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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning French, Swedish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • student / educator / musician
  • High school and a degree in electronics
  • From Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Geographical and musical growth

ABOUT ME

I'm an open nice guy who is easy to be around and doesn't mind having fun, but just taking it easy sometimes is always an option!

PHILOSOPHY

"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
- Bruce Lee

"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security."
- John Allen Paulos

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

To date, I have only been to one CS meet in Vienna, June 2012, but I'm hoping to become more active

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The aforementioned CS meet in Vienna has been my only CS experience so far, but I really enjoyed it! A nice group of kind people who we're great conversation company :)

Interests

I don't read as much as I should and often I 'll watch a movie rather than grab a book to read. Skateboarding and certain forms of art are very close to my heart. My biggest passion in life, though, is music: playing, listening to, writing, recording...

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • music
  • skateboarding

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
I enjoy good comedies and sci-fi movies the most, I suppose.
Some movie makers I really like:
Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Hayao Miyazaki, Quentin Tarantino, Terry Gilliam, Shinichiro Watanabe, Ridley Scott, Wes Anderson, Judd Apatow, The Coen Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Kaufman, Stacy Peralta...

Music: I play guitar, so the music I listen to revolves a lot around that, so mostly rock, metal, alternative.
Some favorites worth mentioning:
Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin, Mastodon, Jack White (all projects), Black Sabbath, Gorillaz, Kvelertak, Beastie Boys, Dr. John, Kasabian, The Hellacopters, Rage Against The Machine, The Who, Gallows...

Books: I like biographies a lot. "On The Road" was excellent! "The Zen of Guitar" has lots of good advice to go by in both life and, of course, guitar playing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are a number of gigs that have left a really deep impression on me! Likewise getting up on stage and getting people going is awesome!

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to talk to others about esoteric parts of life.
I can jam with you...!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, United States

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