Max Beizer is the Smart-Rock Singer/Songwriter cutting through the clutter of the Nashville music scene. In a world where most songwriters are convinced that their feelings rock and the well-beaten path is the best path, Max Beizer is a little bit harder to size up. Melodic and upbeat, with a knack for avoiding the clichés, the new release from Max Beizer, Strange Bedfellows, has AssociatedContent.com calling Max an “Artist to Watch in 2010.”
The 9-song effort draws its title from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and is a reference to post-child, pre-adult crisis that awaits all twentysomethings. Released in late 2009, the album reveals just how off-center the songwriter can be. “I knew from an early age that I was not going to be good at the straight down the middle, ‘baby, baby, I love you’ songs, so I had to try something different– though this album is as much about relationships as anything else, I think it takes a less simplistic view of love (and the lack thereof),” reflects the 26-year-old. Strange Bedfellows is available through all major online retailers, including itunes, Amazon, and CDBaby.
The Washington, DC native relocated to Music City in 2002 and has built a solid reputation as a performer and songwriter. With local and regional shows under his belt, Max Beizer has opened for the All-American Rejects, Love and Theft, and Philip LaRue (of LaRue). He has been a finalist at the famed Eddie’s Attic Shootout, as well as a 2nd place finish in the Nashville-wide Miller Lite Songwriting Contest in 2007. Strange Bedfellows was engineered by Taylor Nyquist (Rascal Flatts, Andy Davis) and mastered by Grammy-winner Charles Yingling (Willie Nelson, Ray Price).
Max Beizer’s future plans include regional touring to support Strange Bedfellows and a continued effort towards making it ok to be “strange.” As Max says, “Every artist wants to reach people– to better the lives of others through his medium. As a Do-It-Yourself artist, I face the possibility, everyday, of falling short of that and leading an entirely unspectacular life. This album is a testament to avoiding the pitfalls of self-pity and inaction– a tilting at windmills, if you like.”
