Bernard "Harv" Harvey

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Bernard "Harv" Harvey
Background information
Birth name	Bernard Harvey
Born	(1985-08-17) August 17, 1985 (age 36) Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Genres	Contemporary R&B, pop, hip hop, gospel electronic dance music
Occupation(s)	Music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Universal Music Publishing Group
Website	harvmusic.com

Bernard "Harv" Harvey (born August 17, 1985) is an American music producer, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist ^[1] based in Atlanta, Georgia that has produced highly acclaimed work for major recording artists such as Justin Bieber, Sevyn Streeter, Cherish, Summer Walker, Omarion, Kandi Burruss, Gucci Mane and Eminem.

Early years[]

Bernard "Harv" Harvey was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Harv was introduced to the musical arts at the young age of nine, and began playing the bass by age twelve. Harv attended J.C. Harmon High School where his love for music elevated joining the marching band, jazz band and playing different types of music all around the city. Throughout his life he was taught to play the piano, guitar, drums, trombone, and even the tuba. Yet, Harv is best known for his mastery of the bass.

In 2003, Harv's exceptional talent on the bass became recognized on a merit-based level and landed him a scholarship at Alabama State University where he obtained a degree in Music Technology. He began playing in church and local bands ultimately sharpening his musical ear, which led him to expanding his interest in production. With music flowing in his blood he was enticed with the aspects of production and decided to capitalize on his talents in Atlanta, Georgia working day in and day out on compositions.

As Harv began making connections in Atlanta in 2007, he quickly established a friendship with Grammy-winning producer . Harv played bass guitar on a few major placements produced by his friend "Bangladesh" such as "Lemonade" by Gucci and "A Kiss" by Eminem.

In 2010, Harv hit the road playing the bass for Scooter Braun's artist, Justin Bieber. After catching wind that Harv also produced music, Scooter expressed his interest in signing Harv as a producer to his publishing company. Harv signed his first publishing deal with Braun's Sheba Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) in 2011.^[2] In 2020, he signed a new publishing deal with Brandon Silverstein's S10 Publishing.^[3]

Harv produced 3 songs on Justin Bieber's February 2020 album Changes; "Available", "At Least For Now" and "Forever", featuring Post Malone and Clever. Harv also produced the song 'Peaches', featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon on Justin Bieber's 2021 Album 'Justice' which debuted at number 1 on the Hot 100.

Album placements[]

Bass guitarist[]

Concert tours[]

Film and TV placements[]

Movie features[]

• Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

Television appearances[]

• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011, 2012)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2011, 2012)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011)
• The View (2011, 2012)
• The Today Show (2011, 2012)
• Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
• All Around the World NBC special (2012)
• Dick Clark's New Year's Eve show (2011)^[7]
• MTV Video Music Awards (2011)
• Teen Choice Awards (2011)
• Disney Christmas Parade (2011)
• The David Letterman Show (2011, 2012)
• Saturday Night Live (2020)

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