Liquid Mind is the name used by Los Angeles composer and producer Chuck Wild. There are few composers with as much love for slowness in their music as Wild. Chuck draws from classical and pop influences as varying as Beethoven and Brian Eno, Bartok and Rachmaninoff, Bach, Chopin and Fauré, Duruflé and Brahms.

Early live and studio experience with the Capitol Records’ group “Missing Persons”, and studio work with Frank Zappa, Michael Jackson and many others have helped Chuck to develop high production values. Spending many studio hours over the years with five time Grammy winning engineer Bruce Swedien and famed producer Ken Scott has inspired Chuck to explore unique and subtle gradations of sound and feeling in his music.

Chuck's musical experience spans three decades, including writing 125 songs and compositions used in TV/Film and albums. The Pointer Sisters, Tommy Page, Timothy Leary, Wink, Jennifer Rush, Thelma Houston, Glen Medeiros and Philip Bailey are just some of the artists who have recorded his songs. Wild co-composed music with Michael Hoenig for the Emmy (TM) winning ABC-TV series Max Headroom. In 1992, his first composition for two pianos, Los Angeles Fantasy, was premiered by Zita Carno and Gloria Ching at the Bing Theater in Los Angeles. The same year, Wild co-scored the Academy Award (TM) winning film The Panama Deception. In 1989, he co-wrote (with Marti Sharron) the song "You're My One and Only," #1 hit in Europe for Jennifer Rush. Over the last twenty years, Chuck has lent his studio talents to projects with Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Missing Persons, Philip Bailey, Frank Zappa, and many other artists.

For more information on Liquid Mind, please visit: www.liquidmindmusic.com

Liquid Mind's Involvement in Music Therapy

Liquid Mind composer Chuck Wild is actively engaged in designing a research study to test the efficacy of ultra-slow sedative music on various health concerns, working with Alicia Clair, PhD, RMT-BC, Professor and Division Director of Music Education and Music Therapy at the University of Kansas, and Barbara Else, MPA, CMT, LCAT, MT-BC, Special Projects/Consultant for the American Music Therapy Association.

To read more about sedative music, its effects, and why Chuck originally wrote the Liquid Mind music, check out this link:

http://www.liquidmindmusic.com/musictherapy.html

To hear Chuck being interviewed for the public radio series Theme and Variations, click here:

http://www.liquidmindmusic.com/reviews2.html

Sleep Well with Liquid Mind

Over the past seven years, Chuck has received nearly 700 emails reporting relaxation and sleep effects from those listening to Liquid Mind music. This has led him to a research path to study in the laboratory how slow music affects our bodies. In the mean time, he thought you might enjoy having a list of sleep tips that he's used himself over the years. To download a PDF of the Liquid Mind Sleep Tips, click here.

I originally wrote the music of Liquid Mind to help myself, my friends, and family dealing with the anxiety & stress of working long hours, and also for friends and family dealing with the stress of life-threatening illnesses like cancer & HIV. The Liquid Mind albums seem to have an immediate "slowing down" effect on the listener, and may also help some people get to sleep, and relax deeply after a tension-filled day.

The ultimate compliment to me is that people fall asleep to my music. This is functional music, it serves the purpose of assisting us to be tranquil, when that may not be easy in today's world. That is why the compositions are longer than normal, and very slow in tempo. This music is very special to me, it is my labor of love, I hope you enjoy it.