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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Constant learner, Musician, choral singer
  • MA in Music Composition, Queen's University, Belfast
  • From Ballymena, N Ireland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To have an adventurous life.

ABOUT ME

Aside from my consuming passion, which is music, I have an eclectic range of interests and an insatiable appetite for learning. I am a voracious reader of non-fiction on the topics of music, the natural world, health, architecture, cuisine, science and economics. I have special interest in self sufficiency, natural building methods, food, and agriculture sparked by reading John Seymour's "The complete book of Self Sufficiency". I spent a period of six months helpxing and wwoofing in France. It is the desire to understand the world and solve problems that makes me tick. I love cooking, eating, and good conversation.

PHILOSOPHY

Make your life an adventure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted small number of surfers, and I have surfed once.

Interests

Music, choral singing, drumming, architecture, social dynamics, body language, health, art, agriculture, food, drink, self improvement, EFT, NLP, amassing knowledge

  • arts
  • books
  • singing
  • architecture
  • dining
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • reading
  • music
  • agriculture
  • economics
  • mathematics
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Complete Guide to Self Sufficiency - John Seymour
The Nature of Order - Christopher Alexander
American Beauty
The Godfather

Teach, Learn, Share

I like learning from visionaries, people of experience and bookworms.

I can teach things about music (tuning, theory, maths of music, aural skills, sight singing).

I love sharing knowledge on many topics. If you know Myers-Briggs I'm an INTJ, so reading, amassing knowledge and constructing theories is what I do well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Hungary, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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