Nick Charney Kaye
Founder & President, Outright Mental
Outright Mental is one person.
Nick Charney Kaye is the founder and president of Outright Mental. He is the inventor on U.S. Patent 10,446,126 for adaptive music composition, and has 25 years of interactive and film credits — including David Blaine’s Drowned Alive website, a U.S. Department of Justice PSA that aired on NBC, CBS, Fox, and Oxygen, and the Stetson “Made of America” brand platform.
The record
- U.S. Patent 10,446,126 — generative music composition. Granted 2019; assignee Outright Mental Inc; active to 2038.
- David Blaine, Drowned Alive — built and ran davidblaine.com; during the stunt the site drew over a million unique visitors a day.
- U.S. Department of Justice PSA — co-directed the “Know Where They Go” spot, aired nationally on NBC, CBS, Fox, and Oxygen.
- Stetson “Made of America” — designed the brand platform.
- XJ music — designed and built the patented adaptive-music platform; open source, 94★.
- Enterprise — incident-response lead for the FIFA World Cup 2026 premium-hospitality program, and event apps serving 6M users in live entertainment. Full résumé at nickcharneykaye.com.
Listen
Three conversations from 2024:
- Professor Game #327 — “Charney Kaye Brings the Music Into the Mix.”
- Design Your Legacy — “A Hacker’s Ethos and Legacy.”
- Sunday SoulDay S2E15 — “The Creative Pulse of Charney Kaye.”
Speaking. Topics, tape, and a booking path — outrightmental.com/speaking.
Contact
Email hi@outrightmental.com — one person reads every note. For anything sensitive, request the PGP key and send it encrypted via the contact page.