Chris Wirsig is an
award-winning composer, songwriter and producer, who enjoyed
classical training on piano and saxophone, studied audio
engineering at SAE Technology College, and has more than 20
years experience in music production. His music can be heard
in games like the acclaimed Top Ten iPad game "Alien Tribe 2,"
the multiple award-winning short movies "Intervention," "20
Matches," "Cat Dexx: Inkosi," and "Trick Of The Old Cat," the
comedy feature film "39 And A Half," and in numerous TV shows
on ABC, E!, MTV, Fox Sports, Audience Network/DirecTV, and
others.
Current and upcoming projects include music for the pilot for
a tech-horror web series, "Glitch," an LGBTQ+ animated comedy
series, and a charity project with an orchestral cover version
of Depeche Mode's "People Are People," a project with 36
musicians and singers, benefitting several organizations
fighting for justice and equality, arranged and produced
solely by Chris.
On the songwriting/producing side, Chris started the acclaimed
Electro Pop/Dark Wave band no:carrier in 1995 and the
Electronica/Chill-Out project Virtual Conformity in 2001, as
well as several side projects. He's also co-writing and
producing songs with other artists and songwriters like
Psyche, Liza Marie Sparks, Queen Chameleon, The Dust Ryde,
echoekill, and many others.
After studying audio engineering in the late 1990's, he worked
as editor for the musician & tech magazines "KEYS" and
"Studio Post Pro," and founded the first German fair-trade
record label, NovaTune.
Chris is a Grammy Voting Member, as well as a member of the
Society Of Composers and Lyricists, for which he also served
as LA Administrator for two years.