I'm a touring and recording artist based in San Diego, CA.

I often tour with King Taylor Project, a soul-blues band I co-founded with my wife, Sandi King. Most of my CS experience is traveling and hosting with Sandi, and is credited to her profile.
(https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/sandiking/)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've met some awesome people on the road through Couchsurfing. We've shared spaces, meals, drinks, stories, and sometimes shampoo, and made a few long enduring friendships. In a world of increasing isolation, it's nice to connect with new humans and remember how to people.

Interests

Coffee is a daily ritual, music is my vocation, my life, and my obsession, and I dabble in nerding. I am a sucker for sipping beverages and people watching. I consume lots of media about media, mostly in the form of video essays about art and entertainment.

• culture
• cooking
• coffee
• video games
• music
• guitar
• psychology
• science
• travel
• food
• social justice
• language
• space
• songwriting

Music, Movies, and Books

My musical preferences lean soul, rock, blues, RnB, and Americana/folk rock these days, but as a musician it's impossible to pick any steady favorites to the exclusion of others. I can't objectively categorize my own movie/book preferences, except that I do geek out about creative processes and decision making. So basically I'm quietly insufferable, but tend to wear a good muzzle.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2015, I abandoned training as a psychotherapist and researcher to pursue music full-time. I’ve never regretted it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a professional songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, recording artist, and session musician. I'm obviously all too happy to share too much about all of these things.

I barely graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and spent five long years on active duty after that, and later attended grad school for counseling psychology and trained clinically as a psychotherapist, which I also quit. I'm a very good quitter, when things need quittin'.

I'm open to anything you have to share! I'm insatiably curious and love getting to know people and picking brains.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, conversation, and I can edit the crap out of your writing, if you'd like. I’m also reasonably domestically skilled (clean), and I can get around the kitchen fairly well (cook). I've worked a fair amount with kids, so if you have 'em, I won't be awkward, unless they beat me up and taunt me mercilessly thereafter.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Scotland, Seychelles, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Moldova, United States