by Anthony Bear | Jan 13, 2015 | Creative, Musings
The surface of the water is a very curious and unique place. From the sky, the water shimmers blue and green and bounces rays of light in a million directions. From the land, the waves in the ocean turn creamy white with trillions of tiny bubbles and crash onto the...
by Anthony Bear | Dec 31, 2014 | Business, Creative
It was the morning of New Year’s Eve, 2014 in Las Cruces New Mexico. Inside, the hotel heater hummed hot air into the dark room and outside the gray sky was bright with a frigid, bone-crushing cold. Bear tried to sit this morning and meditate but could not....
by Anthony Bear | Dec 29, 2014 | Creative, Musings
Six months ago, I would not have believed that any of this was possible. The girl, the car, the house, the money, the lights, the people. Six months ago, I was sitting in a tiny one bedroom apartment twiddling my fingers and writing a song on my guitar, but now, I...
by Anthony Bear | Dec 28, 2014 | Musings
When Bear was a child, he used to love to go to the fountain at the center of town in the mornings. The mist would cling to the old cobblestone walkway as he stepped gently along, careful not to disturb the comforting and rare morning silence. It was never easy to...
by Anthony Bear | Dec 25, 2014 | Musings
The light was dim coming through the old crooked blinds, but still Bear could not sleep. Something always rattled around in his mind waking him up early in the morning with passion and purpose. Maybe it was years of voices in his mind telling him that he was going...
by Anthony Bear | Aug 25, 2014 | Heart Space, News
There’s nothing like the smell of the ocean air sitting on the porch on Navy Rd with my guitar singing to the wind and the paddle boarders floating by. They wave eagerly because they think that I must be a big name musician to be sitting there writing songs with...
by Anthony Bear | Aug 6, 2014 | Heart Space
Many of you know me as a musician. Some of you know that I am an entrepreneur and creative director. Some of you know that I am a workaholic and very passionate about what I am doing. But barely anyone knows what the world is like inside of my mind and my heart. No...
by Anthony Bear | Jan 3, 2013 | Songs
If I could learn to fly Would I be the one who realizes? If I could start again Would I still be your friend? If I could be free Would I fulfill all my dreams? If I could run away Would I miss my old ways? All the puzzle pieces are right here in my hands My higher...
by Anthony Bear | Feb 11, 2011 | Interviews
Even as we listened through dozens upon dozens of entries and comers for February 2011′s top indie act, we couldn’t resist Singing Bear’s confident but sultry, groovy but ethereal eclectic song catalog. Not having a clue who this enigmatic but prolific talent was, we...
by Anthony Bear | Nov 25, 2010 | Reviews
Bay Area artist Singing Bear may have grown up in Ohio, but with his conscious style, it comes as no surprise that he has found his audience in California, dense with New Age spirituality. His unabashedly awakened lyrics may prove too far out for some, but given a...