[Update July 2, 2026: I'm here and looking forward to seeing how this first Song Sprint experiment goes!]

[I hate that I even feel the need to add this, but: NO GenAI. Full stop.]

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. ;)

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 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.

Happy to consider collaborations.

Lots of life changes relatively recently. I relocated from Dallas, TX to Portland, OR in the summer of 2024. Pretty settled in now, and I love it here, but still don't know much of anybody in the local music community for various reasons; I aim to remedy that in the second half of 2026 and get out and start gigging.

He/him #singer #metal #rock #goth #folk #folkrock