A true "sound" guy. Charlie Colwell is the Owner and President of Artistic Systems in Telluride, Colorado. Originally from Texas, he started his official career as a musician as the lead singer and bass player and later in his dream job working as a Sound Engineer for Sugarhill Studios in Houston, TX. After earning a Bachelor's Degree in Radio, Television and Film he worked at NASA's Johnson Space Center as a Sound Engineer connecting the space shuttle to leaders around the globe. These experiences led him to the Residential Electronics Industry when he took the position as Installation Manager for The Groove Audio Video in Houston's River Oaks until 1996 when he and his wife moved to Telluride and purchased Artistic Systems in 1999.