Let's Write a Sawng

Let's Write a Sawng is the name of an online song writing collaboration between Rivers Cuomo and his fan base through his YouTube channel RiversCuomoAlone. On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Rivers posted a link to the first step of the collaboration in his blog on his Myspace. The title of the song has changed several times throughout the writing process. Originally, Cuomo chose the title "80s Radio", which then changed to "We're Turnin' Up the Radio", "Turnin' Turnin'" and finally "Turn It". On NPR's "Fresh Air" Rivers said that he will be submitting it to Weezer for inclusion on Album 7 but if it does not make it, it will definitely appear on some other release.
The final version of the sawng, titled "Turning Up The Radio", is the first track on Death to False Metal.
No.	Title 	Link 	Release date 	Description
1 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 1 and Step 2)" 	YouTube	March 19, 2008 	Deadline is 9:30 PM Pacific Time
2 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 3: Chords)" 	YouTube	March 21, 2008 	Deadline for video comments is Friday, March 28 at 2:37 PM Pacific.
"80's Radio"
3 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 3b)" 	YouTube	March 31, 2008 	Step 3b
4 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 4)" 	YouTube	March 31, 2008 	DEADLINE is Saturday, April 5 at 3:59PM PST
Step 4 - Arrangement: lay down the drum beat, the synths, the strings, guitars, flute, oboe, harmonica...whatever you want. make it bumpin'. grizzlie's danja and you's timbaland. go to it boy!
5 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 5 & 6?)" 	YouTube	April 7, 2008 	DEADLINE is Sunday, April 14 at 10:03 PM Greenwich Mean Time.
Lyrics & Melody
6 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 7. Lyrics.)" 	YouTube	April 14, 2008 	DEADLINE - 5:09 PM PACIFIC (Sunday, April 20) 
Write some lyrics for danthewelch's dope melody. make it great.
7 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 7'b)" 	YouTube	April 22, 2008 	DEADLINE: SUNDAY, 4/27 AT 12:21 PM PST (10:21pm eest)
Team 1: try to make richiestarkey's lyrics a little tougher and sing them over ats5's track. 
Team 2: try to get the spirit of CapNCrunchitize's lyrics into Danthewelch's melody.
go to it boy!
8 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 8. Development)" 	YouTube	April 28, 2008 	DEADLINE 6AM PST Monday morning (5/5)!
9 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 9: Revise The Chorus Chords)" 	YouTube	May 6, 2008 	Deadline: Sonday 5/11 at 7:03 pm pt.
10 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 10: Bridge Lyrics)" 	YouTube	May 20, 2008 	DEADLINE 6:57pm PDT Sunday 5/25
11 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 11)" 	YouTube	May 27, 2008 	FILE WILL NO LONGER BE DISTRIBUTED. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL (messages will not be read).
DEADLINE FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: 2:17PM PDT Thursday, 5/29
Tighten the Track: "we're turnin' up the radio"
12 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 12: The Wish List)" 	YouTube	May 31, 2008 	DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY 6/4 @ 6:01PM PDT
"WE'RE TURNIN' UP THE RADIO"
13 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 13: Develop the Chorus)" 	YouTube	June 6, 2008 	Deadline Mon June 9 @ 4:03PM PDT
"WE'RE TURNIN' UP THE RADIO"
14 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 14: Revise the Bridge Lyrics)"	YouTube	June 13, 2008 	Deadline Tuesday 6/17 @ 3:04pm MST
"TURNIN' TURNIN'"
(Wish 2)
15 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 15: Chill)" 	YouTube	July 10, 2008 	"Turn It"
16 	"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 16: Send it to the Wolfs)" 	YouTube	November 15, 2008	"Turn It"
==External links==
*Rivers Cuomo's YouTube Channel, RiversCuomoAlone
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