# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-budd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:42:07.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-budd"
name: "Harold Budd"
slug: "harold-budd"
description: "Harold Montgomory Budd was an American composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimal music and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the late 1960s, and later became better known for his work with figures such as Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie. Budd developed what he called a \"soft pedal\" technique for playing piano, with use of slow playing and prominent sustain."
tagline: "American musician (1936–2020)"
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birthDate: "1936-05-24"
deathDate: "2020-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump