Tirwin was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1986. Son of a soldier and a carer he was brought up to look after himself and others under any circumstance. Tirwins pre-school education was mainly provided by his Grandad whom he considered as a second father figure. Although already a strange and slightly withdrawn child, Tirwin resolved himself to quiet, reserved and long solitary nights when his Grandad died.

Tirwins began writing poetry from a very young age. With an active imagination and a constant desire to express his obscure personality he took up the task of putting pen to paper and documenting the unusual thoughts and ideas in his mind. His writing, both prose and literature, gained some recognition from some of his adult mentors. English teachers and parents would praise his work as intelligent, abstract and often controversial. This encouragement pushed him to further his interest in writing and take up new challenges. Writing atop cliffs and in severe weather posed a challenge for him physically but provided little mental challenge above endurance.

At the age of 16 Tirwin took his first steps into a world of music more suited to him. Although he had experienced various introductions in school, Tirwin was not one for lessons and swiftly dropped the challenges lain before him. With a love for music, stemming from years listening to his Mums LP collection, he set out to find a place for himself where he could begin to apply more layers to the words he wrote. His Mum gathered a little money together and bought him his first bass guitar, Clarabelle, a navy blue Peavey Milestone III.

Little support from schoolmates once again saw Tirwin lock himself up in his room with nothing more than his own inquisitiveness for company. A fan of funk, Tirwin began researching the inspiration behind some of his of favourite musicians. Michael Balzary led to James Ambrose Johnson Jr, William Earl Collins, Victor Lemonte Wooten and even eventually to Leslie Edward Claypool, Timothy Robert Commerford, Vivi Rama and Mark King. The deeper he got the more inspired he became and slowly but surely he began to develop his own style, his own sound and his own expression through the bass.

Incorporating his words into the music he was writing was a long drawn out process. Tirwin began quite simply, penning words and applying short riffs with minor impact. As his history of band appearances developed, so did the sound, techniques and ideas he experimented with. Tirwin started to make a name for himself as an accomplished and dependable bassist, applying his own individual sound successfully to the requirements of varying projects.

In 2009 Tirwin tagged along on a camping trip with a close friend, a trip which would introduce him to Adam Hobson, whom he’d met previously, and Rob Scobie. Over the dancing flames of a bonfire they smoked and drank the night away, drunkenly conjuring up the idea of a new project, a funk project. On their return Tirwin contacted another close friend, Chris ‘Kid’ Elcombe, whom he’d worked with previously and frequently. The group brought together their differing styles and ideas and eventually hit on the Hey Essé sound, polished and finalised with some additions from a new friend Todd O’Brien.

Tirwin credits himself as a bassist, a lyricist and a father. Amongst other things Tirwin has been known to offer appearances on guitar and vocals, to create small works of art, to scale cliffs and on occasion launch himself off them into rivers. He has rafted white waters, snowboarded mountains, swam in oceans and has been responsible for multiple female orgasms.

Tirwin likes colour, energy, positivity and daring. He appreciates his friends, his family, his privacy and the understanding and time others have offered him. Tirwin is proud of his past, enthusiastic about his future and content with his present.

Tirwins ambition is to be credited as a writer, a bassist, a good father, good brother and a good role model.