Artist Summary

Artist Bio

The title track to his highly anticipated Bonded Records debut--helmed by famed producer Stuart Brawley (Michael Jackson, Don Henley, Howie Day, Lenka)--is all about wasting time with distractions before ultimately realizing that we were meant for bigger things. The song, co-penned with Trina Harmon, perfectly captures the excitement surrounding his emergence as a recording artist after a lengthy musical journey that led him everywhere from Boston to Orlando (where he joined the popular Southern touring band Foundation), out to Oregon (for his Master’s at the University of Oregon), down to San Francisco and finally L.A., where he has lived for the past three years.

From the wistful and transcendent “Better Than Happiness” to the quirky and uplifting “Another Day” and heart-tugging piano and vocal closer “Slings and Arrows,” most of the songs on Missing Pieces are uniquely introspective portraits of an artist finally coming to terms with his creative destiny. The beautiful harmonic ballad “One More Second Chance” uses powerful imagery to convey a lover’s desire to work things out, while the moody and intimate “Water’s Edge” is garnering TV and film licensing attention for its firsthand experience through addiction and redemption.

“Thoughout the album,” the 31-year old Barnhart says, “there’s this sense that I’m looking back on those years when I was trying to figure out what works for me and what doesn’t. I’m recognizing that there will always be spaces that need to be filled. I always worked in music, but for years I was scattered and didn’t really have the proper work ethic that it takes to commit to a successful career as a songwriter and artist.