After years of composing, playing and producing music, as well as teaching about the transformative effects of sound, I created this site to share an integrated view of my activities with music, sound and guitars.
Sometimes I feel like at least twelve people because I do so many different things. ( I was also actively involved in technology and the business world simultaneously but that’s yet another story.) Here’s the short version.
Bio – Chuck Wilson
From jazz, blues and world music to sound and consciousness, Chuck Wilson is an artist of exceptional talent and diversity. He is a musician, composer, recording artist, sound engineer and producer–for starters.
Sound and Consciousness
Chuck Wilson is one of the founders of today’s therapeutic uses of sound and music movement. He is still actively involved in sound and consciousness. Using his understanding of the science of sound and how it affects the body and mind to create highly effective meditation, binaural beat and relaxation products. Chuck’s binaural releases for sleep and stress reduction include Sleep Waves, Theta for the Future, Quick Nap, Harmonic Om and The Brain Training Series.
Chuck also composes, plays and produces beautiful, multilayered music to relax and meditate to. His albums All Peace and Shakuhachi Soundscapes have been well received and are played in spas, healing centers and nursing homes. Four songs by Chuck Wilson are featured on Desert Bloom compilation CD as well.
Still a Jazz, Blues and World Music Guy
Jazz, world music, and all kinds of music fusion continue to engage this multifaceted Renaissance man. Chuck’s albums My Jazz Colors and Sounds Like Wilson showcase his extraordinary talent in Jazz and world music while Storm’s a Brewin’ (Wilson/Myer) is a dive into blues and Americana.
A graduate of the School of Contemporary Music, Chuck has had a long career as a guitar player. (For those in the know, Chuck was a member of the well-remembered Boston band, Griswald; as well as many others on both coasts and in the Southwest.) He is an exceptional guitar player, surprising everyone with his technique and ability to play any style.
Chuck Wilson is a rare talent–a master musician and composer who also has a profound understanding of the spiritual and healing properties of sound. His work is extraordinary and highly recommended.
Jonathan Goldman, best selling author and teacher in the fields of Harmonics and Sound Healing.
About the Binaural Beats and Meditation Music:
As a former Gateway Outreach trainer for the Monroe Institute, Chuck opened avenues of music and consciousness with his groundbreaking Harmonic Om and The Brain Training series. His relaxation and meditation music has been published by Tools for Exploration, Nightingale Conant, and Readers Digest. Chuck’s work with technologies that promote states of deep relaxation by sending sound vibration directly through the body is also featured in the classic book MegaBrain Tools by Michael Hutchinson, who became a close friend and collaborator.
Perhaps the most articulate practitioner and explorer of the therapeutic benefits of whole-body sound is Chuck Wilson. A best-selling musician and composer, he is also the co-creator of Discovery Sound Systems, of which one model is the Aqua Bed I have used for years. As a result of his unique talents and years of research, Wilson is an authority on the effects of sound from the psychological and psychobiological points of view, as well as from the acoustic technology point of view.
Michael Hutchison, consciousness pioneer and best selling author of Floating, MegaBrain Power, and The Anatomy of Sex and Power
Chuck founded Discovery Sound in 1989 , a company which made products that played vibration and sound directly to the body so that individuals could feel as well as hear vibrations and sound and their own voice being carried to their body as well as ears. Spas and retreat centers often used his products in conjunction with Video or LED light goggles to create a cohesive and immersive Auditory, Visual and Kinesthetic experience to facilitate relaxation, state change and meditative peaceful journeys.
In The Studio and Making Guitars
When not composing, playing music or pursuing his passion for guitars, Chuck is often in his Colorado studio mastering and producing. Recent projects include Radiance Matrix with Deva Premal, guided imagery for Amber Wolf and the Lemurian Sisterhood, and several soundtracks for indie films and animation.
Chuck has also built 26 electric guitars, you can see some in his Wilson Wavecaster Guitar Gallery.