CURRENT MISSION

Spread the JEW'S HARP virus all around the world!

ABOUT ME

Actually playing in a music duo with my lady, which is called "La Bedda & Lu Mariulu" on popular music from Sicily. Here the Compagnie Cantuscanti and Soundcloud Cantuscanti
In 2012, after my travel i participate to different festival where i played Jew's Harps and Where I also gave conferences about that instrument.

In 2011 I've been doing a travel/project on Jew's Harps around Asia called Scaccia Pensieri.
Also I've organized during 3 years an Eco-festival in Brittany called "Terre d'harmonies"; Is about music, environmental issues, education, eco-construction, and others matters source of possible harmony! I enjoy music, and I play different sorts of percussions, jew's harp (munneharpe, marranzano, khomus :D) and yidaki (didgeridoo).visited 21 states (9.33%)Create your own visited map of The World or Like this? try: Sea Level Rise

PHILOSOPHY

Sboing your life!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For the moment I haven't hosted no one, after the travel i landed in Paris but here my roon is far too small to host anybody. But I'm meeting more and more people doing couchsurfing and telling everywhere that this site exist! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I travel and I meet people and we exchange about this concept of couch surfing. Since i left France, in June 2011, I've been hosted by: Natalia in Yakutsk, Russia - for 17 daysNyamdavaa in Ulanbaataar, Mongolia - for 5 daysDita and Honza in Ulanbaataar, Mongolia - for 7 daysMaximilian In Beijing, China - for 5 daysNeri in Kunming, China - for 5 daysCiro in Guangzhou, China - for 2 daysDaniele and Sandra in Guanszhou, China - for 9 daysSam Le franguais in Guangzhou, China - for 2 daysEmilie in Guangzhou, China - for 7 daysNeri in Kunming, China - for 2 daysChris in Hanoi, Vietnam - for 2 days (and shared music with him for more than one week!)Nguyet in Ho Chi Minh - for 2 daysCS Meetings: My first introduction was in GZ. Really interesting to meet people in that way. - The 13th of october 2011 i had my first traveltelling in the 6054 bar in GZ.
Thanks to Chris Lorenzen, I could perform at the Cinematheque in Hanoi with my concert of Jew's harps! Great concert and public!

Interests

JEW'S HARP!!!!! Marranzano, guimbarde, khomus, Morchang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( how do you say: monomaniak? )
Playing Music (JH and framedrums), forging, watching films, walking, talk (about everything), But Maybe you have to talk with me to really know.

• performing arts
• concerts
• festivals
• education
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• jewish
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Basilicata coast to coast, La belle verte, Down by law, Les aventures du baron de Munchausen, Films by Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Lock stock, Revolver, Rockfella), The concert, Matrix, Dead Man, Baraka, Latcho Drom, Scarface, Gomorra, Ovosodo, Aprile, Caro Diario, Crank (& High Voltage), The Yes Men, Monty Python, Persepolis, Dogville, All films by Kusturica, Night on Earth and still thinking...

Music:#The amazing collection of ethnic minority music "KINK GONG" by Laurent Janneau#
-- Glen Velez, John wright (Jew's harp player), Steve Reich, les Ethiopiques, Bjork, Orchestra di piazza vittorio, Chemirani (son & father), Les Ethiopiques, Hugues de Courson, Bobby McFerrin, Tom Waits, Nick Cave & the bad Seeds, Lhasa, Alfio Antico, Aphex Twin, Fabrizio de Andre, Tinariwen, Giora Feidman, Louis Prima, Balkan Beat Box, Beardyman, Rabih Abou Khalil, Robert Johnson, US3, Vinicio Capossela, Zap Mama & all the traditional music from Mongolia, Siberia, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Italy etc...etc...etc...etc...etc......
-- Music by ME (Mathias Esnault): my Sound Cloud space: http://soundcloud.com/scacciapensieri ; my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/mathesna83

Reading (authors & titles mix): Ferdinand Ossendowski - Beasts, Humans & Gods, Barjavel, Saramago, Terzani, Contes traditionnels de Bretagne et d'ailleurs, BD (comics), Le Comte de Montecristo, Amelie Nothomb, Ethnology and musicology thesis, Courrier International, Blogs of travelling friends.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Meet the Jew's harp, because:
- i'm doing This 1 year travel.
- I Forged a damas jew's harp in Yakutia with Saryal (a really great person).
- and the JH is the key to meet a lot of people, just play it in a crowded place and you'll see (be careful however sometimes it can be explosive)!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give you discovering lessons of jew's harp and didgeridoo (but i haven't one with me travelling). After i love doing massages even if i'm not professional, my friends says i'm quite good (and have one back, foot one... i'll wash them don't worry! :D)
LEARN: I want to learn Chinese and Russian. if you speak those languages i'll be happy to have some tips!
I have some experience in sound production but I'll love to learn more (this is a huge field).

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, India, Italy, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Djibouti, France, Italy

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