Bright Fuschia is the project for eighteen-year-old Geoff Schmeizer. He released an EP entitled 3 songs. About twenty years ago I was in a very similar situation to Schmeizer. Like him I was living in the northern suburbs of Chicago and about to move to Urbana which is a great college town.
While I was in Urbana I was attending a lot of open mics and that’s was Schmeizer's EP reminded me of. The EP consists of just Schmeizer and his guitar and he sort of plays songs that sounded like some something you would hear at one on the these open mics. The production and recording quality is a fairly standard lo-fi in a bedroom with garageband and a hundred dollar interface type of sound. I can't say the recording sounds close to a professional recording but at the very least it is a good sounding demo that builds a foundation for him. Schmeizer opens with a straightforward singer/songwriter type tune. He strums basic chords and sings and that's really about it. There’s nothing wrong with that because a song can be all about the delivery. I’m not going to say Schmeizer had a voice that really got my attention. It also wasn't something I disliked either. It sort of reminded me of a dude I would appreciate at an open mic. Up next is “The Bird” which was the highlight mainly due to the jazzy guitar. He shows off his technical muscles a little more and I thought the vocal melody was engaging as well. I felt this was the style where he really shined and I would like to hear more of it in the future. He closes with “Inferior” which felt a little more standard and familiar. There was some interesting guitar playing but the vocals didn’t hit as strong for me. Schmeizer is a talented guy. I think guitar and songwriting were his strong points while the vocals felt like a distant third. Either way being as young as he is, he still has a lot of time to perfect his craft. I think Schmeizer is off to a solid start but it fits into a case of wait and see.
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