Hello! I'm Matt, 23, from Auckland New Zealand, living in Wellington. My interests include but are not limited to music (all sorts!), guitar, drums, writing music, music production, maths (or math if you like ;)), programming, artificial intelligence research, hiking, photography, mountain biking, philosophy, space exploration (but no, I haven't been there... Yet...), beer (duh), comedy, travelling, coffee, classic sci-fi, running, etc...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm solo traveling Europe at the moment, and would love to make some new friends and get some local tips!

Interests

• photography
• beer
• coffee
• movies
• music
• live music
• jazz
• guitar
• hiking
• mathematics
• mountain biking
• playing guitar
• comedy
• programming
• making music
• artificial intelligence

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh this is a tough one! Favourite music (some of it): Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Basie, Ahmad Jamal, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Boards of Canada, Blake Mills, Cannonball Adderly, Coltrane, Andrew Hill, all sorts of hip hop (some favourites: Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, Oddisee, Anderson Paak), Brian Eno, D'angelo, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Louis Cole, Grizzly Bear, and way way more :)
Some favourite films: 2001 A Space Oddessy, most of Wes Anderson's movies, and same for Charlie Kaufman, A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life, Contact, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Books: favourite has gotta be Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camped in the New Zealand wilderness for weeks (does that count?)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand