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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Dutch
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2017
  • Musician/Student
  • Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Northwestern University
  • From Champaign, IL, USA
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

I'm a saxophonist getting my Master's degree in jazz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. I'm originally from a town south of Chicago in the US. I love traveling and spent several years playing saxophone on cruise ships. My passions are jazz music, photography, and travel. I also enjoy reading, talking to people smarter than me about things I don't know about, and the odd beer or three. Also, Game of Thrones! The books and show

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

While I love traveling with friends, I also love solo traveling as I end up meeting many more locals and end up getting a better understanding of the local culture. My favorite memories from traveling often aren't the major sights, but the random interactions I have with people from around the world during the "mundane" parts of the day.

Interests

  • books
  • architecture
  • beer
  • politics
  • traveling
  • jazz
  • photograph
  • landscape photography

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES/TV
Game of Thrones
Silver Lining's Playbook
Rick and Morty
Bojack Horseman
Orange is the New Black

BOOKS
The Three Body Problem
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
The Innocents Abroad

MUSIC (I like stuff old pseudo intellectuals like)
John Coltrane
Chris Potter
Mark Turner
Dexter Gordon
Sonny Rollins
Ben Webster etc. etc. etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In the dead of night, raced out in front of a police car in St. Petersburg Russia to enlist their help rescuing my friends from the creepiest locked bar and 3 giant bouncers.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to play Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, how to read music, and if you don't know how to play piano if you don't know any piano.

What I Can Share with Hosts

See above

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States

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