Hello!

I am a multimedia engineer and jazz guitarist, currently living in Rochester, New York. I own and manage a recording company with a fairly prolific recording schedule of almost 300 events per year! I also work as a Multimedia Engineer for the Eastman School of Music in New York.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Connecting and sharing cultural experiences with others!!

Interests

I love performing and learning new music! Technology and recording are pretty largely integrated into my currently lifestyle, but a week in nature, backpacking, and camping speak to my heart.

Some of my favorite hobbies are swing dancing, woodworking, snowboarding, cooking, and connecting with others!

• arts
• culture
• music festivals
• dancing
• tap dancing
• swing dancing
• education
• environment
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• coffee
• wine tasting
• farmers' market
• shopping
• technology
• traveling
• woodworking
• music
• live music
• classical music
• jazz
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• skiing
• snowboarding
• teaching
• engineering
• history
• lakes
• nature
• dance
• lindy hop
• contemporary dance
• novels
• live concerts
• jazz music
• nature walks
• jazz dance
• nature conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Fairly eclectic: Jazz from the great american songbook, Antonio Carlos Jobim, most all bebop, Clifford Brown, Jim Hall, Count Basie, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, BB King, Snarky Puppy, Maria Schneider, Brass Menazeri and other Balkan music, Greek folk music, most anything with a heavy groove!

The Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Jim Carrey, the Imitation Game, The Big Short.

Mark Helprin, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Jonathan Safran Foer, Dr. Seuss.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This summer I travelled from Cape Town, South Africa - Herräng, Sweden!

I have made it a life goal to stay connected and on good terms with every one of my family members.

I've ridden an avalanche!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can:

Host you and show you Rochester! Teach most any element of music; Jazz, Classical, theory, history, just ask. =)

You can:
Share the favorite parts of your city with me. =) I like live music, swing dancing, beer, coffee, art, nature, history, stories.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation and positivity.

If you play music, we can play together. =)

Anything else that I can do to help!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, United States