CURRENT MISSION

Writing music, Podcasting, Learning

ABOUT ME

I'm a singer, composer, podcaster. I enjoy cooking, and good coffee. I have an insatiable appetite for knowledge.
I search for the hidden magic in the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Be good to people.

I make live electronica with my band Beacon Bloom

www.beaconbloom.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Give and the world gives back. Repeat.

Interests

Discovery, travel, reading, music, film, great apes, nature, cooking, immersive event curation, nutrition, novelty, people, altered states, geopolitics/power structures, philosophy...

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Catch me if you can, Into the Wild, District 9, Samsara

Series: Mr Robot, Game of Thrones, Shameless, Westworld, Rick and Morty, Maniac, Scavengers Reign

Music: Hozier, Gotye, Todd Terje, J.Views, Jeff Buckley, Thrice, John Mayer, Incubus, Mumford and Sons, The Civil Wars, Karnivool, Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Beatles, Michael Jackson, Boy and Bear, Radiohead, Local Natives, Pink Floyd, UMO, Bonobo, The 1975, Max Cooper, Moderat, Noah Gunderson, London Grammar, Florence + and the Machine

Books: SHANTARAM, LOTR, Ishmael, The Light of Other Days, Dublin, Sex at Dawn, Waking Up, Curious Incident, Superintelligence, Three Body Problem, Judas Unchained, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Waste Tide, 1Q74, Shogun, Sapiens, Name of the Wind, The Three Body Pronlem

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Performing/recording original music in a huge empty earthquake-damaged water reservoir
Or swimming in Bioluminescent algae in Mallorca...stars below the water and above.

Teach, Learn, Share

Guitar, vocals, songwriting, music production/recording and music-y things in general.

Podcasting

NZ culture

Asian cooking

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music :) stories. Good conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom