Rivers offers payment for demo, again
Rivers is again offering to pay for a “fully realized” instrumental of a new demo. This second track is also a collaboration with Shusui, who very well may be the Japanese singer-songwriter Shusui Kosugi.
Looking for someone to produce a demo of another song I wrote with Shusui.
Same rules as last time:
Please don’t include lead vocals.
Please don’t upload files of individual instruments.
I want a fully realized demo of the song (minus my lead vocals).
Please don’t include my writing demo in your mix. I’ve just uploaded it as a reference for you.
I love driving beats, ear candy, big choruses.
I’ll pay $314.
You’re going to have to add another round of verse/chorus before the bridge.
No amateurs, please.
As he revealed with the last piece, it can be speculated that this track may also eventually appear on Rivers’ Japanese language solo album. The demo can be heard, and submissions uploaded, over at his Indaba Music account.
UPDATE: Rivers: “Once again, Beware Fashionable Women has produced the most suitable demo track. Look for the finished production next year on my debut Japanese album, ザ クマモトキッド.”
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Rivers: Debut Japanese language solo album next year
Upon selecting the winning instrumental rerecording of his latest demo, Rivers has revealed plans to release a Japanese language solo album in the 2010. In his latest update regarding the contest Cuomo wrote, “I’ll write the lyrics and we’ll record the song for real. Look for the finished product on my debut Japanese language solo album next year.”
Cuomo and company are freshly out of their record deal with Geffen, and the front man has hinted at the possibility of forgoing traditional means of releasing music in the future.
The winning entry, by Idaba Music user Beware Fashionable Women, can be heard here.
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Further dates canceled
Due to the injuries Rivers sustained in the recent bus accident, the band has been forced to cancel the remaining December and January tour dates.
The canceled dates include:
12/7/2009 — Agganis Arena — Boston, MA
12/9/2009 — UMBC Fieldhouse — Baltimore, MD
12/10/2009 — Susquehanna Center — Camden, NJ
1/9/2010 — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — San Francisco, CA
1/11/2010 — UCI Bren Events Center — Irvine, CA
1/13/2010 — RIMAC Arena — La Jolla, CA
1/15/2010 — Dodge Theatre — Phoenix, AZ
There are no plans to reschedule these shows. According to the band’s website, “Refunds will be given at point of purchase.”
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Rivers releases new demo
Rivers Cuomo has uploaded a new demo to his Indaba Music account. The Weezer front man is offering to pay an individual $208 for a higher quality demo of the instrumental, for which he would contribute lyrics to the already present melody.
wrote this tune with Shusui. Now I want to write the lyrics. Before I do that, I’d like somebody to produce a better demo of the music. I’ll pay you $208.
It is currently unknown what purpose the song may serve.
This is reminiscent of River’s 2008 escapades, in which he collaborated with fans via Youtube in order to create an original song from scratch. That experiment resulted in the yet to be released “Turn It”.
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Rivers: Raditude is the last album for Geffen
While hosting MTV’s Subterranean, Rivers revealed that Raditude will be Weezer’s 7th and final album on Geffen Records. But have no fear: Rivers said that the band will be releasing new music on their own from here on out, whether it be traditional CDs or online.
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Last call for bloggers!
We must admit that we have been pretty remiss in our blogging duties lately, but that’s about to change! We are looking for some new bloggers to help us out!
We’ve received some excellent entries so far and will be picking the new bloggers very shortly.
We are looking for motivated bloggers who can stay up-to-date on all the latest Weezer news and post as soon as news hits.
If you’re interested, click here for details.
Sorry, this is not a paid position.
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