every time I breath in so,
And the beauty is my favorite color's blue,
And I like to sing in the shower,
If you like I'll sing to you,

Send me all the things you never said,
We can lie here and talk for hours in my bed,
I don't have anything to hide,
I don't have anything everything is not for certain,
I don't have anything to hide,
I don't have anything everything is not for certain,

Tell me all of your hopes,
All of your dreams,
I want you to take me there (take me there),
Tell me all of your hopes,
All of your dreams,
I want to take you there (take you there),
Tell me everything,
Every breath,
I want you to know I'll be there (know I'll be there),
Let just one more thing,
One request,
I want you to take me with you,

Take me with you,
I will never let you down,
I will love you now and forever (now and forever),
[Repeat 5x]

Secondhand Serenade - Maybe

Didn't you want to hear
The sound of all the places we could go
Do you fear
The expressions on the faces we don't know
It's a cold hard road when you wake up
And I don't think that I
Have the strength to let you go

Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
That everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
Makes me wish that I was never brought into this place

There goes my ring
It might as well have been shattered
And I'm here to sing
About the things that mattered
About the things that made us feel alive for oh so long
About the things that kept you on my side when I was wrong

Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
That everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
Makes me wish that I was never brought into this place

And someday, I promise I'll be gone
And someday, I might even sing this song
To you, I might even sing this song, to you
And I was crying alone tonight
And I was wasting all of my life just thinking of you
So just come back we'll make it better
So Just come back I'll make it
Better than it ever was [x2]

Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
That everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
Makes me wish that I was never brought into this place

Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
That everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
Makes me wish that I was never brought into this place
(I want it all, Don't leave right now)
(I'll give you everything)

Secondhand Serenade - Goodbye

through
And everything about you
Seemed to be a lie
A guiltless twisted lie
It made me learn to hate you
Or hate myself for letting it pass by

All I had to say is goodbye
Were better off this way
Were better off this way
All I had to say is goodbye
Were better off this way
Were better off this way

And every, everything isn’t only
What it seemed so hold these
Words that you never told me
Its time to say goodbye
Its time to say goodbye
Its time to say goodbye
Goodbye

Bye

Take my hand away
Spell it out
Tell me I was wrong
Tell me I was wrong

Take my hand away
Spell it out
Tell me I was wrong
Tell me I was wrong

Take my hand away
Spell it out
Tell me I was wrong
Tell me I was wrong

Secondhand Serenade - Awake

With every appearance by you, blinding my eyes,
I can hardly remember the last time I felt like I do.
You're an angel disguised.

And you're lying real still,
But your heart beat is fast just like mine.
And the movie's long over,
That's three that have passed, one more's fine.

Will you stay awake for me?
I don't wanna miss anything
I don't wanna miss anything
I will share the air I breathe,
I'll give you my heart on a string,
I just don't wanna miss anything.

I'm trying real hard not to shake. I'm biting my tongue,
But I'm feeling alive and with every breathe that I take,
I feel like I've won. You're my key to survival.

And if it's a hero you want,
I can save you. Just stay here.
Your whispers are priceless.
Your breathe, it is dear. So please stay near.

Will you stay awake for me?
I don't wanna miss anything
I don't wanna miss anything
I will share the air I breathe,
I'll give you my heart on a string,
I just don't wanna miss anything.

Say my name. I just want to hear you.
Say my name. So I know it's true.
You're changing me. You're changing me.
You showed me how to live.
So just say. So just say,

That you'll stay awake for me.
I don't wanna miss anything.
I don't wanna miss anything.
I will share the air I breathe,
I'll give you my heart on a string,
I just don't wanna miss anything

Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story

Slow down, the world isn’t watching us break down
It’s safe to say we are alone now, we’re alone now
Not a whisper, the only noise is the receiver
I’m counting the seconds until you break the silence
So please just break the silence

The whispers turn to shouting
The shouting turns to tears
Your tears turn into laughter
And it takes away our fears

So you see, this world doesn’t matter to me
I’ll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can’t take my eyes off of you

And I’m longing, for words to describe how I’m feeling
I’m feeling inspired
My world just flip turned upside down
It turns around, say what’s that sound
It’s my heart beat, it’s getting much louder
My heart beat, is stronger than ever
I’m feeling so alive, I’m feeling so alive

My whispers turn to shouting
The shouting turns to tears
Your tears turn into laughter
And it takes away our fears

So you see, this world doesn’t matter to me
I’ll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can’t take my eyes off of you

I’m finally waking up, a twist in my story
It’s time I open up, and let your love right through me
I’m finally waking up, a twist in my story
It’s time I open up, and let your love right through me
That’s what you get
When you see your life in someone else’s eyes
That’s what you get, that’s what you get

So you see, this world doesn’t matter to me
I’ll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can’t take my eyes off of you
This world doesn’t matter to me
I’ll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can’t take my eyes off of you