Just inspecting the footings on the site of the new studio, and everything seems to be in order. Garden is a bit of a mess though, so my people have got a lot of work to do when this is all finished. After all, the bears and I have got to have somewhere nice to relax between takes!
Big Ted Inspecting the footings
Well, it’s the end of the second week on the building site, and the footings have been excavated. Here are a few pictures of me at work, with the bears watching from the sidelines, as usual!
As you know, Hero the Bear is raising funds for Help For Heroes, particularly supporting the TechyTubbies team from Bristol.
The TechyTubbies were at the Help For Heroes Easter Rally over the weekend, where they camped out in temperatures down to -7C! You can see them in the Video below of H4H 4X4 Rally Easter Meet. The TechyTubbies are in the Land Rover 110 in front of the bright orange Freelander!
Go team TechyTubbies!
Those of you who know Bear Metal Productions will know that we have a house band! Although individual artist in their own right, the Bears perform together as Big Ted and the Hard Rock Bears.
Artist Type: Band
Name: Big Ted and the Hard Rock Bears
Location: Bristol, England
Genre: Indie Rock
Members: 4/5
Currently, the band line up as follows:
| Pierre ‘The Bear’ Artan | Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar |
| ‘Big Ted’ Orson | Lead Guitar |
| Arthur ‘Art’ Osborn | Bass Guitar |
| Harley David | Drums |
| Bernard ‘Fritz’ Barratt | Recording Engineer, additional percussion and Rhythm Guitar |
Watch out for them on the music circuit; there is a new music video in production at the moment so stay tuned! There’s something going on!
Artist: ‘Big Ted’ Orson
Guitar: Custom Flying V Copy, Bear Metal Pickups, standard tuning
Musical Inspiration: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Slash, The Edge.
Big Ted’s playing style is based around the blues and harmonic minor scales, which he plays with strong, melodic sensibilities. He favors pentatonic minor scales played in “blues box” positions for solos, with occasional Aeolian and Dorian modes, and Mixolydian and pentatonic major scales thrown in.
People ask me how, as a bear, I manage to play the guitar. Well of course I use a lot of Barre chords!
— Big Ted (@BigTedRocks) March 1, 2013