Alone (series): Difference between revisions

In a [[USTREAM]] chat on [[September 5]], [[2010]] and again in an interview with ''SPIN'', Cuomo hinted that an ''Alone IV'', ''V'' and ''VI'' would be released in the future, with ''Alone IV'' and ''V'' containing more of Cuomo's original demos while ''Alone VI'' would be cover songs.<ref name="spin">O'Donnell, Kevin "Rivers Cuomo: ‘There’s So Much Pain in My Voice’" ''Spin''. 2 November 2010. https://www.spin.com/2010/11/rivers-cuomo-theres-so-much-pain-my-voice/</ref> In the same SPIN article, Cuomo stated that ''Alone VI'' would “just be Rivers songs”.<ref name="spin" /> Cuomo later told fans that ''Alone VI'' would consist solely of cover songs. According to fans who attended [[Nerd Night]] around 2013 or 2014, ''Alone IV'' was, at the time, considered as a compilation of demos for already-released Weezer songs <ref>''[[All Things Weezer]]'' 28 February 2019. http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/why-were-probably-never-getting-an-alone-iv.51804/#post-1741565 Screenshot: [[:File:Okbrazilian-nerdnight.png]]</ref> These installments ultimately never materialized, however. In a [[2017]] interview, Cuomo expressed regret over releasing the existing ''Alone'' albums, telling ''Dazed'', "I wish I hadn’t, but I did. It’s kind of embarrassing. If you search for my name on Spotify, that’s what comes up. I should put out something more pro also so people don’t think that’s all I do."<ref>Eloise, Marianne. "Rivers Cuomo on dark thoughts, Post Malone & being prolific" ''Dazed''. 27 October 2017. https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37880/1/rivers-cuomo-on-dark-thoughts-post-malone-being-prolific</ref>

 

In [[2019]], Cuomo described his more recent writing process as utilizing demos as far back as the early 90s, telling ''Alternative Nation'', "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."<ref>Buchanan, Brett. "Weezer Admit To Imitating Chris Cornell On Surprising Song" ''Alternative Nation''. 1 March 2019. http://www.alternativenation.net/weezer-admit-imitating-chris-cornell-surprising-song/</ref>

 

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 appropriate 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 XI: The EWBAITE Years|Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 20]]. Later, many more bundles were available in the store. Some (including ''The EWBAITE Years'') were later designated to a different Alone number.