by Charlie Barnett | Feb 20, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News
We landed at Cue Recording studios and began laying down rhythm tracks this week. Ken Schubert (not pictured, sorry Ken) is again our recording engineer—we love him! Tommy Barrick on drums and selfies. Pete Ostle on bass, Marilyn Older on singing scratch tracks and...
by Charlie Barnett | Feb 2, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News
More than two years after the explosion of the #MeToo Movement, that reckoning about sexual harassment and violence continues to have impact, especially on college campuses. I recently scored a short film on the movement for the University of Texas’s Ethics...
by Charlie Barnett | Jan 2, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
It has been ages since I stepped onstage alone—literally decades—but when a colleague invited me to put together a singer-songwriter act for a venue he books, for some reason I said yes. I’m not sure I was fully aware until I started putting together the show...
by Charlie Barnett | Dec 30, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
I love Christmas music, so I was thrilled to be asked to arrange some carols and seasonal music for the chamber orchestra of the Washington National Cathedral. The medley became part of this year’s holiday light show. One joy of this job was getting to write...
by Charlie Barnett | Nov 30, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
The musical I’ve been working on, 19, just closed its world-premiere run in Washington, DC, and I was pleased to see this thoughtful positive review by John Stoltenberg of DC Metro Theater Arts: "In 19: The Musical, Women Sing and Dance Their Way To...
by Charlie Barnett | Oct 30, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
Diane Rehm, the well-known NPR radio host, is featured in a new documentary I’m scoring. The film, called When My Time Comes, is about Rehm’s efforts to legalize medical aid in dying for people who are terminally ill. She took up the cause after watching...
