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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • musician
  • university, 2 masters in litterature
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

play music on the street (busking)

ABOUT ME

I travel the world with some French jazz musicians, to play music on the street and find a few gigs if possible.
I am a musician, singer, I play double bass, guitar, piano, I am also a journalist and simultaneous translator, I have toured europe playing music on the street, from Portugal to Slovakia, going through Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia, the pacific ocean, and more!

PHILOSOPHY

Tog og bogee (take it easy in gaelic)!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none as official couch surfer, but have slept in the strangest places thanks to music!
Played in a gypsie wedding in Slovakia, or slept in the jungle of New Caledonia after playing jazz for the local tribes!

Interests

music, ultimate frisbee, surfing, hiking, canoeing, sailing, skating

  • books
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • guitar
  • piano
  • hiking
  • canoeing
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • journalism
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to mention

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

toured europe with a guitar, played in the jungles of new Caledonia for tribes of Kanaks, jammed with gypsies around a firecamp, surfed in Sweden! :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Music of course, but discussions about books, and litterature, and civilizations, and just about anything!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, New Caledonia, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, United Kingdom, United States

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