23 year old artist manager with a passion for live music. Majored in Media Studies at UCR, took a quarter off to go to Europe. I was a radio DJ and Student Manager for KUCR 88.3, where I frequently spun indie, experimental, post-punk, world, rare groove, psych, krautrock, IDM, footwork, jazz, house, garage, boogie, disco, funk, ambient, and anything else that I really dig. I've DJ'd opening sets for acts such as Badbadnotgood, Neon Indian, Vince Staples, and others. My goal is to break into the music industry and help promote some of the most exciting new and boundary-pushing music that I find. I also have experience in photojournalism, and covered several major political rallies during the past American 2016 election.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To explore the world with my friends or by myself, and make new ones along the way!

Let's talk about music and art.

Interests

Eating- LOVE Mediterranean, Mexican, and Thai food, down to try anything really.

listening to music- more on that below
I also frequently go to shows in SoCal, so if you're looking for a show buddy, hit me up

DJing

running, lifting- used to run cross country when I was in High School, trying to get back on that level

photography- I am an accomplished photographer, and have done press coverage for the Bernie Sanders campaign, as well as concerts for artists such as The Bug, William Basinkski, Earth, Death Grips, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Badbadnotgood, Joyce Manor, LCD Soundsystem and more!

• photography
• cooking
• running
• working out
• traveling
• music
• djing

Music, Movies, and Books

Avalanches, LCD Soundsystem, Les McCann, Battles, Aphex Twin, lots more! Big fan of experimental music, jazz, electronic, music from Latin America and Africa.

Some of my favorite record labels include-
ECM
Stones Throw
DFA
Sacred Bones
1080p
RVNG INTL
Software(RIP)
Brainfeeder
Orange Milk
Teklife
Warp
Ninja Tune

Here's a link to my last.fm, to get a grasp of what I've been bumping in the past few days.
http://www.last.fm/user/wmowrey

If you want to see what I've been spinning on the airwaves, check out an archive of my playlists-
http://kucr.radioactivity.fm/show.html?showoid=8097

As far as films go, I'm a big fan of anything Criterion. Kurosawa, Hitchcock, and Tarkovsky are my favorite directors.

Some of my favorite books include-
L'etranger
A Farewell to Arms
Gravity's Rainbow
Infinite Jest
To The Lighthouse

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met and interviewed Lil B

Opened for Badbadnotgood in 2014

Climbed Mt. Baldy as a teenager.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation regarding music, art, art history, politics, anything humanities related.

Would love to share insight and knowledge regarding photography/journalism/the music industry, and meet people who can teach me more about those fields.

I'd also love to link up with fellow DJs!

I used to be a boy scout so I can teach knots and how to cook certain dishes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States