About Me
A true musician is not measured by his mastery of one single instrument, one single genre of music or one single way of envisioning sound. Rather he is measured and validated by his ability to marry genre’s, to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. The true measure of a musician is his ability to manipulate rhythm and sound and evoke emotion through each vibration. Harold Turner is one such musician who, even in his youth recognized that his talents would one day be shared with the world.Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan in the mid 60’s Harold was exposed to the sites and sounds of Motown. Music’s best and brightest artists cut their teeth on the concrete streets of the Motor City. The second youngest of 7 siblings he along with his older brother aspired to be musicians. Longing to be apart of his brother’s basement band Harold would practice playing the trumpet day in and day out learning and rehearsing a single sheet of music. His determination although did not give him entry in to the band, did set the tone for things to come. The creator had other plans for his musical gift and his persistence would eventually give way to inspiration in the form of keys.Some of his musical influences are, Stevie Wonder, George Duke, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, EWF, Jimmy Smith, David Sanbourn, James Cleveland, Rudolph Stanfield, Mattie Moss Clark, Herbie Hancock, Ricky Rouse, and Ovella Maples just to name a few.Although influenced by these great musicians, it was his natural gift to play by ear and eventually with sheet music that Harold would find himself playing as lead keyboardist at churches up and down the eastern seaboard. Never giving up his gospel roots he would attend concerts of such greats as Stevie Wonder and even saw the mother ship land in George Clinton’s hay day!The definitive moment would come one fateful evening in viewing Billy Preston play the national anthem on a Hammond B3. “I knew then that I could play things my way as long as I gave the listener a hint of what they were supposed to hear.†From this point Harold would take on the keyboard as his primary instrument of choice, unashamed and unafraid to charter new waters he used his gospel influences and inspiration from those who’ve come before him to venture into the genre of House music.Detroit arguably is the birth place of techno and a hotbed for some of the earliest genres of House music. Harold latched on to this genre of music because he could still hold on to his gospel roots while amalgamating and evoking the spirit of dance that House is so known for. He explored House with friends from the neighborhood such as the likes of Delano Smith, Darryl Shannon, Kevin Dysard, Mike Huckabee, and close friends like Shirley, and Theresa Hill. Harold had the opportunity to frequent the famed house parties at Western Michigan University, The Sentinel, and The Music Institute. To this day Harold can be found throwing a basement party with famed djs such as Ron Pullman, Mike Music, Yusef, and Kai Alce.In 1995 on a contract job Harold found himself traveling to Atlanta for business and later found himself relocating for good. Some years later after acclimating himself with the Atlanta house scene and honing his craft he would later link up with the legendary Kai Alce and over drum beats and keys a hit was created.“Session 201†has been banging everywhere from Handzonradio.fm to some of the hottest deep house sets this side of the mason Dixon line.Currently Harold is in the studio working on vocals for his next track entitled “Genuine Love†with the world renowned Dj Kemit.
“Session 201†is set to be released mid March 2008 on FastFWD records. It is not uncommon to find Harold at a party enjoying the vibrations of the night. And nothing compares to the look of contentment and humility that exudes from him when a dj drops one of his tracks and the dancers go crazy on the dance floor.I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V4.4..
