Over the past
year, there's been a grassroots buzz building in the Rochester, New
York area surrounding rising singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger, a rapidly
developing artist still in his teens. Teddy's soft-spoken charm,
melodic gifts, way with words, and natural style have connected him to
a steadily growing fanbase, which originated in local venues in his
upstate New York and has since spread as far and wide as Florida and
Hawaii. His independent regional EP release, "Stepladder" (on Cred
Records) ranked at #1 in Rochester and made the Top 10 in Billboard's
regional "Heatseekers" chart. Teddy wound up as a finalist on VH1's "In
Search of the New Partridge Family," where he caught the ear of
producer Billy Mann (Sting, Pink, Kelly Rowland, Jessica Simpson), who
quickly became a champion of Teddy and his music, going on to
collaborate with Teddy on several songs and act as producer for
"Underage Thinking," Teddy's debut album. "Teddy is a waterfall of
talent," said Billy. "At 17, he is an amazing and prolific songwriter
with a signature-sound, an incredible voice and a point-of-view that's
informed and mature. I can't wait to see how his career unfolds."
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