I moved to Austria two years ago, I'm nearing the end of a PhD in music aesthetics, i.e. philosophy music (what is music? why is music? how is music?). I play some instruments (piano for 28 years, viola for 20 years classical with some zydeco mixed in, guitar for 10 years and recently took up flat-picking; new additions are accordion and banjo), but mostly I'm in the group of people who write *about* music.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel...why else?

Interests

Better to ask what my interests are not -

• cats
• books
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano

Music, Movies, and Books

Gillian Welsh, Johnny Staats, Janáček, Ravel, Alice Shields, Thelonius Monk, Skinny Puppy, TLC, Rona Kenan, Tracy Chapman, Kaija Saariaho, The Cardigans, Idan Raichel, Bow Wow, Brandy, Stockhausen, Mingus, EDM, New Wave, Blue Grass, and, and, and...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Found love.

Teach, Learn, Share

My heart is an open book.

What I Can Share with Hosts

a keen interest in everyday experience

What I can share with Travelers:
Ivan Ivanovich and Peter Nutbutterson the Great (i.e. the two cats of the house)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Greece, Northern Ireland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Ireland, Israel, Russian Federation, United States