Madison, WI, September 29, 2009- After a lengthy courtship Slothtrop Music is proud to announce that former Polygram artist Clay Bell is the newest addition to their Galaxy of Artists. Clay was introduced to Slothtrop through the Sonicbids website.

“We are always pleased to find some amazing lesser known talent through our Sonicbids program”, said Slothtrop Music president Eric Hester, “were even more excited when an established artist expresses an interest in our fledgling little label.”

Mr. Bell is a songwriter and guitarist of remarkable skill from Northern California who has enjoyed a wide variety of success in his career. He performs what Billboard Magazine calls, “Smart Powerpop” and, Unsigned Music Magazine raved about his CD ‘she and i’ comparing the songwriting to Bob Dylan mixed with the feel good vibe of the Monkees.

Mr. Crane is the third artist signed to Slothtrop through their new Sonicbids submission system. This system allows Slothtrop to find bands interested in being on their roster with a Sonicbids electronic press kit (EPK). The system is hosted at Sonicbids.com.

Clays upcoming October release on Slothtrop records “Above the Heavens and Moonlight” is a stripped down affair mostly featuring Clay’s beautiful voice and his stellar guitar playing. Produced by Clay and Shea Scott and recorded in gorgeous analog at Scott’s Klickitat Band Camp in Portland, Oregon this CD is an intimate look into the heart of songwriting and a strong example of how effective and affecting great songs can be.

Madison, WI, September 17, 2009- Slothtrop Music is proud to announce that San Francisco based lo-fi singer/songwriter Perrin Crane is the newest addition to their Galaxy of Artists. The band was introduced to Slothtrop through the Sonicbids website.

“Perrin’s an amazing songwriter”, said Slothtrop Music president Eric Hester, “and while not nearly enough folks have heard of him yet, we’re going to do everything we can to change that.”

Perrin Crane has been a musician all his life. He has played in bands from the West to East Coast and back again. He has been influenced by many artists including, but not limited to, The Beatles, Nirvana, Neil Young, and a raging case of clinical depression. Perrin is dedicated to bringing melody back into music, and is gifted with all sorts of instrumentation.

Mr. Crane is the second artist signed to Slothtrop through their new Sonicbids submission system. This system allows Slothtrop to find bands interested in being on their roster with a Sonicbids electronic press kit (EPK). The system is hosted at Sonicbids.com.

“Sonicbids has saved us from storing a ton of paper press kits and CD’s,” says Hester, “it has also allowed us to find some truly great artists that we are excited to know and work with.”

Perrin Crane will release his debut CD “A Big Long Look” for Slothtrop in mid October.

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We discovered over the long weekend that someone had exploited a hole in the wordpress software we use to run our blog and had hacked into our new server. We are hard at work on the situation and will keep you updated. The entire site should be back up and running now, we are working on repairing lost information.