Counter Communications is a
music production house, publisher, label and music
library. Founded by award-winning composer Chris Wirsig
and his wife Marion, the production music side started out
with exclusively dark music - from Horror to Crime. In
2023 a second catalog, Bright Vibes, was added that
provides uplifting, quirky, whimsical and happy music for
film and TV. Another catalog for songs, Fading Crow,
offers contemporary and older styles of vocal tracks,
often with an unusual edge, (co-)written and produced by
Chris Wirsig.
Chris Wirsig is an
award-winning composer, songwriter and producer, whose
music can be heard in the 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 and in numerous TV shows on
ABC, E!, MTV, History, Oxygene, Fox Sports, and many
others.
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.
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. He also plays keyboards in
the Epic Metal band Angels On The Battlefield.
With an extensive
background in project management, consulting, and
logistics, Marion takes care of all organizational and
administrative issues. She makes sure everything runs
smoothly, on budget, and within the promised timelines.
While not a musician herself (even though she brings good
ideas to the studio), Marion loves to work with creative
people, using her strategic and analytical skills to
support those with great artistic visions.