CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to make art (usually in the form of music), philosophize and make cities better places to live; all the while meeting interesting people as i make my way around, kind of like a troubadour.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Ottawa, where everyone works for the federal government or a computer company. As a musician I had to find a way out. So I moved to Toronto for school, where the music is plentiful and life is yours to create, and have i have lived there ever since.

PHILOSOPHY

in human experience, everyone has an undying desire to accomplish something or become a better self. you can either sit still and let this desire eat you alive, or you can allow it to become fuel for the voyage of life.

Interests

cylcing, philosophy, environmentalism, architecture, love, great food, great music.

• arts
• architecture
• concerts
• dining
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: wilco, radiohead, sufjan stevens, bob dylan, jean leloup, apostle of hustle, beastie boys, arcade fire, nick drake, broken social scene, malajube, the beatles, belle and sebastian, death from above 1979, andrew bird, M. Ward, Feist, Jimi Hendrix, etc.....
FILMS: waking life, baraka, ferris bueller's day off, the graduate, garden state, triplets of belleville, lock stock & 2 smoking barrels, monty python (meaning of life, life of brian, the holly grail)
BOOKS: le myth de sisyphe, le petit prince, catcher in the rye, death of a salesman, death and life of great american cities, cities of tomorrow, animal farm, 1984, freakonomics, fear and trembling, the genealogy of morals.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hosted a secret concert in the abandoned ballroom of a fancy hotel in Toronto.
releasing an album this summer! take a listen at www.myspace.com/charlestilden

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