CURRENT MISSION

Peace and healing through meditation, yoga, travel and music

ABOUT ME

troubadour, sound smith, globe trotter, bicycler, meditator, yogi, dreamer, performer, tight rope walker, reader, cat and wine lover

PHILOSOPHY

the wisdom of insecurity

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i've hosted a lot of travelers and I have been hosted many times more, usually on tour with my trio Shoestring Trio in Europe and in the US. We've made friends everywhere that way and always give a little private concert to our hosts to thank them for hosting! I've also given music or guitar lessons to hosts. I try to host more and more people when I am home as another way to give back.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

many good ones as a host and as a guest. Both solo or with my trio on tour. I also have couchsurfed in Brazil.

Interests

writing and performing music, eastern philosophies, nature, photography, yoga

• cats
• writing
• photography
• concerts
• wine
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• music
• guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: Alan Watts, Aldous Huxley, Carlos Castaneda, Ekhart Tolle, Krishnamurti, Jack Kerouac, Henri Miller, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Bernhard, Mikhail Bulgakov, Philip K. Dick, John Fante, Franz Kafka, Stefan Zweig, Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ekhart Tolle, Blaise Cendrars, Romain Gary, Hermann Hesse, and so many more...

movies:Down by law (and all Jarmush movies), A king in NY (and all Charlie Chaplin movies), Blade Runner, Wings of desire and most Wim Wenders movies, Magnolia, The Dhamma brothers, all François Truffaut, Frederico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman movies, lots more...

music; ok this is just a small sample then: The Beatles, Miles Davis, Eric Satie, The Rolling Stones, Dino Saluzzi, Cassandrra Wilson, Angelique Kidjo, Lionel Loueke, Bob Dylan, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Brad Meldau, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, Igor Stravinsky, The Police, Johan Sebastian Bach, James Brown, Bob Marley, Prince, Miton Nascimento, Led Zepplin, Caetano Veloso, Pink Floyd, Joao Gilberto, Baden Bowell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and so many others...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

being born, traveling the world, playing music for thousands of people, making friends for life

Teach, Learn, Share

i love the CS experience and think sharing in this way is one way to save the world and reconnect with one another at large in more intuitive ways. it's a wonderful example of living in the internet age in an organic manner. i'm always open to learn and to teach and share.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Switzerland, United States

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