by Charlie Barnett | May 30, 2021 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
I am pleased and a little surprised to report that Out Under the Sky, the newest CD from my jazz band, Chaise Lounge, made it to number 9 on a national folk music chart. Folk? you say. That’s what I said! But when I thought about it, it made sense. The band has...
by Charlie Barnett | May 1, 2021 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
I recently finished scoring a doc called Invisible Warriors for the director Gregory Cooke. This film has been a 12-year labor of love for him—the story of Black “Rosie the Riveters,” including his own mother, who joined factory lines during World War II,...
by Charlie Barnett | Apr 8, 2021 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
This is the star of today’s recording session. My Neptune baritone guitar. I only use this about twice a year, but it is the only way to get that perfect spaghetti Western sound that we all love. Write your piece in B minor, add tremolo, and you’re...
by Charlie Barnett | Mar 2, 2021 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
If you order a Chaise Lounge CD from Amazon or another big retailer, you’ll receive it from a warehouse somewhere. But people who don’t make and sell records for a living are often surprised to learn that the CDs and merch they order via the band’s...
by Charlie Barnett | Feb 2, 2021 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
For five years or so, I have been affiliated with a company called Score a Score that provides music for TV commercials and indie film projects. I sporadically send them tracks to add to their catalog. It’s done “on spec,” meaning I don’t get...
by Charlie Barnett | Jan 2, 2021 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
I think about my mother a lot these days. She was a farm girl from Maine with a very no-nonsense approach to life. Once, when I was just starting out in music, I complained to her that I didn’t have enough work. She thought a bit and responded, “When we had...
