Ethan Tufts

Ethan Tufts is an American songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and YouTuber. He creates music under the pseudonym State Shirt.[1] Tufts is known for creating automotive videos on the YouTube channel Hello Road.[2]

Ethan Tufts
Birth nameEthan Tufts
Also known asState Shirt
Born (1976-06-09) 9 June 1976
Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Drums
Years active2001 - present
LabelsLos Fucking Angeles
Websitewww.stateshirt.com

State Shirt

Tufts' music is known for its diverse and often unpredictable style, integrating live looping[3] in both recordings and live performances. All of his songs are open source and licensed via Creative Commons,[4] providing raw materials for the hundreds of remix artists that have created new works based on his source tracks.[5] Tufts currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

He released his debut album Don't Die in 2004,[6] and his second album This Is Old in 2008.[7] The first single from This is Old is "Fell Out of the Sky," a song inspired by the black box data recordings recovered from the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, September 25, 1978. Let's Get Bloody was released in 2008,[8] and his most recent album, Lost Hills was released in August 2015.[9]

Discography

Albums
  • Lost Hills (Aug, 2015)
  • Life is Easy (Jan, 2015)
  • Let's Get Bloody (Dec, 2011)
  • This Is Old (Nov, 2008)
  • Don't Die (Jun, 2004)
  • New Planet (Jun, 2002)

Interviews

Reviews

References
  1. "State Shirt Discography". Discogs.
  2. "Watch This Rad Guy Road Trip His Obscure Rad Car To Radwood". Jalopnik. April 1, 2018.
  3. "State of the Stomp: Looping Tips and Techniques". Premier Guitar. October 28, 2013.
  4. "State Shirt embraces digital world – you can steal his tunes but you'll probably pay up". Music Missionary. February 24, 2012.
  5. "Remix State Shirt and He'll Remix You". ccMixter.
  6. "Don't Die album review". Indieville. Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  7. "This is Old album review". Leonard’s Lair. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  8. "Something For The Weekend: A Free Album of Indie-Pop Drive & Dreamlike Ambition". Buzzine. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  9. "Lost Hills album". Discogs. 11 August 2015.
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