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Overview

  • 21 references 20 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning German, Italian, Portuguese
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Musician and songwriter
  • No education listed
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I am a musician from Mexico, travelling and busking since 3 years ago, when I quit a really boring job to became a street singer in Mexico City. Great decision: currently I am living the dream, doing what I love and getting to know a lot of cool places and people.

Open-minded, easygoing, love food, nature, books, movies, beer, pizza, and large conversations about anything, especially science, philosophy, enviroment, history... subjects i know nothing about, basically. I appreciate a calm night having dinner but i also enjoy a wild party from now and then, especially if it involves dancing. I love laughing. If by any chance reincarnation is actually a thing, in other life i hope i could be a stand up comedian, or a linguist, or even better, both. For now i'm happy with who i am, and i am always learning and growing. Did i mention i love food? Nothing better than tasting the typical dishes of each place i visit.

I love to meet people from all around the world and ask a lot of questions about their culture and ways of living, and i get really excited when i know somebody from a country i've never been before.

Note: I receive a lot of couch requests, so please do not send me one unless you have read my full profile, including the home section. Otherwise i will reject it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe in sharing!

The great thing about couchsurfing is that you get to know really amazing people. It is not only about having a place to stay for free but about making new friends, so, if you host me or i host you, i would really love to spend some time with you and to have a real, fulfilling conversation.

Interests

Music, Travelling, Cinema, Rock & Roll, Folk, Literature, writing, biology, astronomy, tenis, politics, cooking, dogs, history, journalism, swimming, punk rock, philosophy, food, anthropology, beer brewing, architecture, photography, and a large etc.

  • dogs
  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • literature
  • poetry
  • photography
  • music festivals
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • beer
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • music
  • piano
  • blues
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • sports
  • biology
  • entrepreneurship
  • history
  • languages
  • philately
  • philosophy
  • nature
  • antropology
  • philosphy

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is my girlfriend. Blues, Rock, psychedelic, country, folk music (I mean folk from everywhere), Electro, Punk, classical stuff, again a large etc. Some of my favorites: Woody Guthrie, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Bo Diddley, LCD soundsystem, Muddy Waters, The stooges, The sonics, ACDC, Brownie McGhee, MC5, Charlie Parker, Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Nicolas Jaar, Pink Floyd, Tame Impala and a much larger etc.

Great Sergio Leone fan. Also Kubrick, Park Chan-wook (old boy), Kim Ki-duk, Jarmusch, Lars Von Trier... Fear and loathing in las Vegas, Snatch... Fight Club is my favorite movie, and i also love the book by Palahniuk.

I love Raymond Carver short stories. My favorite novel: "Pedro Páramo", by Juan Rulfo. Fkin brilliant.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quiting a boring job to travel around the world playing music. It's turning out pretty good.
2 months roadtrip from California to the mexican Caribbean with 4 friends that became family.
Arriving to Copenhagen with just 50 euros and my guitar and making it all the way to Lisbon.

What I Can Share with Hosts

¡Music! I'll happily sing for you, or give you guitar and singing lessons. Also I can cook some mexican food and teach you some mexican spanish (mostly bad words).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Spain

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