new album, “collaborations volume 1”
in march of 2020, when we all found out we were gonna be at home for a while, i hit up a bunch of musicians to see who wanted to collaborate remotely. a lot of them did, so this album is 18 of my favorite projects during that time.
currently, you can buy a compact disc here
here are the digital links:
for all music videos and lyrics, go here
West Tour!
charlie is playing a series of shows in San Diego/LA and then on the way home. here are some dates:
feb 18 – SimpleBar (Los Angeles, CA)
feb 20 – Sand Dollar Downtown (Las Vegas, NV)
feb 22 – The Fremont (Des Moines, IA)
feb 23 – Brokedown Palace (Omaha, NE)
feb 24 – Byron’s (Pomeroy, IA)
feb 25 – The Lift (Dubuqe, IA)
all details can be found at https://tourbox.songkick.com/artists/10191346/calendar
CHOP SHOP PART 4
The GEAR + 1 are back at Chop Shop Jan 13, 2023. This place is so special to me, I chronicle each performance as part of the Chop Shop series. This is the 4th time, and here’s why it’s gonna be special: i moved my sessions from a mac to a PC, just so i could use a new computer program called “Hive,” which I’m currently beta testing for my friend Vince Naples (aka DRMBT). It allows real-time video manipulation that I connect to the music. Hard to explain, so come to the show for more details.
Buy tix here.
GET PERMANENT
new album in the works, tentatively titled “GETPERMANENT”. !!!! the title comes from something my daughter used to say for when she was getting determined to do something.
here’s how these things work: i have two weeks in my studio with no ideas at all and very few other obligations, and i will make a bunch of little seeds from scratch, then i’ll spend a year or so bringing them to fruition. if you wanna help out, sign up on my patreon. i will post updates of how things are going there.
excited!
Tom Petty Remix
I made a remix of a Tom Petty song, performance video coming soon.
CHOP SHOP PART 2
WHAT?! I’m headlining CHOP SHOP. THE Chop Shop, the one with the HUGE LED SCREEN.
Everything about this show is gonna be huge, including the room. The room is huge and I need to pack the place so they will continue to let me use their LED wall. So please come! Here, I’ve made it easy, here’s a button that takes you to buy a ticket:
New Single – Which is Worse
I just released a new single and music video. It took a good year to finish, features my daughter Elvis and a lot of very cool color work.
The song has the amazing Matt Walker (Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Morrissey) on drums and Joe Re (Mungion, The Coop) on piano.
I also sent an 8 part email series on the making of the song and the video, it turned out to be very powerful stuff. Sign up for mailing list here and I’ll send it all to you.
You can buy the track on bandcamp by clicking here.