Be a Bear is a new, original and experimental project, whose aim is to show that we can do much with little, by taking inspiration from everyday life.
Be a Bear's music is called "electro-bear-pop", characterized by synthesizers and sounds of the 80s, tribal rhythms and straight case. The songs are very vibrant, have fantastic arrangements, and an incredible rhythm.
“Push-e-Bah” (2016 – La Fame Dischi), “Time“ EP (2017 – La Fame Dischi), “Climb Your Time” (2018 – La Fame Dischi) and “Martin Doesn’t Agree” EP (2019 – Il Piccio Records), are the key to get into the den of Be a Bear, aka Filippo Zironi, an Italian bear musically born and raised in the ska-punk band Le Braghe Corte. Today his music features electronic bases mixed with old-school rock and sounds from the nature; voice is not melody but an image, a video, an emotional editing with a clear and positive message.
The idea of the bear and the name "Be a Bear" is inspired by a trip to Canada, north-west of Toronto, where Philip was lucky enough to get to know Native American culture up close, was a guest of a lady who belonged to the Mohawk tribe. "Be a Bear" is therefore also an exhortation, a way forward, which wants to show that with little you can do a lot (for example the use of the iPhone, but exclusively out of necessity), inspired by everyday life:
<< Everyone has an "animal" inside, we should all be more animals and less men, more linked to our land, more in contact with nature. Living like a bear means bringing out the wildest part, the one we usually hide best; it means using that aggressive but sweet part to do the things you believe in well; it means becoming more and more a man trying to understand how to truly live and not simply exist; it means having fun and entertaining others, feeling good and smiling. >>
Curiosity – Be a Bear is the first in Italy to use (100%) an iPhone to compose, play, record, and mix his production, practically the mobile is his recording studio, as well as one of his musical instruments, in some songs he also used toy instruments stolen from his daughter :)
He uses the iPhone for everything: to make music, to edit videos, to create graphics and to post on social channels. He practically never turns on the computer. He may well be considered the pioneer of a new way of conceiving music, called "smartphone music" or "phone music".
