Album Notes

Tucked away on Music Row, Charles has spent the last year behind a 1912 Steinway grand piano carefully crafting melodies and lyrics that continue to run through your head long after you hear them for the first time.

Charles\' songwriting craft has been influenced by those he has worked with and recorded at his music industry day job, including such legends as Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, John Prine, Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith as well as numerous other artists who have shaped modern music. For the last several years, Charles has worked with some of the world\'s musical legends at Jack\'s Tracks, a recording studio that has been home to artists of every musical genre. Most afternoons, Charles retreats to his office to work on a new hook or lyrics that have been haunting his daily routine. In fact, his office is an actual haven for creativity, a tree house built by Jack Clement, who was an original architect of rock \'n\' roll at Sun Studios in the 1950\'s. Today, Charles\' musical home is not located in a tree but reconstructed in a recording studio where he has been perfecting his songs for the last few years. And now, Charles has begun to share his songs with the world.

Music has always been at the core of Charles\'s life. He started singing in church, moving to work in bands, stage shows, and classical performances. As he had through his earlier schooling, Charles focused his collegiate attention on intense studio work and singing demos while numerous industry figures developed an appreciation of his stylistic abilities and added him to their projects.

\"Charles is a great natural talent,\" says engineer Mark Miller (Garth Brooks, Olivia Newton-John, Richard Marx, KISS). \"He is a strong and unique pop stylist whose vocal performances are fluid and guileless and come from the heart, not any training or studio tricks.\"

\"I\'ve been looking for years for a young, enthusiastic singer with drive and talent\" says producer Jan Pulsford (Cyndi Lauper, Thompson Twins). \"When Charles walked into the studio and opened his mouth to sing I had the same reaction as when Cyndi Lauper came here to record...at last someone who can really sing.\" Not often do we see such an innate and accessible talent in the pop music scene.




Produced and co-written by Jan Pulsford whose other Christmas albums include Cyndi Lauper\'s \"Merry Christmas..Have A Nice Life\", \"Dr. Elmo\'s Twisted Christmas\" by Dr. Elmo and her own \"Music For Winter Festivals\". Also includes brand new songs from Jenny Yates (Garth Brooks), Seth Glassman (The Tuesdays) and DJ Julian Marsh.