in 1989, heard contributed to the debut album by producer lil' louis. in the early 1990s, he recorded with harry dennis as the it before setting out on his own, signing to mca records as a solo act in 1991 and releasing his first official mr. fingers album "introduction" in 1992 to international success. after the label interfered with his mr. fingers follow-up, he released the less dance-oriented album "sceneries not songs, vol. 1" in 1995 under his given name. he continued to record intermittently in the following years, and released the mr. fingers album "cerebral hemispheres" in 2018. much of heard's music has been released and re-released under different names, including loosefingers, fingers, house factors, and trio zero.