CURRENT MISSION

To teach and sing and play my way across the Planet

ABOUT ME

I'm a newly qualified primary teacher working in Dublin and will hopefully moving back to my home town Dundalk after the summer. I spend every spare second i have playing, practicing, recording or listening to music. I play in 4 bands; A Rage Against the Machine Tribute (bulls on parade), A Johnny Cash tribute band, a Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute (Red Hot Cherry Poppers) and an original band called Painting by Numbers. In the bands i play bass but i also play guitar and sing. Im busy every weekend practising or gigging and live for both.
I'm a big sports fan too particularly playing and watching soccer and Gaelic games and i'm a Man Utd fanatic!
My aim, having finished my studies just this year, is to play music and travel as much as I possibly can before i settle into a permanent teaching position.
I did some volunteer teaching work in Nairobi Kenya last summer and would be extremely keen to continue working as a volunteer in the future and plan to return to Kenya as soon as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

'Music saves'
'It's better to regret something you did, than something you didn't do' - Flea
Other than these words i'm not sure i've figured out what i'm all about yet, still plenty of time though i hope!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I only found out about this project at the weekend when sleeping on a mates couch after a gig. He told me about how he couch-surfed across canada and the US. I thought it was the best idea ever and with a trip from New York to LA planned in July i thought id check it out! I'll have to see how i can participate a little more but i guess i can start by offering my couch in Dublin city centre up to anyone whos interested!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet!Well not officially anyway, have slept on lots of couches though.

Interests

Music - all kinds of everything! Play bass and guitar and sing a bit.
Sport - soccer, gaelic football, basketball, cycling
Travelling - inspired by Paul Theroux, Michael Palin and Ewan and Charley from 'the long way round/down'.

• singing
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies- Shawshank Redemption, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, La Haine, Superbad, Lord of the Rings, Walk the Line, Forrest Gump, Patch Adams, Lost in Translation, Blue Harvest, Borat, Constant Gardner
Music - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Sigur Ros, Josh Ritter, Damien Rice, Declan O'Rourke, Air, Daft Punk, Deftones, Death Cab for Cutie, John Frusciante, John Martin and everythin else thats on my ipod!

Books - Any thing by Wilbur Smith

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Its not that amazing because lots of people do this sort of thing but it felt amazing when i was there; i taught in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya last summer and it really changed my outlook on life in a huge way.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, fun, stories, local knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Kenya, Spain, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Ireland