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=Market=
A quick note about future demo releases: I guess I'm aiming for the fall or winter [of 2021] for the next batch. I think I won't add any more bundles until we're fully migrated to 2.0. it would be very stressful to try to manage two different web stores.
You should receive an email from me, with your bundles, immediately. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR ORDER, PLEASE EMAIL lisa@riverscuomo.com
#Please tell me if anything looks wrong or if I've made a mistake.
#Once purchased, please don't share. If you have a close friend, who really can't afford it, and they really want the music, sure, go ahead and share. But don't post for the general public. For example, on youtube.
#And please let me know if it doesn't work as expected. Or if you find you have access to something you shouldn't. Thank you.
#I haven't had a chance to make all the audio previews yet so in some cases, if you buy, you're buying sight unseen. Or hearing unheard?
#these should be songs that have no co-writers or other performers.
I really appreciate it when you alert me to stuff that shouldn't in a given bundle or shouldn't released at all. Also, please let me know if there's anything I wouldn't want public in all the voice notes. I never thought i would be releasing those. I don't know what's in them. Thank you.
For any demo:
#It might have silence.
#It might be wildly inappropriate.
#It might have super low sound quality.
#It might just be me rambling, talking, making sounds.
#It may have already been shared or leaked.
#It might be just a drum beat. it might not have vocals.
#It might be a duplicate of another demo.
#It might be an inferior version of another demo.
#the information provided, such as year and description, might be incorrect.
#Also, over time, the contents of each bundle in the market might change.
#Or the metadata for a file might change.
On the bright side, I realized I can add files to the dropbox folders after they've gone on sale. That means you can re-download the bundle, or the specific files, and get additional content as I discover it. Very cool.
By the way, This market is my final project for a course I'm taking in web programming.
You can help by rating the demos in your music player at www.riverscuomo.com
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=Nicknames=
Botch - my dad gave me this because the sound made me laugh as a baby.
Coach - born from the chaos of Riverchat.
Riv - Petra used to call me that.
RivDawg - a current nickname.
Rivolino - my parents used to call me this.
Rivwanda - a nickname the Weezer guys tried but it didn’t stick.
Sweet River Baines - a nickname from an SNL skit with Michael Jordan that my friends tried after it aired.
Weezer - my dad called me this because of my asthma.
==Nicknames I have for others==
Budouski - that's my nickname for Leo. Because he likes grapes.
Further Reading:
My dad's nicknames for people and things
Frank Cuomo
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=Weezer=
My current band. And what my dad always called me. I think he was indeed thinking of the Little Rascals character. Cuz "he was the cool one".
Might be hard to see in retrospect, but Weezer did not come from the indie lineage.
What's the term from evolutionary biology? convergent evolution?
Convergent evolution is when different organisms independently evolve similar traits.... Biologists call this process when two organisms share characteristics that they didn't jointly inherit from a common ancestor - convergent evolution.
We ended up appearing similar to an indie band even though we came from commercial alternative.
Unlike many bands in LA at the time, we never did a 7" single, never courted indie labels (we shot for the majors from the start), never put band stickers in dressing rooms.
It was me and Matt [who decided to court major labels]. Super ambitious from the start. We called ourselves 'Paul and Gene'. If you know Kiss's bio, they were the two ambitious and practical guys that did what they had to do to get the band as big as it could be.
We didn't have a manager until after we made the Blue album.
The indie establishment of LA thought we were a joke. And that was the case through the first two album cycles. It wasn't until the 21st century that a general audience came to think of us as a big indie band.
listen to Weezer on Spotify
Further Reading:
Frank Cuomo
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=Jobs=
- Cutco
- Construction
- Dishwasher in Italian Restaurant on Santa Monica
- Domino's Pizza in Newington, CT
- Jonathan's Restaurant on UConn campus
- Latino Literary Center
- Roadied for King Size in Guatemala
- SMC Art Gallery
- Tower Records on Sunset Blvd
- Tower Records in Anaheim
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=MRN Tour=
I'm thinking Mr. Rivers Neighborhood The Tour next spring. The main point of it will be a performance by me of a longer, more, varied setlist. I'm thinking theatres. MRN theme, maybe with additional muppets. 1-3 classically trained musicians. Land of make believe train, etc. Different outfits and scenery.
If I can't do a tour maybe I should do a cruise. A river cruise obviously. Every year a different River. danube? nile? amazon?
Some of the ideas that were brainstormed that I like so far:
#A hardcore fan's dream show but minus Weezer.
#Soft songs for the girls contrasted with the rock songs for the boys.
A Google doc has been created to log additional ideas. Click here to request access to add your ideas.
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=Mixes by the People=
To have your mix added to the “by the people” playlist on the music player, email lisa@riverscuomo.com
See Songs by the People for more information
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=Songs by users of riverscuomo.com=
To have your music files added to the “By The People” playlist on the music player, email lisa@riverscuomo.com. She will share a google drive folder to which you can upload your files.
Put all files loosely into your folder (not in any subfolders.)
If you want a specific artist name (different from the foldername) make sure to include that in the metadata of your file. If you want a specific album name (different from the foldername) make sure to include that in the metadata of your file.
If you want your songs to link back to your profile page, make sure you name your folder with the exact same name as your username. (Case-sensitive. Don't put any other characters like an underbar _).
Here are some tools for adding metadata to music files: https://www.online-tech-tips.com/free-software-downloads/mp3-metadata/
Note: if you change the name of a file or the folder it's in, you'll lose all the data associated with the first copy (such as ratings and comments).
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==6145 Rodgerton Drive==
The house I lived in around the time of the Green album. You can see it in the old 2000-2001 web clips from dot com. Around the original Hollywoodland development. It’s twisty and steep up ther
==A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier==
Originally titled "I'll Love You Everyday", this song was played as an instrumental following "Happy Hour" on the Feels Like Summer 2017 tour.
==Everybody Needs Salvation==
"Everybody Needs Salvation" is a single released by Weezer directly and exclusively to the members of the Weezer Fan Club. The song was only released on 7" one-sided red vinyl, with a digital MP3 download of the track for members of the fan club. The 7" features no B-side, meaning this side of the single is smooth. The song was recorded in February 2015, several months after the sessions for their most recent album Everything Will Be Alright in the End, but a version of the song was written prior to and considered for the album at one point. A portion of the bridge lyrics appear in the album liner notes after the lyrics for The British Are Coming.
At a Nerd Night in 2015, Rivers told a fan that the song was picked for the fan club single because it was "something different." Rivers also said that he personally chose the cover.
The cover is a painting by Antonello da Messina called Ecce Homo, painted in 1475. The symbol on the shoulder of Christ is the Om in Devanagar
==Garp==
The Ito's French bulldog. He died some years ago.
==Island in the Zoom==
 Info will be posted at this websit
==Riverchat==
This is a chat app made by me, Rivers. Enjoy.
==Shakespeare==
 Impossible to pick a favorite but for the sake of conversation I'll say Hamle
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==DeTour==
A 2015 TV show pilot that was inspired by my life, about a rockstar who decides to go back to college. The fictitious band name was originally "Modern Dukes" (from a song of the same name that I'd released to fans in 2001 and that I'd considered for Make Believe); but had to be changed to "Crimson Dukes" due to some copyright issue. (I thought the creators just like that name better?)
I filmed a cameo in it, playing a "Professor Kitts". Professor of what?
The show didn't get picked up. It's weird; in music, if you make an album and your label decides not to put it out, you can bring it to another label to release it. I learned that was not the case with TV, so we ended up with a completely finished pilot that we couldn't show anyone.
==Island in the Zoom==
A series of virtual shows I do with my fans. I usually sing about four songs and conduct a Q&A with several fans who are selected as panelists to appear on screen with me. Info for upcoming shows will be posted at this website. 
==Lisa Cuomo==
My older half-sister. I didn't know about her until I was grown up.
==Mansfield==
Mansfield, Connecticut. How is it different from Storrs, CT. I was never quite sure. But I lived there from age 11 to age 18. That is 1982 to 1988. Sixth grade to graduation from high school.
==Midnight (Cardigan Disaster)==
Midnight aka Cardigan Disaster was a song I originally wrote for the Black album, but because of the unexpected success of Africa we ended up holding off on its release as a single. It did not end up making the final version of the Black album.
The title cardigan disaster came to me in a dream.
==Model airplanes==
A hobby I picked up during the quarantine. I work on them with my family. I’ve completed two planes so far. The model I’m currently working on is actually a tank. 
==Santa Monica College==
I went there in the early 90's, first as an English major, then as a music major. I wrote the Buddy Holly chorus melody while walking across one of the quads.
I performed at the 2018 Homecoming halftime show, along with a group of other “All-Star Alumni.” 
==Satchidananda Ashram==
In Pomfret, Connecticut in the 1970's. For some reason the buildings were painted pink. I also went to school there from 3rd through 5th grade. I have a good memories of Swami Satchidananda. He felt like a kinder, gentler, slower Gandalf. Also, he had all of us kids doing yoga and meditation and cooking and cleaning every day. For a while I took care of the ponies.
==Scott & Rivers==
A music duo featuring myself and Scott Murphy (Allister, Monoeyes). We’ve released two albums in Japanese.
==Shakespeare==
Impossible to pick a favorite but for the sake of conversation I'll say Hamlet. 
ニマイメ (Nimaime, "The Second One") will be released internationally on October 21, 2020.
Somebody at Weezer's record company introduced us after I told them that I was looking for a Japanese speaking gaijin collaborator.
==Temescal Canyon==
One of our favorite hikes.
==Warlock==
My metal cover band. I played drums.
Livin' After Midnite
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==The 3rd Street Promenade==
I'm not crazy about all the street performers. But we go there sometimes for date nights. There's not much else to do around here.
==Bach==
fugues
preludes
and more!
Probably my all time favorite composer.
I play the Well Tempered Clavier every other day.
==Dell==
I use Dell computers.
<youtube>4PL9PxvJK5w</youtube>
I don't know how I ended up on Dell. But there you have it.
I did use Razer laptops for a few years.
==Dustin Addis==
Weezer's day to day manager at Crush. Since 2015. Also FOB. Cool guy. He's starting to join me for golf. From Chicago.
==E.O. Smith==
A high school in Storrs, Connecticut. I went there.
==Languages==
I took German from 7th through 10th grade. 2 years of Spanish in college. I've done a lot of independent study in Japanese (and wife and kids speak Japanese) so I'm pretty good at that. Check out [link to scott and rivers page]
Between my Spanish studies and my many hours listening to Italian opera, I have a feel for Italian.
When I'm on tour in foreign countries, I do duolingo for that country's language.
==Model airplanes==
A hobby I tried during the quarantine. I worked on them with my family. I completed two planes 
==Professor at UCLA==
Bruce.
Taught me classic Fuchs species counterpoint while I was living on Homewood. My final project turned into the chorale section of The Greatest Man.
When I emailed him to tell him about the song (and his role in it), his wife emailed back to tell me he had died.
==The Shack==
The original shack was off to the side of Justin's house. That's where our high school bands would practice.
Then I also had a shack outside my home in Malibu during the Red album years. It had a wooden sign hanging above the entrance that read “Peter’s room.” I had a poster of a pig hanging in the room along with some of my childhood heroes. I also had lots of Harmonicas, a drum set and guitars. Everything a growing rock star need
==Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori==
My favorite White album song. Bridge was originally part of rest in peace as that song's verse. I gave an in-depth explanation of this sounds composition on the podcast song exploder. It's very cut and paste so I couldn't say it's about a particular person.
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=Nicknames=
Botch - my dad gave me this because the sound made me laugh as a baby.
Coach - born from the chaos of Riverchat.
Riv - Petra used to call me that.
RivDawg - a current nickname.
Rivolino - my parents used to call me this.
Rivwanda - a nickname the Weezer guys tried but it didn’t stick.
Sweet River Baines - a nickname from an SNL skit with Michael Jordan that my friends tried after it aired.
Weezer - my dad called me this because of my asthma.
==Nicknames I have for others==
Budouski - that's my nickname for Leo. Because he likes grapes.
Doot-doo - When I was a toddler, I called my paternal grandfather Anthony, who was a cobbler, "doot-doo" after the sound of his hammer, working on the shoes. And we all called him that thereafter.
Further Reading:
Frank Cuomo
My dad's nicknames for people and things
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==Dead Roses==
It's very Gothic.
Chorus lyric: at the bottom of an oubliette.
==Kumamoto==
The city where Kyoko is from.
I always hang out at Youmetown.
==Mansfield Middle School==
I went there from 6 through 8th grade.
I was de-shorted twice.
I met my best friend Justin there.
==Midnight==
Midnight aka Cardigan Disaster was a song I originally wrote for the Black album, but because of the unexpected success of Africa we ended up holding off on its release as a single. The radio ship date was 2 weeks after we thought released Africa.
It did not end up making the final version of the Black album.
The title cardigan disaster came to me in a dream.
<youtube>KjPEnn4kI68</youtube>
==Model airplanes==
A hobby I tried during the quarantine. I worked on them with my family. I completed two planes.
==Riverchat FAQ==
faq
==The Truth==
A short-lived band for which I played bass. Kevin Ridel was the singer and songwriter. All songs were all Christian pop-rock. We played 1 show at the Whiskey.
==Venice Beach==
Neighborhood just south of Santa Monica, where I spent a lot of time hanging out to get lyric inspiration for the White Album. 
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==Chat FAQ==
Chat FAQ
Last update: 8/31 
==Fury==
My Kiss cover band.
Justin Fisher: bass (Gene) Leaves Eric Robertson: drums (Peter)
==Hot Tub==
I wrote this song in 1993 for Tom Jones.
He didn't use it.
Chiba had a hot tub in the courtyard of her apartment complex in Palms.
<youtube>HRlmtl7_dXk</youtube>
==Jennifer Chiba==
My \"girlfriend\" in the 90's
==Justin Fisher==
Best friend since 7th grade.
==Kumamoto==
The city where Kyoko is from. Kyoko's neighborhood is Izumi-8chome.
I always hang out at Youmetown.
The first Scott & Rivers album was originally conceived as a solo album called "The Kumamoto Kid".
==Kurt Cobain==
Rumor that I'm actually Kurt Cobain. Nope, not true.
Never met him. The Blue album came out a month after he die. It's possible, though unlikely, that he heard it. Same label.
I'm pretty sure I never said his name in any of the hundreds of interviews I did in the nineties. Correct me if you find one. I was uncomfortable saying his name.
==One Night Stand==
A band Justin and I formed with some guys from Turners Falls, Massachussetts.
We actually wrote a couple songs. One of them was called \"One Night Stand\" and it's actually pretty good.
Justin Fisher -- bass
Greg -- vocals
Andy Jackman -- Keyboards
==Rochester Zen Center==
@monablast i think it was a group of theosophist women who brought zen to the us. my dad was one of the first people there too (at the rochester zen center.) also, that's where my mom met my dad. also where they both met my step-dad, steve.
==Shannon Cuomo==
My step-brother. Lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.
One of my dad's nicknames for him was 'Bones, da Stickman'.
==Sheeny Bang==
My first assistant.
I actually met her at a party in the fall of 1997 after one of my solo shows in Cambridge, MA. Then she emailed weezer.com around the time the Green Album came out (in 2001) looking for a job.
Recently I've been playing golf with her. She's a phenomenal golfer.
==Steve Kitts==
Was my step-dad from 1976 to 1989. Age 5 to 18, so he basically raised me. Cool guy. Still lives in Connecticut.
He played goalie for his soccer team in high school.
@axiomatic Yeah my stepdad actually lived with us when my brother and I were babies. Along with about 10 other hippies / Zen students. I think Steve was known as the guy who made bread for the house. (Actual bread, not money.)
He is referenced in the bridge of "Say It Ain't So." "This bottle of Stephen's". (The bottle is the 'bottle of Heine' in the first verse.)
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==Homie==
A band I formed when I was living in Boston after Weezer went on hiatus in the late 90's. It never really had a consistent lineup.
I recorded an album's worth of songs at Fort Apache Studios with a couple other musicians. We recorded "I'll Think About You" from Alone II around this time.
We released one song under the name Homie: "American Girls" for the movie Meet the Deedles.
I wrote it at the same time as I wrote Pinkerton. If a song was lighthearted, I put it in the Homie pile. If it was darkhearted, I put it in the Pinkerton pile. Having both piles allowed me to write whatever I was feeling without having to worry if it was too dark or too light.
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==I Can Love==
A Make Believe outtake I wrote in 2003.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33hMrCL3
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==Kurt Cobain==
Rumor that I'm actually Kurt Cobain. Nope, not true.
Never met him. The Blue album came out a month after he died. It's possible, though unlikely, that he heard it. Same label.
I'm pretty sure I never said his name in any of the hundreds of interviews I did in the nineties. Correct me if you find one. I was uncomfortable saying his name.
After he died, I changed the lyric in "Suzanne" to "Izzy, Slash".
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==The Leafy Green Street Sweeping Machine==
One of the band names from our brainstorming session in my garage at 2914 Urban Avenue.
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==Santa Monica==
The city where I live. I'm superstitious about the effect this place has on my creativity.
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==Will Rogers State Park==
One of our favorite hikes. There's poison oak.
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==Yoriko Ito==
Kyoko's sister.
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=MRN Tour=
I'm thinking Mr. Rivers Neighborhood The Tour next spring. The main point of it will be a performance by me of a longer, more, varied setlist. I'm thinking theatres. MRN theme, maybe with additional muppets. 1-3 classically trained musicians. Land of make believe train, etc. Different outfits and scenery.
If I can't do a tour maybe I should do a cruise. A river cruise obviously. Every year a different River. danube? nile? amazon?
A Google doc has been created to log additional ideas. Click here to request access to add your ideas.
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==1972-04-04 Steve to Mom & Hank==
The weather here is moving very slowly in the direction of spring, but the change is hard to realize with most of us here down with colds. Still we continue, and Frank and I hope to turn the soil for a garden this week. We plan on vegetables like beans, carrots, parsley, collards, squash, also sunflowers (for the seeds), some herbs like basil, chives, thyme, spearmint. inside beverly has already planted pansies and choleus, she also has seeds for morning glories along the backyard fence. this past week we’ve been working on some furniture – refinishing a rocking chair and kitchen chair, and building a table for the living room. also some shelves and cabinets to make yet, and stain (French Walnut). the spring break for the Center is over, and the group is reforming again. there are 20 members now (grown from the 3 when I arrived) and the Center has designated us the Rochester Affiliate Group. We have a new title but no word yet on being accepted as members. We are becoming stronger though and patient in this all. our group had a pot-luck dinner last week for the residents and staff members at the Center who allowed us to sit during the break. frank made a soup, I made a bread, bev threw in a fine spread and some sprouts…there was a lot of food! more than enough for forty people.
Further Reading:Frank CuomoBeverly Shoenberger
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==Kyoko==
Kyoko Ito. My wife. Met her at The Middle East Downstairs then at TT & The Bears in Cambridge, Massachusetts in November, 1997.
Her father is Harutoshi. Mother is Kimiko. Sister is Yorkiko.
She's from Kumamoto, Japan. About a 2 hour flight from Tokyo.
She went to Junior College in Nagasaki Women's college. Santa Monica City College. Then graduated from UCLA with a degree in design.
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