CURRENT MISSION

Exist , live life, make music, make friends, carve out a meaningful existence, currently starting a record label

ABOUT ME

I'm Jake, I'm a musician/curator, I love all sorts of art, I love getting to know people, being in nature, relaxing

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I'm not traveling, I can host at my place in Chicago

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in various places in USA and Europe

Interests

Music, the human experience, the spiritual life, different people people, food, music

• arts
• dining
• traveling
• music
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Boards of Canada, Arvo Part, Tigrics, Fleet Foxes, Tycho, SND, Bibio, Steve Reich, Alva Noto, Broken Bells, Ryoiji Ikeda, Mos Def, The Roots, GAS, Mum, Sufjan, Greyboy Allstars, Wes Montgomery, Pat MArtino, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Books, Django Reinhardt, John Zorn, Junior Boys, The Mars Volta, Four Tet, Walls, Big Sir, Aether, Warp Records, Ghostly International, Raster-Noton, Mille Plateaux, many many more

Books: Bible, Power of Now, Baghavad-Gita, Childhood's End

Movies: anything well made with thoughtful writing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My conversion
Robert McDuffie and the Venice baroque orchestra peforming Glass' American Four Seasons
Daily life

visited 37 states (74%)

Teach, Learn, Share

Religion, music

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Germany, India, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States