I am a musician and a recent MBA graduate from India. Have been living here in the Netherlands from Oct'18. Primarily I am a singer/vocalist but I amateurishly also play the guitar, flute and djembe. Apart from music, I also like photography and video making. I did my undergrad in fashion technology, started my career with Converse, worked for a formal shirts company and then finally started a company for open mic events in Bangalore. Travel has always been a big part of my life and I really think travel and music go hand in hand.

Instagram: par.cha, parthchauhanmusic
Youtube: youtube.com/pc222pc

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Music has always been the ice-breaker for me and I would like to use this platform to do that with fellow travellers and possibly musicians. Also, foodies, sports enthusiasts, designers, artists, Potterheads, stamp collectors, photographers, videographers, philosophers. I have been a member of CS from 2012 but the account was deactivated, and now I am planning to be active on this platform again and meet awesome people.
One more reason is to let people know about true Indianess and hopefully to change their negative perceptions and stereotypes of Indians that they might have :)

Interests

I did a Pechakucha presentation on Creative Sagacity a few weeks back, and I think it is a good way to know more about me and my interests, check it out:

https://www.pechakucha.com/cities/maastricht/presentations/creative-sagacity

• singing
• vegetarian
• music
• guitar
• badminton
• flute
• youtuber
• sound design
• sound
• table-tennis
• pingpong

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Harry Potter, Dan Brown, Sidney Sheldon, Amish Tripathi, Asura, Devdutt, Inner Engineering - Sadhguru, Jugaad, The Namesake, The Inheritance of Loss

Movies and TV - I like dark and realistic content, comedy, documentaries, art movies, period dramas and, Black Mirror, Christopher Nolan, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, Silicon Valley, Marvellous Mrs Maisel,

Music - Olafur Arnalds, AR Rahman, Coldplay, Radiohead, System of Down, Ciggerettes after Sex, Arijit Singh, Toe, Ghazal, Coke Studio Pakistan, Papon, Young the Giant

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started a company in Bangalore for artists of sound - Dhvani.
http://dhvani.co.in
https://www.youtube.com/dhvanibangalore

Did a 25km trek in Barot valley in Himachal (India) followed by paragliding in Bir-Billing. It was one hell of an experience :D

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach - Music, Flute, Guitar, MS Excel, solving a Rubik's cube, Sound Editing, Video Editing, Fundamentals of Photography, English, Hindi,

Want to learn - Music theory, how to read music, Adobe ecosystem - PremierPro specifically

Can share - theories about GOT, Harry Potter, alternate theory books, philosophy about life and it's purpose

What I Can Share with Hosts

Everything except my undergarments :p

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Netherlands