Update February 28, 2025, 10:30 PM PST: My song count this FAWM comes in at one complete song, one lyric-only, and one collab/challenge. Anything more than zero is a win, I suppose, so I'll take it! I plan to be around to listen and comment more the first week of March; I'm leaving for a week-long trip on the 8th so will pretty much be gone then. See ya for 50/90, I hope!

[2025 update: this is my third FAWM. Lots of life changes since last year, most notably relocating to Portland, OR from Dallas, TX. Looking forward to what this February has in store!]

A very experienced live vocalist, when I started a new original project a while back I found that I needed to become the primary songwriter to move it forward. I took on FAWM 2023 as a personal challenge to step out of my comfort zone - and, hopefully, out of some bad habits and into some new and more useful ones. I loved the experience and got a few good songs out of it. I'll keep coming back regardless of whether I hit the numbers or not!

With fairly diverse tastes and influences, I have two very different projects in the works. The metal one began in a very prog-influenced power metal direction but leans a bit more towards doomy, gothic flavors by the day, it seems. The folky one merges my love of Irish pubs, renaissance festivals, medieval history, and fantasy fiction into something of a hybrid with a sound that draws as much from modern folk-rock as it does from more traditional sources.

I'm happy to consider collaboration of various sorts.

I'm a solid, confident singer, reasonably competent on guitar and bass, and can fake my way on keys (MIDI quantizing FTW) and program drums for recording/demo purposes.

My name is Kevin. "Tezzin" is how a friend's daughter pronounced my name when she was a toddler; it stuck among a few people and I kept saying I should name a project that at some point. It seems like a good fit for this. ;)

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