Beth’s On Fire

The third Collaboration Song is done! So many thanks for the amazing samples from Wyatt, Marc & Alec Nuckols, James Santiago, Dave Patrikios, Yumenomado, Chris Fudurich, Brielle Zbub, and Brian Page. Beth’s On Fire – DOWNLOAD – Lyrics

New collaboration song – Driving Forever

I just finished the song “Driving Forever”, the newest song on my upcoming collaboration album. Hope you like it. Driving Forever – DOWNLOAD – Lyrics Thanks to the great audio samples from Chris Fudurich, Brian Page, Jeremy Quinn, Tim Godwin, Terry Burton, Daniel Pisciotta, Dave Patrikios, and Jeremy Starpoli.   I’ve created a replica of […]

emma, the studio watchdog.

She keeps an eye on my gear. Trying out a Bogner Alchemist (sounds amazing) and a Line 6 M9 (I like it).

Hotel Cafe show.

Thanks to everyone that came out to the show at Hotel Cafe. This was the first time that State Shirt songs were realized by a full band. And I was lucky to have recruited some amazing musicians. Dave Patrikios, formerly of the popular NYC rock band The Realistics has been praised as “a fucking excellent […]

Live Looping Video – Time to Go

Recorded this one a few months back. Set up four cheapo digital cameras and recorded a rehearsal of the song “Time to Go”. All sounds created live, nothing prerecorded.

We Love the Remix Culture

I love derivative works! And here are some derivative works that have been created recently that are very good. All of these remixes of State Shirt songs are courtesy of the remixers on ccMixter. Solid from first note to last. “This is on the Stairs” by Neurowaxx is chosen as ccMixter Editor’s Pick. A mashup […]

Electronic “Disappointed” cover

I just finished recording a cover of Electronic’s “Disappointed”. I had never even heard the original song until about a month ago. Hell I had never even heard of the band. But there was something really good at the core of this song and I wanted to try a version of my own. In case […]

Live looping improvisation with Echoplex Digital Pro

Here is a looping improv I recorded yesterday. My live setup is constantly evolving, but I do tend to keep a few things as part of my basic arsenal: two Gibson/Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro units, a Line 6 DL4 delay modeler and expression pedal, Line 6 AM4, Boss DF-2, Line 6 Echo Park, el cheapo […]

Spec Miata Racing at Buttonwillow.

So I’m pretty lucky to be able to go racing (in my spec miata) every once in a while. I’m not that great at it but it’s one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. This particular video is a couple months old… it’s of my race at Buttonwillow Raceway back in April. My […]

Open source music collaboration project – first song.

The first song on my still yet to be titled Collaboration Album has been finished, and is posted below! Thanks to the amazing audio provided by Orchestral Movement of 1932, Dave Patrikios, James Santiago and Yumenomado, I was able to cut, remix and shape their samples into the song “Cassettes” this evening. Hope you like […]