Bryce William Harding is an American record producer, songwriter, beatboxer, and multi-instrumentalist. Also known by his nickname Mr. Chips, Harding started playing piano at the age of 6 and started playing drums in the fourth grade. He formed his first band by the age of 15 called “We Stand Alone”. He landed a spot as a guest performer with

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at the

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. He attended Michigan State University and started winning local talent shows for beatboxing. He formed an original band at MSU called “Eclyptic Blue”. Eclyptic Blue created a following in East Lansing which led to a performance on the

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at the

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. Harding has performed multiple times at the

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in New York as a beatboxer. Harding was tapped to produce sound healing albums for Kate Hart. Harding was the drummer for Soul Divide and played part-time keyboard for Stereo Jane. In 2012, Harding was recognized for his musical contributions by The

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as a Kresge Artist Fellow and awarded an unrestricted grant in the amount of $25,000. Harding has worked with and produced music for SOFI K. He started working with SOFI K when she was 12. Harding and SOFI K released her first album, ''LoveHate'', on November 6, 2015. Harding co-wrote and produced the ''Cinnamon Sky'' album which was the debut album for Liz Ivory and released on March 27, 2018. ''Cinnamon Sky'' was mixed by

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and

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. Bryce produced and co-wrote the follow-up Sofi K album, WAR, which was released on June 11, 2021. The album brings a “modern Motown” sound to pop music and features songs with a member of

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and Motown legend

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on guitar. The record was mixed by 11-time GRAMMY winner

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and mastered by

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Awards

*2012 Kresge Arts Fellowship from

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*Second place at

“Show OFF” competition

Discography

Soul Divide, ''Tell The World'' (2013) - Drums
Kate Hart, ''Astral Sounds'' (2014) – Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, "One Way Ticket" (2015) – Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, "Stars" (2015) – Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''LoveHate'' (2015) – Producer, Co- writer, Instrumentalist
Liz Ivory, ''Cinammon Sky'' - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''Ice Cream'' (2019) - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''All Beautiful'' (2019) - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''Fall Back Down'' (2020) - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''All About the Lights'' (2020) - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''WAR'' (2021) - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist
SOFI K, ''Coming Back For More'' (2021) - Producer, Co-writer, Instrumentalist

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Bryce Living people American beatboxers American male drummers American male songwriters American multi-instrumentalists American record producers Year of birth missing (living people)