Performer, producer, and beatboxing specialist Luke “Skippy” Harbur is a vivacious artist known for his cross-pollinated brand of alternative music touching on hip hop, Broadway, EDM, and singer-songwriter influences. His project musicbyskippy lives among music, theater, and poetry; shows are similar to attending live comedy and musicals, focusing on identity and community building. There are different live experiences all built for multigenerational audiences.

The Overland Park, Kansas native is based out of Kansas City, Missouri, developing songwriting, beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, & looping skills to express his mission: performances promote safe havens for authenticity. Since 2022 he’s written, produced, and published over 50 songs and sold over 1,000 tickets to 8 original productions. He is a 2024 Librettist Fellow for Lyric Opera of Kansas City & No Divide KC, writing an operetta alongside a composer, as well as a 2024 Heartland Arts Fellow for Starlight Theatre & Heartland Arts KC, writing scenes and lyrics about restorative justice alongside seven other artists. Other commissions include music festival Boulevardia, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and Quixotic.

His motivation comes from receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months, making performances testaments to sharing his life and near-death experiences.