CURRENT MISSION

Drive around the whole USA & Canada in a school bus with my girlfriend! Check out lifeonalimb.net to see about our plans ;)

ABOUT ME

I used to just draw and make murals for people (see jannesds.wordpress.com for that), and play music for anyone who cared to listen, until I met my aussie girlfriend, who took me away to Australia for a year, and now shares the bus with me, so I guess my life just seems to get more and more interesting the older I become !

Interests

I love playing the guitar in people's living rooms or around a campfire, & listening to other people play & sing. I love dancing to James Brown like there's no tomorrow.
Always love to have a good conversation with a stranger about any subject.
Right now I'm enjoying the hell out of driving a big fat yellow school bus around the USA.
I love drawing & painting :)

• singing
• walking
• reading
• painting
• drawing
• music
• folk music
• guitar
• blues
• swimming
• thrift shopping

Music, Movies, and Books

On the Road and Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, every book by John Irving or Hermann Hesse, Morphine, Al Green, more Tom Waits, any movie by Jim Jarmusch, Skip James,Blind Willie McTell ,old timey folk songs, old school blues, Aretha Franklin............

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

walking from Ghent to Santiago De Compostela / watching Al Green do a church service

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll teach you guitar chords, how to flip a pancake, how to imitate a trumpet, how to draw monkeys....
I would like to learn how to play any musical instrument...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories about Belgium or Australia, how to do funny tricks, show you guitar moves, tell you lots of useless trivia, draw you a picture of anything you want.....

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cyprus, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States