CHARLES E.
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Charles E. Watson,
Jr.
GUITARIST
® Platinum Plus Records, Nashville
LOCATION
Mesa,
Arizona
Charles E. Watson, Jr has well earned his reputation as the Fastest
Classical Guitar Fret Board Artist. With an impressive and featured original stylistic
finesse, combined with a remarkable gift for music and a natural stage &
event professional presence, Charles’ approach to Guitar offers
an impressive performance with a
repertoire ranging from Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and
Romantic, to 21st Century including classic Rock, Blues, and Jazz. Song List
PERFORMING SINCE 1986
PAY RANGE
Current pro
rates
CATEGORY
Guitarist / Composer
/ Arranger / Music Instructor
GENRE
Main focus: Classical ... also Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Latin, Folk, New Age
and Metal, and Holiday/Seasonal … unplugged acoustic, A/e acoustic,
and amplified electrics
GUITARS
Variety
of customized and collector guitars including:
nylon
string traditional classical guitars, nylon string A/e guitars, steel
string acoustic and A/e 6 & 12 strings, special edition and classic electrics
EQUIPMENT
Pro equipment adaptable for cozy small to medium spaces to average club
stage, open air, sm-med amphitheater, and experienced on entertainment,
concert, theatrical, auditorium & arena full sound stage
INFLUENCES
Fernando Sor, Andres Segovia, Isaac Albeniz, J. S. Bach, Ludwig
van
Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, B.B.
King, Angus Young, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Frank Zappa, Joe
Satriani, Al Di Meola ...
DESCRIPTION
Charles
E.
Watson’s extensive diverse repertoire is a blend of Spanish, European,
South and North American traditions and alternative tunings and modalities
from ancient scales to pop-culture mainstream arrangements including
traditional classical guitar favorites, original compositions, and his
personal transcriptions of
works from piano greats like Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Chopin for both
acoustic and electric guitars
Recordings
Suitable for any
variety of environments, be it atmospheric background for fine dining or
wedding ceremony, rocking the bar scene, or capturing a concert
or festival crowds’ attention, for entertaining, Charles’ musical repertoire
and performances are a vibrant and exciting high-end feature of any
event that makes for memorable highlighted special occasions and appreciative
audiences
BIOGRAPHY
Charles
Ernest Watson, Jr. (b. 1977) is a North American born composer and guitarist. A
child prodigy from a family line of musicians and artists, he began
composing and virtuoso public performance on the guitar at age
9. Watson is also an accomplished pianist and known for his
transcriptions for guitar of piano masterpieces from the Romantic and 20th
Century musical eras and for his contemporary scores and symphonic
productions for modern dance troupes and traditional ballet. Majoring in
music and second generation student of Joe Pass, he has taught theory,
technique, and performance for piano and guitar at Arizona's foremost
music academy, Arizona Music Academy, since 2000 ...
a seasoned
performer, accomplished in the recording studio, adept at sight reading
scores, Charles Watson performs at many community, public, and private events,
underground, informal, as well as celebrity, charity, and formal venues.
Fall of 2005, Charles wrote and recorded a concept album: "Path of the
Raven" and began his search for a top notch studio to record his "next"
classical guitar album.
This one would be mainstream rock to showcase classical guitar for the incredible and versatile instrument it
can be in the hands of Watson and his original techniques and cornucopia
of experience and style. By February 2006, the buzz about this incredible
guitarist resulted in a recording contract with Platinum Plus Universal
Records. Charles' "next" classical guitar album on CD, Time For Change,
was recorded and produced in Nashville, TN during the year 2007 and
released 2008 on Platinum Plus Records, Nashville label.
During 2006, Charles
wrote the music and put together a group of phenomenal musicians and
formed a recording and performing Alternative Rock band, Charles
Watson & Hollow Council.
The band began live performances Fall of '07 and by August 2008 they
booked one of the highest profile and largest events in the world, Sturgis
Rally 2008 in Sturgis, South Dakota and lined up to play One Eyed Jack's Saloon
for Sturgis 2009.
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SOME
EVENT / PERFORMANCES
Scottsdale Center for
the Performing Arts, Mesa Community College, Tempe Town Lake, American
Diabetes Association Benefit, Brian-Larson Wedding, Scottsdale Art Walk, Solidspace
Studio Annual Music Festival, Manhattan's Martini Lounge, Paper Heart
Gallery, Ice House, Katrina Benefit, Phoenix Museum of History, Queen
Creek Performing Arts Center, Doubletree Inn Paradise Valley, Sturgis 2008
Rally at Elkview in
Sturgis, SD, Ziggies Blues Club in Denver, Bushwackers in Denver, 3 Kings in
Denver, Brickyard in Albuquerque ... and many
more clubs and corporate venues around the valley and the US ...
For more and current venues
go to SHOW SCHEDULES
FINAL FRIDAYS ROCK FEST
Every Last Friday of the Month "Rock 'til ya Drop"
Hosted by CHARLES WATSON & HOLLOW COUNCIL
8 PM
to 2 PM CRABBY DON'S 3861 East Baseline Rd, Gilbert, Az
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CURRENT CD RELEASE: TIME FOR CHANGE 2008
Executive Producer: Robert Metzgar
Produced by Tony Migliore
Recorded at Chelsea studios and Gravity studios, Nashville, TN
Engineered and mixed by Spike Jones
Mastered by Chris Milfred at Groovelab Mastering, Nashville, TN
Additional background vocals by Spike Jones and Susie Marshall
Art Director : Charles Watson
Graphic design: Ben Sams for Samson Designs, Nashville, TN
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C. E. WATSON CLASSICAL GUITAR RECORDINGS
"Charles E. Watson classical
guitar"
~ 2002 Album on CD ~
"2004
Classical Guitar
Charles E. Watson"
~ 2004 Album on CD~
"Spanish Winter Dance" Charles E. Watson
~2004 Album on CD~ Classical Guitar and Synthesizer
"Path of the Raven"
C. E. Watson
~ 2006 Album on CD~
Classical Guitar and Synthesizer
"Time For Change" Charles Watson
& Hollow Council
~ 2008 Album on CD~
For more on these and 1987-2006 other than classical guitar albums
Charles Watson Discography 1987 - 2008
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CLASSICAL GUITAR Wedding
Music for Dinner, Wedding Ceremony, and Reception;
Traditional and Contemporary Wedding Music
and 4 piece Alternative Rock Band Entertainment for the Phoenix, Tucson,
Flagstaff, Sedona, Prescott areas.
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piano, guitar, drums, vocals and all band and orchestra instruments
SOUND PROOF STUDIO CLASSROOMS
Student Performance Concerts
1700 East Elliot Road Tempe,
AZ
(480)
705-0875
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Charles is an established
music instructor teaching individual and group guitar, bass, drums,
piano, performance, composition, and theory
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A Few Popular Selections Renaissance to 21st Century
Originals, Personal Variations, Themes
bwv 997
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
(1483 – 1546)
· Minuet from The Bourgeois Gentilhomme
·
Air
· Carcassi
· Minuet
King Henry VIII (attrib. 1491 - 1547)
· Greensleeves
Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1707)
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Canon in d minor
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653 – 1713)
· Gavotte
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Domenico Scarlatti
· Sonata K.322
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Sonata L.79
Couperin, Francois (1668 – 1733)
· Les Baricades Misterieuses
Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni (1671 – 1750)
· Adagio; Sonata No. 3
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683 – 1764)
· Tambourin
Bach, Johann
Sebastian (1685 – 1750)
· Minuet in G Major
· Minuet in g minor
· Lute Prelude(BWV 9990)
· Praludium (BWV 924)
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Prelude (Cello Suite BWV1007)
· Allemande (1BWV 996)
· Bourree (1BWV 996)
· Govotte 1 and 2 (3 BWV 995)
· Prelude (4bWV 1006a)
· Govotte en Rondeau (4 BWV 1006A)
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685 – 1759)
·
Siciliana: Largo (from concerto grosso in B flat major no. 8)
Pergolesi,
Giovanni Battista (1710 – 1736)
· Sicilienne
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791)
· Serenade from Don Giovanni
· Minuet from Don Giovanni
· Sonata No. 11 in A major
Beethoven, Ludwig
van (1770 – 1827)
· Fur Elise
· Turkish March from “The Ruins of Athens”
· Sonata no. 14 in c sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 (Moonlight Sonata)
Giuliani, Mauro ( 1781 - 1829)
· Variations on Theme G.F. Handel
Schubert, Franz
Peter (1797 – 1828)
·
The Trout (Die Forelle) op. 114 in A major
· The Organ Grinder (Die Wintereisse)
Mendelssohn, Felix
(1809 – 1847)
· Op. 16 no. 6 (Venetian Boat Song)
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Op. 61 no. 9 (Midsummer's Night Dream, Wedding March)
Chopin, Fryderyk Francizek (1810 – 1849)
· Sonata op. 35 in b flat minor; Trauermarsch
·
Marche funebre (Funeral
March)
· Mazurka op. 28 no. 2
· Preludes op. 28 no. 7 in A major
· Preludes op. 28 no. 36 in F# major (BI 129)
· Etudes op.10 no. 3. Etude in E major
Schumann, Robert Alexander (1810 – 1856)
· Traumerei (Reverie) from Scenes of Childhood op. 15 no. 7
List, Franz (1811 – 1886)
· Liebestraume no. 3
Wagner,
Richard (1813-1833)
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Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Strauss, Johann jr. (1825 – 1899)
·
The Emperor’s Waltz
· Valse “Blue Danube”
Brahms, Johannes
(1833 – 1897)
· Waltzer in A major op. 39 no. 15
Debussy, Claude Achille (1862 – 1918)
· Arabesque no. 1
· Suite bergarmasque no. 3 Clair de lune
Rachmaninoff, Sergej (1873 – 1943)
· Polka Italienne
· Prelude in c# minor op. 3 no. 2
Andres Segovia,
Fernando Sor, Issac Albeniz, Julio Sagreras,
Leo Brouwer
Originals
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Rhapsody in Gray in G minor
·
La Fureur
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Spanish Winter Dance
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Prelude in a minor
Folk Variations
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Dark Eyes
(Ochi Chernye)
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Siman Tov ·
Dodi Li ·
Malaguena
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