by Modern Songbook Records | Apr 19, 2013 | Charlie's Blog, Film Scores, News
I recently scored a feature-length documentary on post World War II printmaking in the American Midwest. Somehow, in my mind, Midwest printmaking meant clarinet. And that meant I got the pleasure of recording the principal clarinetist from the Kennedy Center’s...
by Modern Songbook Records | Apr 15, 2013 | Reviews
Thanks to Jennifer Perry of Broadway World for this stellar review of Einstein’s Girl: This past weekend, triple threat theatrical talent Gia Mora returned to the DC metro area with her one woman cabaret act, interestingly titled Einstein’s Girl. Local... by Modern Songbook Records | Apr 12, 2013 | Charlie's Blog, News
If you’re a composer, there is a moment when you are laying out ideas for the first movement of an orchestral piece that has serious consequences for all the following movements. You must decide whether you want to use a contrabassoon. Or a bass clarinet. Or a... by Modern Songbook Records | Apr 5, 2013 | Charlie's Blog, News
Starting an album is easy. Finishing it is hard. After some really fun and completely exhausting work, we’re done recording and mixing the next Chaise Lounge CD. The album, Dot Dot Dot, features some of our most-requested songs, including “The Coolest...