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Overview

  • 6 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Russian
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Music. It's what fills most of time. The rest is spent wa...
  • I have a college degree but my greatest education has com...
  • From Tuscaloosa/Northport, Alabama, U.S.A.
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I guess I'd like to see the world. I'd like to see the whole damn thing. I'd go anywhere I've never been provided it isn't especially dangerous.

ABOUT ME

I've spent the last half of my life obsessed with music and caring about nothing else. The opportunities I've been afforded to travel as a musician (as a member of Nashville groups Lambchop, Hands Off Cuba, Cortney Tidwell and now Kort) have completely turned my head inside out. Now I spend endless time obsessing about seeing more of the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Follow your bliss.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I've only participated through surfing and hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only hosted once so far but did some Couch Surfing in Romania recently. It was a fantastic experience. The people I've met have been extraordinary.

Interests

Music, film, languages, visual arts

  • arts
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • languages
  • visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Andrei Tarkovsky, Werner Herzog, Miles Davis, Brian Eno, David Bowie, "Color of Pomegranates", "Atomic Cafe", Talking Heads, Charles Mingus, "Master and Margarita", "Lolita", "Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History", Khalil Gibran, Rumi, Dylan Thomas, Joseph Campbell "The Power of Myth"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'll never forget going to Istanbul. I don't have words to describe it. It's like nowhere I've been before or since, a truly magical place. Playing the Vienna Konzerthaus was something special as well.

Teach, Learn, Share

Though I don't have a music degree I'm a proud autodidact and have played music for over half of my life and feel fairly knowledgeable on the subject and can talk endlessly about it. I'd love to share anything I know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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