I am an avid teacher, musician, traveller and adventurer. I enjoy outdoor sports, food, dogs, beer, sunsets, mountains, beaches, films, museums, and most of all music. I love meeting new people and exchanging stories and ideas. I strive to cultivate new connections and enrich my life by exploring the globe and the people who inhabit it. I embrace other cultures and viewpoints, love trying new things, and I generally live for variety, spontaneity, and love. I have been a musician for most of my life and play and sing in many styles on several instruments. I am an excellent cook and enjoy cooking for friends. I read a lot, climb rocks, hike, snowboard, bike, and play ultimate frisbee as hobbies. I love deep intellectual conversation, all things nerdy, and people who are passionate and articulate about what they do. I look forward to making new friends through couch surfing!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel a lot, love meeting people, and I'm not rich, so couch surfing makes so much sense.

Interests

• books
• music festivals
• cooking
• beer
• jazz
• guitar
• hiking
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music Includes: Blues, American Folk, Soul, Funk, R+B, Hip Hop Jazz, Fusion, Bluegrass, Indie Rock, and Experimental and World Folk Music.

Favorite Artists Include: Radiohead, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Weather Report, Punch Brothers, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Snarky Puppy, Atmosphere, Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, The Mars Volta, Tool, The Beatles - everything except pop country and all that super angry growly stuff.

I love the novels of Tom Robbins and Kurt Vonnegut. I love Emerson's essays, and the poetry of Rumi, Neruda, Ginsberg, and Aiken (among many others). I read a lot of non-fiction as well, mostly ecology and social theory.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have various academic specialties, mainly centered around the theory and playing of music and music history, as well as music recording and technology. I

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cooking for people, playing music, and am generally willing to help with any odd jobs, chores, housework, errands, shopping, building and home improvement ( i have carpentry skills), farm/yard work, auto repair, petsitting, babysitting, or lessons in English or music. I'm also willing to be a travel companion or a wing man for a night out for a host and will buy drinks and provide excellent company on any social outing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States