Houston Keen
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Houston Keen, in 2006, took his initial steps into music, with the purchase of a novice acoustic guitar from the local music store, Billy Bones. This investment, and two years of weekly lessons would be the first chapter in a long career of musical endeavors. Continually practicing and reaching for any opportunities, he would fall in and out of bands with friends, churches, and similar contemporaries in the North Florida scene.
His first official gig (under his own name) would happen in the blistering summer of 2010, playing in the small town of Cedar Key, FL. Originally unprepared and ill-equipped, he would fail, succeed, lose again, and recover for over seven more years in the local bar circuit. He would bounce between late-night gigs and early morning construction jobs to supplement the recording of his debut album, Jenny.
All of this would eventually accumulate into the decision to relocate to the Live Music Capital of The World: Austin, Texas.
Houston Keen arrived in the Lone Star State in November 2017, with a slew of pre-booked shows that had been coordinated during his time in Florida. Armed with a MacBook Air from Goodwill, he would devote hours into building connections, booking gigs, learning design and video software, and becoming a valuable asset and artist within the ATX scene.
Over the next two years, he would cut his teeth in the Texas music scene; before a world-wide pandemic would close the doors to many legendary establishments, and freeze the entertainment industry in it’s tracks.
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Houston Keen, in 2006, took his initial steps into music, with the purchase of a novice acoustic guitar from the local music store, Billy Bones. This investment, and two years of weekly lessons would be the first chapter in a long career of musical endeavors. Continually practicing and reaching for any opportunities, he would fall in and out of bands with friends, churches, and similar contemporaries in the North Florida scene.
His first official gig (under his own name) would happen in the blistering summer of 2010, playing in the small town of Cedar Key, FL. Originally unprepared and ill-equipped, he would fail, succeed, lose again, and recover for over seven more years in the local bar circuit. He would bounce between late-night gigs and early morning construction jobs to supplement the recording of his debut album, Jenny.
All of this would eventually accumulate into the decision to relocate to the Live Music Capital of The World: Austin, Texas.
Houston Keen arrived in the Lone Star State in November 2017, with a slew of pre-booked shows that had been coordinated during his time in Florida. Armed with a MacBook Air from Goodwill, he would devote hours into building connections, booking gigs, learning design and video software, and becoming a valuable asset and artist within the ATX scene.
Over the next two years, he would cut his teeth in the Texas music scene; before a world-wide pandemic would close the doors to many legendary establishments, and freeze the entertainment industry in it’s tracks.
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