Artist description Charles Parente has a smooth, melodic style that feels welcome in many of today's musical genres. His refreshing blend of piano and acoustic guitar fits in Acoustic Pop, Contemporary or Easy Listening categories. Charles is proud to be a charter artist at LoveSongs.com

Music Style Easy Listening, acoustic pop, love songs and ballads, Contemporary Folk

Musical Influences John Gorka, Mary Chapin Carpenter, David Wilcox, Sarah McLachlan

Similar Artists Dan Fogelberg, Mary Chapin Carpenter, James Taylor

Artist History A songwriter in private for many years, Charles decided to put his songs to the test- by playing them for complete strangers."You never know if you've created something worthwile until you play it live for an audience. You find out very quickly if you're on the right track," he explains.________________________________________________________The overwhelming response led to the December 1998 release of his debut CD, "Clear Across the Water." True to his intimate acoustic performance style, each song is dominated by piano or acoustic guitar, and often a blend of both.Tracks from the CD have been played on discriminating public radio stations across America and on commercial AC radio in Scranton, Pennsylvania._____________________________________________________"The most frequent comment I hear at my shows is that my songs are easy to listen to. I think thatfits me very well."Charles is now performing up and down the east coast and has received artist endorsements from Taylor Guitars, Elixir Strings and Fishman Electronics. ______________________________________________________________________ Charles has been a showcase performer at The Philadelphia Music Conference 2000, and has performed live radio interviews at many fine stations such as WXPN in Philadelphia .Charles is also an instrumental composer for jingles, themes and underscoring for commercial music and multi-media projects. Contact Charles to learn more about these services!

Instruments piano, acoustic guitar

Albums Clear Across the Water (1998) Perfect Circle Music

Press Reviews "Intelligent lyrics...A dedicated songwriter who crafts his music to take the listener to another place." The Sunday Times, Scranton, PA (12/98)**************************************************************"The songwriting, the playing, the vocals,the recording-all top-notch.This is a great CD!" Micah Solomon, PRESIDENT Oasis CD Duplication*************************************************************"Charles makes words dance throughhis emotional lyrics." The West Side Times Leader Wilkes-Barre, PA (7/98)******************************************************************"There's a peacefulness and serenity-an underlying spirituality-that links the CD together." Stereo-Types Magazine, Kingston, PA (5/99)************************************************************"Like the best Singer/Songwriters, Charles has the ability to frame real-life eventsinto songs that far transcend the originalinspiration." George Graham, WVIA-FM,"Homegrown Music"

Additional Info ***Charles' full length CD

Location Arlington, VA - USA

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