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 (age 48)
Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Drums
Years active2001 - present
LabelsLos Fucking Angeles
Websitewww.stateshirt.com

State Shirt

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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," Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine 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]

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References

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  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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