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[[Rivers Cuomo]] began recording low-fidelity demos onto an Olympus handheld digital recorder<ref>''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]</ref><ref name="maladroitpreview" /> around July of [[2001]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "The Catalog O' Riffs" 2002. Archived by ''Weezerpedia'': http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html</ref> Said Cuomo in [[2021]], "...this was my nadir, if not as a songwriter/artist/human being, at least in terms of recording quality."<ref name="maladroitpreview">"Maladroit Preview 2021-12-27 14.38.mp3" ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''</ref> Cuomo released a digital compilation of these demos in [[2020]] as ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] began recording low-fidelity demos onto an Olympus handheld digital recorder<ref>''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]</ref><ref name="maladroitpreview" /> around July of [[2001]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "The Catalog O' Riffs" 2002. Archived by ''Weezerpedia'': http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html</ref> Said Cuomo in [[2021]], "...this was my nadir, if not as a songwriter/artist/human being, at least in terms of recording quality."<ref name="maladroitpreview">"Maladroit Preview 2021-12-27 14.38.mp3" ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''</ref> Cuomo released a digital compilation of these demos in [[2020]] as ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''. | ||
== | ==DC Demos== | ||
Weezer booked studio time at Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C. on [[May 27]], [[2001]] during a stop on the band's [[Hooptie Tour]] in support of [[Weezer (The Green Album)|''The Green Album'']]. The demos were recorded for the purposes of sending to potential producers for the band's planned album.<ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_13#5.2F27.2F01:_DC_Demos|Weezer Recording History - Page 13]]</ref> Of the thirteen songs attempted, ten songs were finished, with eight later seeing release for free on the band's [[weezer.com|official website]]. The band had already given the songs some shape during soundcheck while on tour, and played some of them live at [[Weezer concert: 05/20/2001|a show in St. Louis]] a week before<ref name="KC 5/27/01">[[Karl's Corner - 05/27/2001]]</ref>. [[Karl Koch]] expanded on this approach to demoing songs on the road in a [[Karl's Corner]] post from the day: | Weezer booked studio time at Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C. on [[May 27]], [[2001]] during a stop on the band's [[Hooptie Tour]] in support of [[Weezer (The Green Album)|''The Green Album'']]. The demos were recorded for the purposes of sending to potential producers for the band's planned album.<ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_13#5.2F27.2F01:_DC_Demos|Weezer Recording History - Page 13]]</ref> Of the thirteen songs attempted, ten songs were finished, with eight later seeing release for free on the band's [[weezer.com|official website]]. The band had already given the songs some shape during soundcheck while on tour, and played some of them live at [[Weezer concert: 05/20/2001|a show in St. Louis]] a week before<ref name="KC 5/27/01">[[Karl's Corner - 05/27/2001]]</ref>. [[Karl Koch]] expanded on this approach to demoing songs on the road in a [[Karl's Corner]] post from the day: | ||
''<blockquote>the new songs have been flowing pretty good since the Green Album was "put to bed", and everyone is already excited about doing the next album. Rather than ignore the new stuff while touring for the Green Album, the guys have opted to prepare in advance, so that whenever they finally have the opportunity to make the next album, they will be fully ready to go, without having to go through another painful selection and demo process like last time. | ''<blockquote>the new songs have been flowing pretty good since the Green Album was "put to bed", and everyone is already excited about doing the next album. Rather than ignore the new stuff while touring for the Green Album, the guys have opted to prepare in advance, so that whenever they finally have the opportunity to make the next album, they will be fully ready to go, without having to go through another painful selection and demo process like last time. | ||