Joshua Tillman (b. May 3, 1981) is an artist based in Seattle, Washington. He has maintained a steady output of recordings since 2004 and has toured the US and Europe extensively with Pacific Northwest artists such as Damien Jurado, Jesse Sykes, and David Bazan. He is currently a member of the Seattle-based band Fleet Foxes.
When asked about the beginning of his musical journey back in March 2009, Tillman said: "I started playing music with my brother when I was about 12 and he was 11. I was obsessed with music but the idea of becoming good at the guitar bored me to tears, I?m not really technically proficient on any instrument. I just learnt enough chords so I could write songs, although I have accidentally improved over the years. ... I was much more interested in song writing, I probably fancied myself as a person who really had something to say. I think it is just a bad habit I have stuck with really, as a way to identify myself. I don?t know why but every body seems to need a way to identify themselves, be it like ?I?m Funny? or ?I?m smart? or ?I?m a songwriter? or ?I?m a drummer?, I think we just cling on to that thing for dear life because if we don?t have it we?re lost. So I guess my musical journey has been all about figuring out who I am through the process of making records. I think I am now coming to the other side of that where I can just view myself as myself, and not get on stage and feel I have to present some false, disingenuous version of myself." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.