BIOGRAPHY

Hello, and welcome to my site.

I'm a media composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Brighton. My Music has been featured on BBC, CBeebies, ITV, Channel 4 and internationally including NBC, Disney, France 5, 7 Network Australia and many other media outlets.

I predominantly write production music for a number of well-established music libraries including Universal, BMG and No Sheet Music (check out the Discography) but have also enjoyed composing the music to a number of short films and documentaries for both independent filmmakers as well as students from The Brighton Film School.

Although I write in a variety of styles, I have a passion for creating upbeat and playful music and thus specialise in the children's TV genre. I am also dedicated to my classical roots and love writing music for solo piano too.

After graduating from City University, London with a Music (BMus hons.) degree-where I also studied piano under John York at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama - I spent over a decade fronting my own country-rock band and also performing as part of acoustic duo Dare to be Charlie playing at many events and festivals in the UK, Europe, Nashville, USA, and Santiago, Chile. During this time I also worked and recorded with Status Quo front man Francis Rossi and engineer Gregg Jackman (Mike Oldfield, Seal, Enya)

More recently, I have expanded my work to include facilitating writing workshops and recording and producing artists at London’s iconic Tileyard Studios.

In addition to my music endeavours, I also write a blog called Positive Mental Attitude. Here you can discover techniques for developing a more positive outlook towards life as well as daily affirmation videos and general 'feel good' tips.

(Click the link to find out about Charlie's teaching services)