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Larry Heard originates
from Chicago, Illinois, where he is recognized for his activity in
the progressive music community and local bands since 1977. He
emerged publicly in 1985 from the roots of "House
Music", with the debut single "Mystery of Love".
This domain is where he found an outlet for his musical ideas.
Most people who have followed his music think of him as a
multi-keyboardist, but a little known fact it that his development
was as a drummer and percussionist in local Jazz, Rock, R&B,
and Reggae bands dating back to 1977. Larry's younger brothers
dubbed him "LooseFingers", enthralled by his swift hand
movement dabbling with synthesizers, guitars, electric bass and
doing some "fake" DJ'ing before he actually learned how
to DJ. This name was later modified to Mr. Fingers. Larry likes to
refer to his music as "Atmospheric" and
"Passionate", and just one listen to some of his tunes
confirms just that. Larry composes lyrics and music of various
styles, and always has an ample catalog of material on hand. He
has performed Production, Writing and or Re-mixing tasks for
numerous labels including; Capitol, MCA, Mercury, Warner Brothers,
Virgin, EMI, Columbia, FFrr, Island, Circa and Relativity to keep
the list at an arms length. Larry's history demonstrates a
restlessly adventurous spirit that was instilled early in life,
and this spirit continues to drive his work. Larry says that he
always receives positive responses when he lets people hear his
music, rather than try to describe it. Add to that the fact that
Larry has had loyal followers of his projects in Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, South
Africa, Sweden and Switzerland for almost 20 years now, and that's
just to name a few places where his creative work and name are
widely known and respected.
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August 2005
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