Dig Bear (aka Urs Lotze) started playing guitar at age of 12. Former lead singer and lead guitar with his own band, he toured and had single release in Europe. Other activities: Studio session guitar (for platinum winning songwriter - Universal), live session guitar with drummer Kenny Martin (Defunkt) and bassist Max Hughes (Chaka Khan) among others. Producer and music composer for documentary film music (for Swiss national TV). Urs is now songwriting, producing, programming and playing all instruments (exept bass) on the Dig Bear project. Dig Bear is USA MakeAstar 2004 songwriter contest winner with "Feel It" and Konami DDR videogame 2006 winner with "There's A Rhythm". Best rankings at Broadjam: #2 earth, #1 Electro-Dance, #1 R&B, #1 R&Bcontemporary, #1 R&Bfunk. Singer Kat Blu: UK Garage hit with "Do It Again", Live and studio sessions in the US and around the world. Lead singer and dancer for the "History of Soul Music" show in Europe.
Press Info
Groovy and very dancable tracks. Strong and memorable sounding vocal. Meaningfull lyrics. That's what Dig Bear is all about...
A lot of very good critiques from top US industry producers and reviewers available upon request.
Similar Artists
Music: No similar artists as far as I can see... Guitar driven contemporary R&B/Funk/Hip-Hop/Dance-Pop... with a little old-school funk flavor to it...
Vocal: Mary J.Blige/Chaka Khan type of voice...
Influences
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix, Jim Messina, Nile Rodgers, Buzz Feiten, Terry Kath, Tommy Bolin, to name the more important ones...
Music: Cameo, Prince, J.Hendrix, Steely Dan, James Brown,
Bio
Dig Bear (aka Urs Lotze) started playing guitar at age of 12. Former lead singer and lead guitar with his own band, he toured and had single release in Europe. Other activities: Studio session guitar (for platinum winning songwriter - Universal), live session guitar with drummer Kenny Martin (Defunkt) and bassist Max Hughes (Chaka Khan) among others. Producer and music composer for documentary film music (for Swiss national TV). Urs is now songwriting, producing, programming and playing all instruments (exept bass) on the Dig Bear project.
Dig Bear is USA MakeAstar 2004 songwriter contest winner with "Feel It".
Most of Dig Bear's songs listed made it into Top10 at Broadjam. Best rankings: #2 Earth, #1 R&B, #1 R&Bcontemporary, #1 R&BFunk.
Singer Kat Blu: UK garage hit "Do It Again" in Europe, Numerous live and studio sessions in the US and around the world. Lead vocal and dancer for the "History Of Soul Music" show in Europe.