In this episode Bear Cole breaks down a song he wrote as Bear the Astronot called Sage Brush. It is a love song, and a Singer-Songwriter Hip-Hop song. It also does a good job of encapsulating the sound of the Southwest and state of Arizona. Bea

Episode 6 - Welcoming IMIKO to 1st Drop Music

Jul 30th, 2020 33m 1s

1st Drop Music is a Music Group started up by Bear Cole to help create a community of artists and musicians, and help them to share what they create. Originally intended to be a Record Label, 1st Drop Music quickly morphed into more of a Music

Episode 5 - Realities of the Recording Studio Bear Cole's story about DMX & Puff Daddy

Jul 29th, 2020 15m 15s

On The From the 1st Drop Podcast Bear Cole focuses heavily on the realities of the music industry in all it's glory. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. Near the beginning of his career he had graduated with a degree is Studio Recording and worked h

Episode 4 - Jonathan Dewitt on Music Management & Record Labels in todays Electronic Dance Music Climate

Jul 29th, 2020 55m 11s

Join Bear Cole and Jonathan Dewitt of The Paragon Music Group as they discuss his role as the Manager of the Artist Relations Department. Jonathan helps multiple up and coming artists and has some great advice for independent musicians and arti

Live Streaming Conversation with Trask Snow aka DJ Imiko

Jul 2nd, 2020 1h 6m

On this episode of the From the 1st Drop Podcast Bear Cole welcomes Trask Snow for a conversation about Live Streaming. What it means to the music industry, why it has become so important after COVID-19, and how you can utilize it efficiently a

Independent Music Distribution

Jun 17th, 2020 10m 52s

The first two episodes of this podcast were originally run under The Grab Bag Podcast with Bear Cole as the name. There is information in this 1st episode about that. However, after researching the name it appears even though there were no othe