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 the award-winning documentary series "Halloween Obsessed,"
the vampire feature "The Things We Cannot Change," several
short movies, the comedy feature “39 And A Half,” as well as
in games like the acclaimed Top Ten iPad game “Alien Tribe 2,”
and in numerous TV shows on ABC, E!, MTV, History, Oxygene,
Fox Sports, and many others.
Current and upcoming projects include the pilot for an LGBTQ+
animated comedy series, “Be More Popcorn,” the cyberpunk
boxing drama “Steel Will,” a tech-horror series pilot,
“Glitch,” and charity projects with cover versions of Depeche
Mode's "People Are People" with 36 musicians and singers, and
a Heavy Metal version of the Ukrainian National Anthem
benefitting the Red Cross.
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, Lori Barth, Briana Cash, Daniel E. Wakefield, 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 Board Member and the SongArts chair of the Society Of Composers and Lyricists, as well as a member of the Television Academy, the Recording Academy, and the Production Music Association.