Ethan James Hagen is a solo artist with a degree in classical guitar performance, but composes music for solo guitar in the American Finger-Style genra, similar to the music of Michael Hedges. He is also a vocalist and is proficient on a variety of instruments. In 1997 he released Songs & Solos. 2001 will see the release of Crscent. Ethan plans to begin recording another project in late summer of 2001 to be released early in 2002.