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In [[2019]], Cuomo has described his more recent writing process as utilizing demos as far back as the early 90s [http://www.alternativenation.net/weezer-admit-imitating-chris-cornell-surprising-song/]: | In [[2019]], Cuomo has described his more recent writing process as utilizing demos as far back as the early 90s [http://www.alternativenation.net/weezer-admit-imitating-chris-cornell-surprising-song/]: | ||
<blockquote>''The way I write now, I have a folder of about 1,400 demos. And I look at it through a program called Mp3tag. I’ll be writing a song, and I’ll know: “All right, I need a bridge that’s at 132 bpm, in the Key of A-flat major, and the bridge needs to start on the two chord, and the melody needs to be on the fourth degree of the scale.” I press “Go,” and Mp3tag returns the ten matching demos I have.''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''The way I write now, I have a folder of about 1,400 demos. And I look at it through a program called Mp3tag. I’ll be writing a song, and I’ll know: “All right, I need a bridge that’s at 132 bpm, in the Key of A-flat major, and the bridge needs to start on the two chord, and the melody needs to be on the fourth degree of the scale.” I press “Go,” and Mp3tag returns the ten matching demos I have.''</blockquote> | ||
In an August 2020 [[Riverpedia]] entry, Cuomo [[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/21/2020#Alone_IV|confirmed]] that he had no plans to continue the ''Alone'' series, instead preferring to keep recordings to himself in order to reappropriate them for future Weezer songs. Cuomo apparently reversed this decision shortly thereafter, however, launching a [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] in October of that year, selling hundreds of demos to individual users on [[November 11]], and selling a compilation titled ''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 20]]. | In an August 2020 [[Riverpedia]] entry, Cuomo [[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/21/2020#Alone_IV|confirmed]] that he had no plans to continue the ''Alone'' series, instead preferring to keep recordings to himself in order to reappropriate them for future Weezer songs. Cuomo apparently reversed this decision shortly thereafter, however, launching a [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] in October of that year, selling hundreds of demos to individual users on [[November 11]], and selling a compilation titled ''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 20]]. Later, many more bundles were available in the store. Some (including ''The EWBAITE Years'') were designated to a different Alone number. | ||
==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
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*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (2009) | *''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (2009) | ||
*''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]]'' (2011) | *''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]]'' (2011) | ||
*''[[Alone IV: Before Weezer]]'' | *''[[Alone IV: Before Weezer]]'' (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone V: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]] | *''[[Alone V: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]] | *''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone VII: The Green Years]] | *''[[Alone VII: The Green Years]]'' (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]] | *''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] | *''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone X: The Red | *''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''* (2020) | ||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | |||
*''[[Alone | *''[[Alone XII: The White Years]]'' (2020) | ||
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''*'' Raditude-Hurley were originally their own bundle. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]] | *[[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]] | ||