Hey. My name is Hayden. I'm a musician and furniture maker, though neither of these pursuits currently keep me employed. I left Australia in feb of 2016, travelled for 6 months, lived in Germany for 6 months or so, and now I'm on my working holiday visa in the UK, looking forward to putting down some roots for a couple of years.
I get stupidly excited about music and art and all their possibilities, and love meeting people. Everyone knows something that I don't, and I'm at a stage in my life where all I want to do is learn. At the moment that's Spanish, and the Oud (a traditional arabic instrument).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To explore the world and share experiences, ideas and good times with some like minded humans.

Interests

I'm pretty into music in all aspects, but especially the production side of things, and also the physics behind it all. Wood and design ideas occupy a large portion of my brain, either for furniture or instruments, and lately a little bit of writing. I'm also incredibly interested in science, particularly psychology and biology, and I have a million little useless facts stored somewhere in my head.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Patrick Rothfuss, Tolkien, Terry Pratchett, William Burroughs, Stephen King, Oscar Wilde, Neil Gaiman, Arrundhati Roy.

Movies:Wes Anderson, Kubrick, Tarantino, Gus Van Sant, and the Coen brothers are all directors I adore. I love self referencing comedy, namely Blazing Saddles, The Holy mountain, any and all Monty python films.

Music is a big subject. I can get into most styles, and in any genre if I look hard enough will find something I like. Favourite bands include: Pink Floyd, led zeppelin, Black Sabbath, portishead, the decemberists, king gizzard, radiohead, tame impala, t.rex, darkside, Sun araw, Amanda Palmer, A Tribe Called Quest, hiatus kaiyote, foxygen, tune yards, temples, jagwar ma, wild beasts, alt-j, beck, Ali farka touré, tinariwen, devendra banhart. I could go on, but the internet has only so much free space left, and it would be selfish of me to waste it. Currently loving Courtney Barnett and fleet foxes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch hiked all across Myanmar for a month with my best friend. We met so many amazing and wonderful people.

Teach, Learn, Share

Happy to give basic guitar/harmonica/ukulele lessons for anyone who's interested, and if you play another instrument I'd love to learn the basics of that. I bought an Oud in Turkey, and am trying to learn, so if you play I would be incredibly grateful for a lesson.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food; music; love and happiness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Myanmar, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Vanuatu

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England, Germany