CURRENT MISSION

Music travel in Japan. Promote music and well-being. Share my knowledge and discoveries.

ABOUT ME

I am passionate about music and writing. I love life and enjoy the time to accept what it offers better. Meet people and discuss life in general is something that. I love since I was child. I am also passionate about cooking, my grandmother always brought me knowledge and has developed this passion in me that. I share with my friends and people I meet.

PHILOSOPHY

"Notre personnalité sociale est une création de la pensée des autres."

Proust, Marcel, in "A la recherche du temps perdu"

["Our social personality is a creation of the thought of the other"]

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The encounter with the Other is the only way to meet oneself.

Interests

Art, Music, Kitchen, nature, photography, paint, art performance, sound design, philosophy, human sciences,

• arts
• writing
• performing arts
• design
• photography
• cooking
• chocolate
• coffee
• yoga
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• cycling
• teaching
• green tea
• matcha

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, Rock, Experimental, Ethnic, Funk, literary tests, poetry, OuLiPo, …

| Music | Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Francis Bebey, Orlando "Puntilla" Rios, Art Blakey, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Luciano "Chano" Pozo, Roy Haynes, Duke Ellington, Thelionus Monk, Cyro Baptista, François Kokelaere, Miguel Gomez, Milian Galis "Bata", Airto Moreira, Mongo Santamaria, Poncho Sanchez, Ray Barretto, Leon Parker, Ari Hoenig, Dafnis Prieto, Miguel "Anga" Diaz, Henri Guédon, Francisco Aguabella, Pelo El Afrokan, Giovanni Hidalgo, Changuito, Horacio "El Negro Hernandez", Scott Amendola, Charlie Hunter, Billy Martin aka Illy B, John Medeski, Chris Wood & The Wood Brothers, Joe Zawinul, Chili Gonzales, The Roots, Steve Coleman, Lee Scratch Perry, Robby Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Monty Alexander, Beastie Boys, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Jacky Terrasson, Samuel Newsome, Lex Sadler, David Bowie, Arthur H, Steve Shehan, Boby Lapointe, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Georges Brassens, Boris Vian, …

| Films | Sacha Guitry [Faisons un rêve, Le diable boiteux …] - Charlie Chaplin [Le cirque] - Akira Kurosawa [Les salauds dorment en paix]

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I fought and I am cured of cancer when I was a child, I am cycling 250km in one day, and I also managed not to sleep for three days! But I believe that life holds many surprises and that nothing is ever won!

Teach, Learn, Share

musical theory, percussion, life!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good meal.
Tea time. Coffee time and homemade chocolate cake.
Discoveries and musical encounters.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Cuba, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan