{"name":"Secondhand Serenade","title":"Secondhand Serenade","id":400,"slug":"secondhand-serenade","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/400/?format=json","bio_short":"Secondhand Serenade is a one man band from Menlo Park, California. <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/John+Vesely\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">John Vesely</a>, 28, 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 <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Sounds+Like+Life\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Sounds Like Life</a>, featuring himself and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Ronnie+Day\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Ronnie Day</a>, Vesely started writing and performing his songs solo under the name Secondhand Serenade. (Secondhand, because his wife, Candice, hears all his songs firsthand.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/SecondhandSerena.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":470,"title":"Fall for you","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/fall-for-you/"}]}