Born in the age of cassettes, walkman and MTV playing music videos, I became a teenager in the CD and discman era. I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the music industry when mp3s, iPods and YouTube started taking over the world. I am currently in my fourth and last year of a Music Business B.A. (Hons) at the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland, and meanwhile streaming has been changing the face of music consumption. Oh, and vinyls have been making a comeback of course.​

I was born in Paris of a Scottish mother and a Canadian father, have lived, worked and backpacked through 28 countries, am fluent in French, English and Spanish, love my sports and fitness, and am mesmerised by everything to do with space, astronomy and, the creative and entertainment industries of course. My first albums were an Elvis Presley 'Golden Best-of' and Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP. My first gig was Chuck Berry at the Paris Olympia and my first festival was the Fête de l'Humanité in Paris in 2001.

Over the course of my university years I have managed local artists and helped develop their careers as well as was given the opportunity to get some hands-on experience in event organisation and promotion. In addition to my work in events and artist management, I was chosen to manage the university label Vadana Records, working on single release campaigns for bands Indigo Velvet and Broken Boy, reaching over 100.000 listens on Spotify.
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As someone who lives and breathes music, to be alive in this day and age and see how music and technology evolve hand in hand is beyond amazing. I love every step of this journey and can’t wait to contribute to opening new dimensions for the music fans of this planet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

About to graduate on Thursday in Scotland, I have been offered a huge opportunity to do an internship at a great company in Düsseldorf for 4 months! Only problem, is that they would pay me 250€/month during the internship... I still don't understand how this is legal but that aside it is too big of an opportunity not to try and make it work!

I understand this is a long stretch, and 4 months isn't exactly short, but I promised myself I would explore all options available to me to try to make this happen, and this is one of them :)

Peace, Love, Music and Couches

Interests

• books
• photography
• music festivals
• fitness
• traveling
• music
• live music
• sports
• astronomy
• business
• entrepreneurship
• cinema
• tv series
• football
• harry potter
• space
• manchester united
• international business

Music, Movies, and Books

This year's playlist: Gregory Porter, Leon Bridges, Gallant, Khalid, J. Cole, Tom Misch, Jordan Rakei, FKJ, Frank Ocean, Ludovico Einaudi.

This week's Netflix selection: The Martian, Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men, Snatch, Interstellar, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Deadpool, House of Cards, Suits, BBC Horizon.

This year's bookshelf: Big Life (Jazz Summers), Black Vinyl White Powder (Simon Napier-Bell), Music: The Business (Ann Harrison), Artist Management (Paul Allen), Quantum: A guide for the perplexed (Jim Al-Khalili)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent 53 hours on a sleeper train with an Indian family of 12, from Goa to Darjeeling! Oh and I trekked through the mountains of Mordor in New Zealand for 43 kilometres with a 82 year-old Japanese man from start to finish!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Law of Attraction, Music, Languages

Learn: Every Day

Sharing is caring right?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good stories, good carbonara and good music, oh and the best mojito ever...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Scotland, Spain, Sweden