CURRENT MISSION

See new plaes, meet new people, have new experiences.

ABOUT ME

I am a Composer/Songwriter/Musician. Have done pretty well for myself doing the music thing, but lately it has become more difficult.

PHILOSOPHY

This has been constantly developing since I was a child - it still is and will continue to for awhile. I will think about it some more and complete this later.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just learned about couch surfing this evening from my brother, so right now I'm just looking for some places to crash. When I'm done traveling, I will definitely share my couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet

Interests

Music, Composing, Songwriting, Photography, Kabbalah, meeting new and interesting people, having intelligent conversations, having silly conversations, making the world a better place, affecting everyone I meet positively.

• photography
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Deja Vu, Love Actually, The Sandlot, V for Vendetta, The Fountainhead (1949), Zelig, August Rush, The Illusionist, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Rookie, A Beautiful Mind, The Return of Martin Guerre, Sommersby, Napoleon Dynamite, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Tous Les Matins Du Monde, The Notebook, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Dangerous Liaisons, Benny & Joon

Music: MuteMath, Earthsuit, Rush, Tower of Power, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Thomas Dolby, Yes, Frank Zappa, Kansas, Earth Wind & Fire, Angelique Kidjo, Iron & Wine, Michael Omartian, Charlie Peacock, Club of the Sons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Blood Sweat & Tears, Dr. John, Alan Parsons Project, Sting, Robert Palmer, Macrosick, John Mayer, Spike Jones, Level 42, They Might Be Giants, Chagall Guevara, Pink Floyd, The Swirling Eddies, Crazy 8's, Daniel Amos, Negu Gorriak, The Daddies, Tiny Hat Orchestra, Vector, Crash Test Dummies, Zaldibobo, Keith Green, Geoffrey Oryema, Steve Taylor, Fermin Muguruza, Paul Simon, Mr. Mister, Papa Wemba, The Style Council, Al Stewart, Oscar Peterson, Ginastera, Hindemith, Ives, Milhaud, Stravinsky, Nelhybel, Prokofiev

Books: A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole), Anthem (Ayn Rand), Essays Before a Sonata (Charles Ives), I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb), Godel, Escher, Bach (Douglas Hofstadter), On the Road (Jack Kerouac), The Confessions of Max Tivoli (Andrew Sean Greer), Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky), Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy), Job: A Comedy of Justice (Robert Heinlein), Short Stories: Harrison Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut), The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe), The Lottery (Shirley Jackson), Pretty much anything by the following authors: C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allan Poe, Kurt Vonnegut, James Thurber, Philip Roth, Frank Peretti

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just one thing? How about at least two.

I have witnessed the birth of four children - a truly amazing experience!

This one's probably not so amazing to most of you, but it was to my friends and family at the time - I hopped on Amtrak and moved from Seattle to New Orleans with nothing but a suitcase and about $80.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a published composer with a degree in Music Composition. I consider myself to be a pretty decent teacher who can explain music theory in understandable ways.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States