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<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]]. Later, many more bundles were available in the store. Some (including ''The EWBAITE Years'') were later designated to a different Alone number. | 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 later designated to a different Alone number. | ||
<blockquote>{{Interviewer|geewiz|Rivers, would you mind elucidating your mind frame right now? In the recent past you've kept these close to your chest. Why so open now?}} | |||
{{Rivers|Geewiz, good question. it might be as simple as: because i was able to code the market, we now have a way to make a fair, direct, simple and efficient exchange. also, we've developed a community around the market that is a good match for the demos. it's not like i'm going on good morning america trying to sell 10 lo-fi version of an obscure 20-year-old song to people who aren't even huge music fans.}}</blockquote> | |||
:::—''[[Riverchat]] excerpt, [[November 21]], [[2020]]'' | |||
==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
*''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) | *''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) | ||