BIOGRAPHY

Hello, and welcome to my site.

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

Although I write in a variety of genres, I am passionate about children's TV and thus enjoy writing playful and upbeat music. 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.

Alongside my formal education, I have recently enjoyed studying a number of courses with 'Think Space Education' where I have been able to develop and further my knowledge of writing music for media and orchestration.

I mainly write production music for a number of well-established music libraries (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.

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)