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  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Portuguese
  • 49, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Musician/performer/guitar innovator
  • B.A. Internation Relations from SFSU, MA Latin American S...
  • From San Francisco
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My mission and objective is to share my musical innovation to the rest of the world while bringing spiritual inspiration.

ABOUT ME

I am a guitar innovator and have been a full time performer since 2002. I've been playing guitar for 22 years and always dreamed of eventually sharing my music with the world. As I grew into adulthood I put music on the side and pursued an academic career, gaining a B.A. in International Relations at San Francisco State University and then a Master's Degree at UC Berkeley. Intrigued to learn about the world and travel I dove deep into this field while doing music as a hobby. Nevertheless, about ten years ago I began to have a spiritual awakening that began nagging at me to return to my musical self and develop many ideas I had been ruminating on for years. In this quest I traveled to Montreal on a whim after speaking to a friend I met while traveling in Brazil who told me that it was a good place for music and that I could play in the Metro there. Having been awarded a generous grant from my graduate program I decided to travel there in the summer of 2002 and there experienced a waterfall of inspiration that culminated in a quantum evolution of my music and an unexpected explosion of success there. At that point I decided to shed my academic body and pursue a musical/spiritual path which has been a beautiful journey. Having developed a unique performance style called 'scratch guitar' I am today considered one of the most innovative guitarists/live loopers in the world, gaining the sponsorship of Line6, a major music manufacturing company. I am a dedicated artist and hope to share my unique artform for the betterment of the world. (you can see samples of my performance at youtube.com/thegeniemusic)

PHILOSOPHY

Having participated in a Buddhist Meditation class for almost a year, I am deeply moved by Buddhist philosophy based on compassion and spiritual transcendence.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As a new member of Couch Surfing, currently on the road in Europe, I"m looking forward to spreading the word about it and eventually reciprocating the kindness from my home in San Francisco.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am currently traveling through Europe with a bike-music tour called the Pleasant Revolution (pleasantrevolution.net). We are travelling through 12 countries in 6 months all the way from California entirely on bike (we took a train to New York and a ship to England). Along the way we have stayed with various hosts who support our cause as well as camped along the way. This will be my first experience using the CouchSurf services.

Interests

Guitar, DJ'ing, biking, spiritual exploration, meditation, world affairs

  • performing arts
  • education
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • teaching
  • international relations
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Short Cuts, Amores Perros, Vanilla Sky, Scarface, The Professional, Fantastic Planet, and many more
Books: Keys of Enoch, A Lesson Before Dying, 1984, Brave New World

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have contributed to the world of music by developing unique stylistic musical innovations. I would say this ranks as my biggest and most important contribution to the world as it has moved, educated, and inspired millions of people around the world, a quest I intend to see till the end.

Teach, Learn, Share

Having lived in various parts of the world, studying the world from an academic and personal standpoint, and speaking multiple languages, I have become a worldly scholar of sorts, always open to engaging in discussion and mutual education. I am also always happy to share my musical abilities and ideas for the enjoyment and inspiration of all. Th

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