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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Dutch, German, Hungarian
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • AV Technician
  • Sound Engineering Diploma
  • From Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Profile 75% complete

About Me

I'm extremely easy-going. Coming from Cape Town where people are known to be kind of chilled out. I'm a southerner at heart. I have a musical background and played in a handful of bands while I was in South Africa. My AV career changed once I started touring in Europe and meeting some amazing and extremely talented people.
I work as a touring AV technician, working with theater, opera, and most of my experience is with bands.

I'm from Cape Town, South Africa and moved to Budapest because my girlfriend is Hungarian. But also, I work all over the world and quite a lot in Europe anyway, so I just picked up and moved. At the moment I'm on the move again.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am moving to Ghent 13.11.15 and will need a place to stay for a few days while I look at flats. I got a job offer to move so I'm throwing caution to the wind and taking the chance to move to a new city.

Once I'm setup then I will gladly open my couch to fellow travellers. For now I am looking for some assistance.

Interests

Live music and theater; Installation art; Cooking and eating it!

watching documentaries and enjoy board games and playing tennis.

Learning languages.

Playing and producing music. I play piano, guitar and bass.

I'm learning about Pure Data. (I'll be impressed if you know what it is)

  • arts
  • theater
  • documentaries
  • cooking
  • working out
  • board games
  • juggling
  • music
  • live music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • opera
  • tennis
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite music is too many. But nothing commercial. The more underground the better.
In no particular order...
Beck
Mars Volta
Jeff Beck
Hendrix
Hiromi Uehara
Tom Waits
RCHP
Afro-beat
Amon Tobin
Dorian Concept
James Brown
Gojira
FUNK
Trentmoller
+tons more
Biographies. I find stories about peoples live very interesting and entertaining.
Sci-fi
Psychology
Philosophy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The 2015 World Tour with Macbeth Opera. 4 Continents in 5 weeks.

Teach, Learn, Share

uh Yes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Witty Banter. I truly have an enjoyment for meeting new people. On all my travels I've often found that human beings have more in common that we think.

I can juggle 3 items. Say " You are causing trouble" in Xhosa. Make a wicked prawn curry. Teach Smoke on the Water on guitar. Aaaand show you how work out lens throw ratios for projectors as well as explain the Fletcher Munson loudness graph.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Réunion, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, South Africa

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