CURRENT MISSION

Find a coach for the night of 22nd. Support a friends band and give a demo to the lead singer of Beach Fossils. Help me out!

ABOUT ME

Hey! My names Sean and I'm an Irishman living in Gothenburg, Sweden with my girlfriend and a cat. I lived in London for three years before then and I'm going to be moving back to finish studying my degree in music performance after the summer.

I originally coachsurfed when I was hitchhiking through France and Spain back when I was 18 (it was a lot of fun!) and now I'm using it again to try and find a place to spend a night in Stockholm. The reason I need to get to Stockholm is for a Beach Fossils gig (an indie band from New York) where one of my best friends bands are playing in support. I'm also on a mission to give my bands demo to the lead singer (he actually asked for it last year when we met him in London, but it wasn't finished back then!). Unfortunately my friends house is already crammed for the night, so I've turned to coachsurfing again!

In return for a night or two on anyones coach I'm willing to trade all my stories, all my expertise (I can give one of lessons on drums, guitar or audio engineering to anyone willing to learn!), show you all the music I listen to (I'll bet anything I can get you into at least 3 new bands!) or just hang out to return the favour. If you tell me in advance I could even bring some hand-held recording equipment with me to record some demos for any aspiring musician out there (something I'm always willing to help anyone do!). Maybe you could even come to the gig with me!

PHILOSOPHY

I try to be the positive kind of person people like to be around.

Also, I never want to be the guy at a party who starts playing the guitar. That's important to me!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sleep on coaches.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I coachsurfed around France and Spain, mostly in Bordeaux. It was amazing, thanks to the people I stayed with I saw parts and sides of cities I never would have seen otherwise (and went to some great parties)!

Interests

Making music in my bedroom. Drumming in bands. Helping other people record their music. Reading. Learning Languages. yada, yada, yada.

• cats
• performing arts
• running of the bulls
• running
• coach
• partying
• reading
• music
• guitar
• drums
• engineering
• languages
• hitchhiking
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll leave this here for the music part;
http://www.lastfm.se/user/SeanMcDaid
(Go easy on me for some parts of my charts - I've had it since I was 15!)

My favourite book is Ask the Dust by John Fante. My favourite short story is Araby by James Joyce.

I'm 5 films off having seen every Woody Allen movie. I'm going through a Federico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman stage right now.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hitchhiked over 4,000 miles and did the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona when I was 18. I got bored in rural Ireland, I guess.