CURRENT MISSION

share with the world

ABOUT ME

Musician. Educator. Very outgoing and proactive. Adventurous, yet grounded. Spontaneous. I'm an optimist. :)

PHILOSOPHY

Never stop learning, and in the process, share all that you've discovered thus far, unconditionally.

"It's amazing what can get accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

You are more then welcome to surf with me when I'm home and not touring.

I'm interested in meeting and/or surfing with people in many diverse cities, myself.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Love it! I've been very fortunate to meet some really amazing people.

Interests

Lover of all things music and culture related. I like learning about different people and places through their music and hobbies.

I love telling and listening to STORIES!

I like street fairs and music festivals. And the sun. And water.

I LOVE eating and trying new foods.

Enjoy visual and performing arts. Especially, animation, dance, and murals!

Collector of exotic percussion instruments. This collection is unavoidable if you surf with me. :)

HUGE roller coaster junkie.

I enjoy teaching and learning from kids. Keeps me young.

• arts
• culture
• folklore
• performing arts
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• cooking
• music
• surfing
• wrestling
• animation
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - are cool.

Music - I enjoy danceable music. So that comes in many shapes and sizes. But I love being exposed to other people's music. I'm interested in what you listen to.

Books - The Alchemist. Between the World and Me are recent favorites. History, non-fiction, and biographies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As the result of an unfortunate language barrier, I once had to fight a Mongolian wrestling champion, who was almost twice my size, in rural northern China, in front of a crowd of hundreds of locals... I lost.

Teach, Learn, Share

Classically trained musician and teacher. I can teach you music. :)

I also have a pretty vast knowledge of many folkloric percussion/drumming traditions from all over the world. And with that, many of the dances and songs that usually accompany them.

Maybe there's a neat drumming or percussion tradition that you grew up around... I'd love to know about it! That and LANGUAGE!

I'm also interested in learning to cook different foreign dishes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, United States