Douglas Barnett is one of
Seattle's finest and busiest musicians; A versatile freelance bassist
who began playing in 1972. He is also quite accomplished on Guitar,
Piano and is a versatile Vocalist. As a bassist Douglas
Barnett has performed and recorded with national artists like Deniece
Williams, Hank
Crawford, Phillip
Bailey, Jeff Kashiwa,
Joyce Cooling and Glenn
Yarbrough. Locally, you can often find him performing with
acclaimed northwest artists Darren
Motamedy and Michael
Powers.
Bassist Douglas Barnett's
stellar musicianship, versatility and professionalism have placed him in
great demand for both recording sessions and live performances.
Douglas lives in Gig Harbor, Washington with his wife and two daughters.
As
a bassist Douglas appears on recordings featuring noted performers
Gerald Albright, Pat Metheny, George Duke, and Grover Washington Jr. on Phillip
Bailey’s "Dreams". Eric Marienthal, Gregg Karukas
and Luis Conte on Phil Sheeran’s
"It’s A Good Thing". Rodney Franklin, Bryan Mantia
and Vernon Black on Becca
Christel’s "Initiate the Kiss".
Douglas' bass and vocal
talents are on hundreds of radio station jingle packages as part of the GMI
Media production team in Seattle, and can be heard all around the
world from Noti Radio in Puerto Rico, to KJR FM Seattle...from
KBEQ Kansas City, to KOOL FM in Sacramento.
"I've had the chance to work with literally some of the most
talented studio musicians between Seattle and Los Angeles over the last
17 years on jingle and album projects and I always keep coming back to
Douglas because he is one of those rare renaissance men who is amazing
not only on bass and vocals, but can also pick up a guitar, or sit down
at the piano and play like a monster. Douglas is also a brilliant
arranger and composer and I'm really proud to have him on our team with
GMI. Having said all that, Douglas is also a NICE guy and doesn't have a
massive ego like so many cats do...which makes him a delight to work
with. A pro's pro."
Ron Erak, President GMI
Media LLC
As a music director Douglas has helmed many Northwest stage productions
including Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Wiz, God’s Trombones and Lady Day
at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. He has also scored original music
for productions of Alice in Wonderland, Deadwood Dick, God’s Symphony,
Strands, and The Playground.
Douglas is a composer/arranger for Time
Pools Music, which delivers professionally produced custom music for
a variety of concept applications.
