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AUDIO: Ryan Schmidt – “Neon”

Singer-songwriter Ryan Schmidt has a new tune out – his first since 2022 album “Portrait.” Driven by a raw acoustic melody, “Neon” touches on living your life blind to demons right in front of you. Once what blinds you burns out, you realize what’s been blocking your peace, and that’s when the song swells into a moving grandeur that echoes

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AUDIO: Ryan Schmidt – “Portrait”

Singer-songwriter Ryan Schmidt dropped his debut album. We first heard from him last month tackling duality of the self with “Bipolar”, and Schmidt expands on the topics of personal struggle and turmoil with these songs. He touches on co-dependence, guilt, despondency and pressure in a blend of funk, folk and rock. Ryan Schmidt shares poignant pictures of hardship with “Portrait.”

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AUDIO: Ryan Schmidt – “Bipolar”

Singer-songwriter Ryan Schmidt dropped his debut single this week. Kicking things off with a funky guitar riff, Schmidt contrasts the two people living inside his own head and invites you to meet one or the other. Not only is there a guitar solo, there’s a kazoo solo here! Ryan Schmidt juxtaposes personal subject matter with pop sensibilities that lighten the

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