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July 25, 2008 5:20:09 PM CDT



Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

Posted Mar 27, 08 9:05 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – In yet another example of the Internet democratizing the music industry, Weezer's frontman is using YouTube to get some help writing a new song. Rivers Cuomo is broadcasting himself (don't miss the campy moustache) in a series he's dubbed "Let's Write a Sawng." His latest dispatch asks fans to "come up with some chords yo," Pitchfork Media reports.

Before that, Cuomo got viewers to help him with the song's attitude—poppy but tough—and title: "80's Radio." That beat "Showdown in Candyland" and "Big and Bouncy." His LA-based indie rock band is set to release an album in June, but, alas, the YouTube project isn't likely to make it into the mix.

Source Pitchfork Media

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Rivers Cuomo calls on fans to help him write a song in his new YouTube dispatches.   (YouTube)
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer signs an autograph in this file photo.   (Getty Images)
Weezer's frontman Rivers Cuomo rocks out in this file photo.   (YouTube)
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