Gar Lives

So this it folks.  Through the vision, diligence, and hard work of Myself, Eric Marden, Brian Cunningham, Dana Bailey and a few close supporters of GARism..

..My very own vehicle to promote the musical arts has arrived!:

 Hairy Sloth Records is my own fresh take on musical distribution and propagation.  My own music label to do what, when, with, & whom I please.  I’m wanting Hairy Sloth to be an innovative multi-media destination for artists and by artists, but also for all of the underground art/music lovers from around the w3rld.  And besides cataloging and sharing my own musical output through HSR.  I am also devoted to shining lights where they need to be shone.  There’s too many great talents out there withering away from the lack of light.  The absence of support.  The absence of an audience.  An artist as an empty hole where there should be a tree. In that regard, I have become a farmer of artists.  And I’m here to grow a small forest.

Hairy Sloth Records won’t be able to save the world, or to save Florida even.  But for whatever it’s worth, we will damn sure take a shot at saving a few gifted musicians from a life of underutilized potential.   I want to enhance the ability of a few talented individuals to spread their wings.  Hopefully give them an accessible platform to explore the idea of making records with actual destinations.  And with the earnest ideal, of making those albums on their own terms and of their own volition.

In further good news.. All of the MP3s on Hairy Sloth are currently offered for free, with an option for folks to donate if they choose.  More specifically but w/o going into too many specifics, any donations will then be used to first, pay the web hosting fees.. after which all immediate funds will be put into pressing CD’s, and eventually Vinyl and DVD.  The proceeds of which, or the actual merch itself, will then be split evenly between the artist and the label.  This is the basic idea of how the label will work.  Trying to keep it as simple as possible.  For the time being, we are more than happy just to have a place of our own to offer up our musical babies in the MP3 format.  -High quality 320k Mp3s which are licensed through the Creative Commons Acts.

Also, I still do plan on working with Polyvibe Records in varied capacities. One of them being to promote past and future recordings on that label.  Polyvibe did and does great w3rk.  (My 2nd album/CD, “Reinventing The Orange“, is still available for 6$ on P-vibe for those who may have missed it the first go round.)  But as far as me being an artist with the kind of output and idealism that I do, and the amount of artists out there with no viable means of releasing their work.  I just felt it was time to take it to the next step, and take true control my own destiny.  And thus we have, and I’ll say & link it again:

Hairy Sloth Records!

 There are currently 2 hot-ass releases available for DL on the HSR website:

- A_Scissors - “Faster” ep [SLOTH001]

- alGARhythm - “Additional Oranges” ep [SLOTH002]

- We’re also working on a compilation of local artists called: “The Central FLaw In Us All Comp - Vol. #1“

2009 Releases, so far:
- Dr. XnLb
- alGARhythm vs A_Scissors ep
- Drone Operator
- Adrian Taylor
- Mr. Antonym
- Engine Heart

Possibly Maybe Releases 09′:
- Nigel ManPerson?
- Kalx?
- Mic Mell?
- Tel Aviv Bats?
- The Rules?

There’s a pretty endless pile of artist’s music that I’d love to get on Hairy Sloth.  Whatever the capacity: Full LPs, EP’s, Compilation tracks, or even just individual MP3s. Which ever way the wind blows, but it all has to be bangin’ like a gong on the Gar bailey scale of bad-assery.

Please remember to spread the good w3rd about the birth of Hairy Sloth records to all your homepeople.  See you all real soon, apologies for the novel but sometimes a few sentences just don’t cut it.  Tater Totz.

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“There Is a light that never goes out.“

Always and For-Never - gaR baiLey aka alGARhythm