I'm a middle school band teacher and free-spirited, open-minded guy that believes in treating people the way I want to be treated. I'm a lover of all types of music, culture, lifestyles (as long as no harm is involved lol) and enjoy traveling. I'm not a gym rat, but I try to maintain a healthy-ish lifestyle; however, wings are my weakness! For you instrumental music lovers out there, I play clarinet, oboe/English Horn in a local orchestra. So.....if you happen to have an instrument you travel with, let me know so I can try to find some duets! There's quite a few live music venues that hosts open mic nights on certain nights of the week. If you plan on coming to Knoxville, even if I'm not hosting you, let me know if you're interested and I can try to get you a spot.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At first, not going to lie, I was on here just to see what it was all about. I heard about this from a friend when she was describing how her sister traveled in Italy and I just wanted to see what all the "talk" was about. Now that I've hosted quite a few times, I realized I've been missing out on so many opportunities to meet new people and go places!

Interests

• education
• drinking games
• live music
• classical music
• jazz
• r&b music
• football
• dance
• gym
• nutrition
• live concerts
• grilling
• drum and bugle corps
• dci
• wgi
• dca

Music, Movies, and Books

Honestly, I have too many to list, but here are the categories of what I like:

Music: Jazz, soul, R and B, old school hip-hop, gospel, new age, electronic, certain types of country.

Movies: Horror, comedy, documentaries, movies based on true event, action, drama, suspense.

Books: Horror, suspense, biographies, Self-help, urban improvement, fiction/non-fiction.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer hosts a guest that is clean, minds his business and is respectful to others homes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Kuwait