FAWM: Bear (@mahtowin)

Bear

@mahtowin

Songs

Joined

2021

Near Stutt DE
soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BPRT2ZmqJmUaJjVs8

I live on the country side in the south of Germany. I love to call myself a sound artist, poet and bass player. In my "real" life I work as a social worker and therapist. Music is a powerful force in my life which grows more and more and I am a big fan of playing together. So I take any chance to do this.
My artist name is Mahtowin, which means Bear-Woman. It reflects my connection to the natural world and certain animal guides, which seem to inspire my work. The power of the icebear works inside me. And also the power of the Selkie. Both - the icebear and the Selkie are guides to me.
In music as in life I follow many traces. My personal goal is to be aware of what is around and inside me in the present. Now. Try not to think too much about the past or the future (which is hard sometimes, but I try). To stay in present and to recognize the beauty around me (which is a lot) and also the anger and grief, the love and the joy. To accept that all this is LIFE - and I love it!

Very interested in collabs!

Call me she/her/Andrea/Mahtowin/Bear

I'm one half of the incredibly creative and prolific duo "Pennyfeather Mahtowin"!
My duo partner is the perpetual music machine from sunny Florida: Paul Pennyfeather aka @ttg105 here on FAWM. Check his music!
And - of course - check our music! We made 10 albums in not even two years!
You find us on bandcamp and on mostly all streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music!

I usually write in German - very rarely in English.

"I'll never be like other people, but that's alright because I'm a bear!"
(Paddington Bear)

"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." (Lou Reed)

„Respect your ideas!“ Marcus Miller

Note: no AI used on my songs!

Update Jan. 25:
My Dad dies last Saturday, so this FAWM will be different to me!
But if you want to collab with me don‘t be shy to ask for! Music helps me in many ways!

#bass #one_woman_band #german #bear #pagan #deutsch

Soundboard

@writeandwrong 13h

Happy FAWM 2025! I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad! FAWM became different for me for a long time after my mother passed. My father passed in 2005 so quite awhile ago. Just remember, "Music is Therapy" and go with it. 🤗 🎵

@nancycunning 14h

Yes to collaborating on German acapella lyrics. I was also feeling shy about offering but if we take it on together it’ll be great. @beacon

@nadine 15h

Mein herzliches Beileid. Ich hoffe, dass dir die Musik dabei hilft, den Verlust zu verarbeiten.

@gardeningangel 1d

My heart goes out to you 💔 I always enjoy your songs and perspectives. Hope the month ahead is as healing as possible for you, however much you're up for participating.

@atam94 1d

Just stopped by to wish you a happy FAWM and also to say that I am so sorry for your loss.

@ambroise 1d

Hehe nur "Hallo, Wilkomen, und Ich hoffe dir zu Hoeren". Aber, auf meiner leeren 50/90 Seite hat es mich gefreut.

@nancycunning 1d

Andrea - I’m so sorry to hear about your Dad’s death.

@ambroise 1d

Bonjour ! Merveilleux FAWM à toi !
Toutes mes condoléances pour ton père. J'espère que la musique t'aidera à tourner la page.

Und vielen dank fur deine Nachricht waehrend 50/90 ! 2024 war noch nicht das richtige Jahr fuer mich. Vielleicht 2025 ?

@cts 1d

Hello there! I am quite interested in hearing what the muse imputes in you. Also, I’m thinking maybe a song where you provide bass? We’ll see….

@squirrelhavenstudios 1d

Hi, Mahtowin! You have a great FAWM too! Maybe we can do another collaboration, one where you play the bass this time! Not sure why it didn't occur to me to have you play bass on our reggae collab. Missed opportunity!

@billwhite51 1d

i think it was the spirit of my mother who brought us together this time. she had such a strong identification with indians, and would be so thrilled to have a grand daughter with incan blood. i also had an obsession with the incas as a schoolboy. my grandmother was a mexican, which may have been part of my mothers atttraction to my father, although her true love was a Hawaiian boy she knew as a teenager at pearl harbor. in her diaries, the decision was between him and my father, and he was the preferred suitor. then her diary abruptly ends with the entry that my father asked her to meet her on the steps of the courthouse the next day, which was his birthday, july 12..the day he married her and also the day he died.

@billwhite51 1d

i have lost my dad, my mom, two sisters, three girlfriends, and dozens of friends..but nothing prepared me for the total devastation of losing Kelly. The worst part of it is not knowing whether she still exists, and if so, where she is and how we will meet again. I worry about her all the time. We have already chased each other through several lifetimes and always something has gone wrong. Where was the mistake this time..and how will we recognize each other in future incarnations? Her death has put my life into perspective, the error of my ways, my failure to save her when she succumbed to post traumatic depression after losing so many of her fellow doctors in their battle against covid. she saved so many lives, but was unable to save them all. we did this time succeed in bringing estrella into the world. that was the purpose of our love, and we succeeded in that. now i have the necessity of staying alive as long as possible to be with her as long as she needs me. Meanwhile, I have only my songs to guide me through the perilous dreamworld of this existence.

@billwhite51 1d

im so sorry to hear about your dad. wishing you the comfort of the spirits as you continue through life. i thought i would be unable to make music after losing my wife. but it has proved to be my comfort and salvation. when i make music, my corporate self and all its woes, disappear.

@sirius 1d

Meow! ❤️

@arcane 1d

Sorry for your loss, Andrea. Hope music will help you find some sort of solace. There are definitely healing energies in your songs.
❤️

@billwhite51 1d

So good to see you back. I have been enjoying the fabulous music you have been making with Paul, so it is like you have been here all year. Lets do another song for FAWM.

@heliosonorous 2d

Have a great Fawm!

@andrea 2d

Hi Andrea, I look forward to your music. Hope you have a great FAWM!

@andygetch 2d

So sorry for your loss. Hope that FAWM can be of some help in processing the loss. If you can find the time and mental energy I'm looking forward to hearing what you write.