Music Artist

Podington Bear

A mysterious bear named Podington took the Internet by storm in 2007, releasing three beautifully crafted songs a week. Podington's podcast rubbed shoulders with KEXP's Song of the Day and NPR's All Songs Considered atop the the iTunes charts, while his story captivated Morning Edition, The Globe and Mail, Wired.com's Listening Post, and and dozens of influential music blogs. The experiment inspired countless new works of art, and translated into commercial success. The true identity of Podington Bear remained a mystery throughout the entire project. Then, upon the release of a retrospective box set in July 2008 his identity was revealed. Chad Crouch, proprietor of Portland Oregon's influential HUSH Records, and former bandleader for the group Blanket Music was the big-eared culprit. Sinc

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Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

604

Albums

Total audio

21h 03m 42s

FMA listens

7,287,253

Favourites

7,697

Avg bitrate

317 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

Genre	Tracks
Instrumental	32
Electronic	11

Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio — 604

Top Tracks by Listens

Track	Album	Year	Duration	Listens
Starling	Solo Instruments	2013	1m 45s	491,235
Sad Cyclops	Panoramic / Ambient	2013	2m 52s	158,793
By Grace	Inspiring	0	1m 29s	108,682
Black Eyed Susan	Tender	2013	2m 03s	89,302
Bountiful	Melodic Ambient	0	2m 40s	61,303
Good Times	Upbeat	0	1m 53s	60,559
Bumble	Daydream	0	1m 25s	52,464
Movin On Up	Upbeat	0	1m 05s	51,077
Am-Trans	Electronic	0	4m 02s	45,668
Guestlist	Upbeat	0	1m 53s	44,643

Track Length Distribution

Length	Tracks	Share
Under 1 min	2	2.5%
1–3 min	54	67.5%
3–6 min	22	27.5%
Over 6 min	2	2.5%

Release Timeline

362

2009

207

2013

2014

2015

Collaborators Credited

Chad Crouch — 443
Victrola Dog (ASCAP) — 443

Artists in the Same Instrumental Lineage

230 Blue Dot Sessions tracks
115 Squire Tuck tracks
62 David Szesztay tracks
56 Ian Alex Mac tracks
54 TRG Banks tracks
43 Ergo Phizmiz tracks
37 Cory Gray tracks
35 AlienAqtor, Disorder of Rage (DxOxRx), Flanicx, and Rod Brandao tracks

Albums (30)

Album	Released	Type	Tracks	Listens	Producer / Engineer
Nocturnes	2015-05-11	Album	10	97,742	— []
Yearning	2014-03-11	Album	33	240,332	— []
Strummed	2013-05-06	Album	6	100,780	— ['production music', 'royalty-free music', 'bed music', 'ukulele', 'cute', 'stock music', 'twee']
Tender	2013-04-30	Album	25	377,713	— []
Thoughtful	2013-04-22	Album	11	164,051	— []
Equatorial	2013-04-11	Album	13	169,812	— ['instrumental', 'bed music', 'production music', 'colorful', 'bossa nova', 'exotica', 'electronic', 'seor coconut', 'sa
Background	2013-04-09	Album	35	386,386	— ['bed music', 'advertising', 'instrumental', 'underscores', 'production music', 'fun', 'fresh']
Marimba, Vibraphone, Chimes & Bells	2013-04-08	Album	13	60,929	— ['marimba', 'minimal', 'underscore', 'chimes', 'production music', 'soundtrack', 'vibrophone', 'simple', 'bed music', 'b
Positive	2013-04-08	Album	13	56,729	— []
Backbeat	2013-04-07	Album	16	103,770	— ['instrumental', 'backbeat', 'cool', 'bed music', 'production music']
Panoramic / Ambient	2013-04-04	Album	25	271,279	— ['brian eno', 'cinematic', 'atmospheric', 'instrumental', 'lush', 'soundtrack']
Reflective	2013-04-04	Album	18	64,466	— []
Duets	2013-04-03	Album	13	34,473	— ['piano', 'production music', 'simple', 'bed music', 'underscore']
Solo Instruments	2013-04-03	Album	21	310,124	— ['solo piano', 'simple', 'production music', 'melodic', 'dramatic', 'bed music', 'cinematic']
Meet Podington Bear	2009-07-01	Album	1	14,023	— []
Bon Voyage		Album	16	386,297	— []
Bon Voyage			0	0	— []
Brooding		Album	9	23,747	— []
Building		Album	8	37,882	— []
Curious		Album	34	247,535	— []
Dance		Album	10	197,801	— []
Daydream		Album	15	350,694	— []
Driving		Album	31	340,058	— ['rhythmic', 'lcd soundsystem', 'production msuic', 'fresh', 'instrumental', 'bed music']
Egress		Album	11	128,565	— ['electroacoustic', 'eclectic', 'instrumental']
Electronic		Album	11	142,533	— []
Encouraging		Album	11	113,579	— ['electro-acoustic', 'melodic', 'inspiring', 'uplifting', 'music for video', 'bed music', 'electric piano', 'piano', 'in
Epilogue		Album	14	76,829	— []
Fathomless – Ambient		Album	13	145,771	— []
Folkways		Album	8	72,264	— []
Grit		Album	18	96,148	— ['instrumental', 'production music']

Track Catalogue

80 tracks shown of 604

Track	Album	Genre	Duration	Listens	Licence
Nocturne Op 9 No 1 [15, 18, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		5m 59s	8,528	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 9 No 2 [456, 659, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		3m 45s	8,100	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 9 No 3 [456, 659, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		3m 16s	7,466	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 15 No 1 [456, 659, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		1m 27s	11,169	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 15 No 2 [456, 659, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		3m 12s	9,053	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 15 No 3 [456, 659, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		3m 24s	10,971	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 27 No 1 [15, 18, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		3m 03s	9,864	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 27 No 2 [15, 18, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		6m 04s	8,050	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 48 No 1 [15, 18, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		4m 02s	6,802	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nocturne Op 48 No 2 [15, 18, 1235]	Nocturnes 2015		6m 51s	17,739	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Autumn Leaves [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		3m 19s	20,856	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Beautocracy [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		2m 58s	12,940	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Button Mushrooms [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 55s	11,465	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Clouds Pass Softly Deux [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		4m 23s	15,157	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Delphi [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 35s	9,245	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Infant [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 45s	11,891	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Lazy River [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		1m 32s	11,411	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Lilac [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		2m 02s	8,590	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Lullaby [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 06s	10,355	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Ninety-One [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 42s	9,641	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Parklife [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		2m 09s	6,822	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Plum [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		1m 46s	14,859	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Pretty Melody [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		1m 42s	15,595	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Rainbow Architecture [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 32s	7,701	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Rarified [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		1m 46s	7,999	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Small Bummer [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		0m 51s	7,281	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Speck [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 12s	5,071	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sprout [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		1m 00s	9,365	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Squiggly Line [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		2m 33s	8,853	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Thimble Of Sun [15, 456, 659]	Yearning 2014		2m 29s	7,222	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Weird Doily [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 23s	7,235	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Wren [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		0m 54s	12,230	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Wisp [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 10s	14,695	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Yellow Line [15, 18, 1235]	Yearning 2014		1m 44s	6,638	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Back Stairs [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 08s	7,899	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Big Poppa [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 53s	9,125	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Blossoming [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 13s	6,857	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Budsbursting 2.0 [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		3m 17s	5,898	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Dolce Beat [14, 41, 100]	Backbeat 2013		1m 39s	5,543	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Enrichment [14, 41, 100]	Backbeat 2013		2m 41s	4,927	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Fingernail Grit [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 35s	4,224	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Has Pluck [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 31s	7,894	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Lime Beat [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 22s	6,107	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Logjam [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 10s	5,481	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Low Jack [18]	Backbeat 2013	Instrumental	1m 57s	4,087	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Melodramatic Band [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 38s	4,394	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Old Skin [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		3m 05s	10,174	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Saunter [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		2m 30s	6,093	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sonstiges [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 21s	4,286	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Uhhp [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		2m 16s	9,559	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Low Jack [15, 18, 1235]	Backbeat 2013		1m 55s	5,257	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Arp and Piano Beat [18]	Background 2013	Instrumental	1m 09s	25,566	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Clay [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 52s	16,765	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Firefly [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		1m 13s	21,548	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Gentle Chase [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 27s	14,147	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Ghost [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 38s	10,908	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Graduation [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 53s	12,233	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Happy Ending [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 10s	33,832	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
HFYA Loan [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 40s	10,632	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Jester [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 18s	8,282	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Keep Dancing [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 32s	10,631	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Kitten [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 00s	11,580	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
LA [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 19s	14,237	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Lilywhite [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		4m 42s	9,666	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Lunch [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 56s	10,834	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Nature Kid [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		4m 58s	12,527	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
No Squirell Commotion [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 36s	6,614	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Orange Juicier [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 25s	7,690	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Por Supuesto [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 04s	9,422	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Pretty Simple [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 05s	8,829	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Pythagoras [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 40s	6,190	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Robins Egg Blue [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 52s	7,188	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Simpler [18]	Background 2013	Instrumental	4m 25s	7,789	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sneaker Chase [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 26s	6,332	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Solidarity [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 34s	6,417	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sry [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		1m 57s	6,229	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Steppin Intro [15, 41, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 09s	8,935	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sunny [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		2m 48s	10,696	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sunset Part 2 [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		1m 39s	6,313	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Sunset Stroll [15, 18, 1235]	Background 2013		3m 04s	9,812	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio