Karl's Corner - 02/10/2010

2010/02/10 New Music To Help Haiti - plus New Indaba Contest!

...Folks, Weezer has donated a new version of the classic Pinkerton track “Butterfly” featuring harpist Allison Allport to support Music for Relief’s Haiti relief efforts. Now it is your turn to DOWNLOAD and DONATE. Visit http://musicforrelief.org to Listen, Download, and Donate. Other Download to Donate artists include: Linkin Park, The All-American Rejects, Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, and more. Show your support and spread the word. After you download and donate, embed the player on all of your social networking pages to help spread the word!

...New Contest!
Weezer fans and fellow musicians can now visit Indaba Music http://www.indabamusic.com/remixweezer to remix Weezer’s song “Love Is the Answer.” As announced last night by Pat Wilson on “Radio Weezer”, weezer is seeking a “global version” of the track from their recent release Raditude, with a public vote determining the top 10 winners to receive a signed copy of the new album and be featured on weezer.com and www.myspace.com/weezer. The Grand Prize winner will also have the opportunity to participate in a one-on-one Indaba collaboration with frontman Rivers Cuomo to create an entirely new song.

There will be a four-week submission period and a two-week voting period. Weezer, an A&R executive from Interscope/Geffen and Indaba Music will also hand-pick the top remixes from the semi-finalists for a commercial release, and the artists will receive a portion of the publishing royalties for their contributions.

“Love Is the Answer” was written and recorded by Weezer for Raditude, but before the record was mixed, a friend of the band asked if she could re-imagine the song. The band liked her resulting Hindi version so much that they put it on the album. Through Indaba, the original tracks have now been made available to members to re-imagine the song again themselves. The original track can be previewed along with the transformed Hindi version on the contest page at http://www.indabamusic.com/remixweezer. The band is excited to hear how Indaba’s community will revolutionize the song again.

The contest is officialy underway right now, so what are you waiting for?

...On The 2/4/10 Sports illustrated.com Soccer podcast, hear Rivers talkin' 'bout footie.
Episode 7: Interviews with Alexi Lalas, Rivers Cuomo -- February 4, 2010

...REMINDER - Weezer is playing the 2010 Bonnaroo festival, coming June 10-12 in Manchester, TN! Tickets are on sale now at www.bonnaroo.com! Weezer is playing on the 12th. Also on bonnaroo.com, fans can get the full lineup as it develops tomorrow, details on the festival and an interactive community with other people attending the festival. But most importantly to you and I, weezer will be there!

...REMINDER: New Weezer Track "The Rat Race" avail via donation to TargetCancer! Previously unreleased Weezer song "the Rat Race" (and many other great songs by other artists including Ween and The Donnas) available at ´www.righttracktunes.org for a minimum .99 cent donation each! Donations go to help fund research and treatment of rare forms of cancer.

...Reminder: Rivers did an interview with CapCom's Games Radar podcast. Rivers' part starts at 31:30 into the podcast.