Different Fur has always maintained its focus of providing an environment conducive to producing high quality music. It was through the hard work and love of its original proprietors that the small studio developed into a recording destination of well known mainstream musicians. In 1968 Patrick Gleeson, a musician and synthesizer enthusiast, along with John Vieira created Different Fur. The name, inspired by the eclectic fashions of friend and poet Michael McClure, was initially The Different Fur Trading Company.