Michael Searching Bear

JUST RELEASED! - THE MIRROR.A collaboration from Nammy Award winner Michael Searching Bear & TJ Marlatt. Now available- free mp3 streams @ www.searchingbearflutes.com Click on left pix.



2009 Nammy Award Winner for Best World Recording for my Ceremony cd. Ceremony was also nominated for Song of the Year for Indian Reservation.



My Live in Concert DVD was nominated as well for

2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Video of the Year.

I was nominated by Just Plain Folks Music Awards for 2009 Album of the Year in the Native American genre for my Un earthed album. Also Song of the Year for Appalachian Sunrise



View NEW bootleg videos from Musical Echoes 2009 on my YouTube site. (www.youtube.com/michaelsearchingbear) Wa do to Rick Davis & Jim Peck! The Booger Dance was directed by world renown Eddie Tomecko. This video is off my 'LIVE IN CONCERT' DVD. VISIT MY WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION BEHIND THE MEANING OF THIS SONG AND VIDEO. Click here: Michael Searching Bear - Then click on left photo & go to Photos & video page.



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Michael is an accomplished world musician who's love for music and search for his native heritage led him to the Native American Wood Flute. With over 35 years of experience and as a performance and studio musician, as a drummer and world percussionist, Michael developed his talents and perfected his gift for mastering intricate rhythms. He later learned, under the teachings of Kenneth Leonard, the electric, acoustic and classical guitars as well as music theory, history and ethnomusicology as a private student. With this knowledge, Michael desired to incorporate as many different types of instruments and backgrounds into his recording compositions - especially Native instruments. Michael's passion and interest has always been in the music arena. He is a perfectionist and feels it lends well to this craft. With this passion Michael has followed his heart and has begun teaching on the ancient methods, as well as today's methods, of construction and uses of the flute in the Native ways of life. Michael has dedicated his life to educating and teaching his Native culture and using his expertise in the flute as a catalyst for this training.



Michael is a full time musician and performer as well as a full time wood flute maker. He travels and educates on Native American culture and heritage across the country. He teaches in various arenas, from historical societies, corporate business and day care facilities to colleges and national events.



Michael is proud to be Cherokee & Powhatan descent Michael is a Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2006 Album of the Year winner for his cd Voice From Within and a Song of the Year nominee for The Gathering. He was a 2008 NAMA nominee for his DVD release, Live In Concert. Also, a 2006 Nama Award nominee entree for six categories. He also was nominated for the ABORIGINAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS in 3 categories for his Un earthed cd release

Michael has also been nominated for 'Artist Of The Year' from the

Yankee Peddler Foundation - 2005

Michael's cd's and dvd can be found at many local stores which carry Native genre music as well as Amazon.com, Borders.com, CDbaby.com, Super D cd distribution, www.searchingbearflutes.com and can be downloaded @ iTunes, Rhapsody, PayPlay.fm and MySpace and many more. For booking information you may contact jody@nativespiritpublicrelations.com or 216-798-3349.



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MARLATT - SEARCHING BEAR: The MirrorA collaboration from Nammy Award winner

Michael Searching Bear & long time band member TJ Marlatt. The Mirror is an eclectic blend of world melodies, rhythms & percussion married with under currents of contemporary keyboards and captivating vocals.



MICHAEL SEARCHING BEAR: Ceremony2009 Nammy Award Winner for Best World Recording. This project is a collection of songs which may not have the same 'main' or 'lead' instrument or feel, but, a connective thread through the subject matter of ceremony. Some songs on this release were born from a Native American, or Original Peoples culture, such as The Booger Dance and Chilam Balam. Other songs are from an African culture, the old Mayan and Aztec culture, Japanese culture as well as the Celtic culture.



MICHAEL SEARCHING BEAR: Live In ConcertNative American wood flute performance combined with other unique world instrumentation. Michael Searching Bear's Live In Concert dvd release promises to be a benchmark for Native American concerts.



MICHAEL SEARCHING BEAR: Un EarthedA perfect balance of Native American flute, percussion & vocals with more contemporary instrumentation - fused together without taking away the integrity of either cultures.



MICHAEL SEARCHING BEAR: Voice From WithinContemplative, reflective, original and visionary Native American flute songs with nature sounds as well as musical effects; some are gentle accompanied by guitar and vocals.



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