CURRENT MISSION

Play and sing, anywhere they'll have me.

ABOUT ME

Brought up in the coal mining valleys of South Wales. Life long musician/singer. Moved to Austin TX USA in 91 to pursue a songwriting career, then Nashville TN in 96 to write "Country". Now on the Folk/Celtic/acoustc singer/songwriter circuit, traveling over most of the US, and back and forth to Europe.GRAND PRIZE WINNER - 08 JOHN LENNON Songwriting Contest.Won the 07 Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival "New Folk" competition.Have been returning to England/Wales/Ireland and Scandinavia to do some music tours, and participating/teaching at several songwriting retreats in Europe, including Sweden, Ireland, Crete, Denmark etc.

PHILOSOPHY

Whatever you do comes back. That simple.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I jumped the pond, I found myself sleeping on couches a lot. As a traveling musician, I still do . . . Glad to find a community of like minded folks across the world - gives me a chance to give back some Karma, and get out and meet some of the most generous of heart.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed and hosted. Nothing but GREAT experiences! Made wonderful friends.

Interests

Love talking to people. Creating music with people. Performing, writing songs. Traveling. . . . just as well really.

• writing
• singing
• festivals
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• swimming
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies? Once, I Am Sam, Little Voice - yeah I know, I'm a softy.
Books? How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, Sharon Kay Penman historical novels, Lord Of The Rings, Douglas Adams, etc. Lots of non-fiction too.
Music? Now this could be a long and varied list, and a long and passionate discussion into the wee hours . . .

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living, performing, and having fun in the USA for the last 21 odd years. Wow is it 21 already?
Learning to swim in the seas off Crete. Recently paraglided in the Swiss Alps.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach songwriting and co-writing, guitar, vocal techniques, at songwriting retreats - Ireland, Scandinavia, Crete etc.
I have taught Tai Chi, but that's a few years ago now :O)

And somehow my name gets mentioned when people arrive new to Nashville. I've lived here since 06 - guess I've learned a few things about the music scene here in town. Happy to pass it on.

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