Hey,

my name is Erik, I am originally from a small town near Aschaffenburg, Germany, but since I study music I live in Würzburg. // At the moment I am spending a year abroad in Rochester, NY, USA at the Eastman School of Music.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Well... mainly because it is a good thing to offer someone a free sleeping berth in a city he or she visits and get the same thing back in return ;-) Apart from that, it is always great to have the opportunity to meet interesting and cool people!

Interests

I study music, so music is the thing I live and die for! I play various instruments, mainly the guitar (classical and electric guitar) and the piano. I also like to sing, it doesn't matter if it is in a classical choir or in Rock/Pop/Folk-Bands.
I also collect records, I own a few hundred now... expensive, but worth it.

Furthermore I like hanging out with my friends, drink some beer, eat good things and talk for hours with them about the most important and the most unimportant things ;-)

• singing
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• music
• guitar
• piano

Music, Movies, and Books

Since it seems almost impossible to define my musical taste in a few sentences, I will give it a try by saying: Almost everything as long as it is good, handmade and soulful stuff! Just a few mentions:
Steven Wilson, The Skints, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Punch Brothers, Neil Young, Jamaram, Opeth, Jahcoustix, Joe Cocker, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Felix Mendelssohn, Lianne LaHavas, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Queen, Pain of Salvation, The Gladiators, Frank Zappa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Astor Piazzolla, Everlast, Pantera, Snarky Puppy, Angus & Julia Stone, Zaz, Quatuor Ebène, Onda Vaga, Johannes Brahms, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, Eminem, K.I.Z., Mach One & Darn, Johnny Cash, Phillip Glass, Hilary Hahn, Guthrie Govan, Dub Reggae... and the list goes on and on and on...

Movies? Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, The Babadook, the Game of Thrones-series, Silence of the lambs, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Gloomy Sunday, Saw I, Inception, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski....

For books I like, I'd rather list some authors: Stephen King, Hermann Hesse, Charles Bukowski, J.K. Rowling

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed the Ezo-Fuji in Japan... that was an awesome experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

Well.... maybe I can teach you some guitar playing and you can teach me how to cook something delicious in return? Or we just hang out, talk and drink some beer ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States