CURRENT MISSION

To explore, dig in, learn, and write about my experiences!

ABOUT ME

I am a musician, primarily a drummer/percussionist. I love being in new places, meeting new people, speaking languages other than my mother tongue. I love painting and drawing, cooking and eating, thinking and discussing.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to question my motives, think things through, and then plunge in and try to get the deepest into life that I can. I try to excel wherever I am, and however I can. I strive to do no harm to feelings or bodies. I am beginning to truly believe that, with conscious and sustained effort, and through the grace of God, many things become possible.... I can learn new skills, open my mind to new ways of seeing the world... One door closes, another opens...We are all taken care of...we get what we need to live!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been hosted in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Mexico...Just moving in Brooklyn NY, hoping to start hosting soon!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been hosted in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Mexico...Just moving in Brooklyn NY, hoping to start hosting soon!

Interests

Music
Language
Art
Food
Architecture
Almost everything....

• arts
• architecture
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• boxing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The science of sleep, Amelie, L'Auberge Espanole, 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, the Big Lebowski...and many more..
Music:
Too many favorites to mention:
I love salsa, rumba, afrobeat, jazz, funk, reggae, soul, balkan and middle eastern music and many types of traditional music
Books: Also many...right now, I'm reading a lot of travel books: The Songlines, Samba, Shadow of the Silk Road, a Time of Gifts...etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is a hard box to fill. I have seen and done many amazing things, as have we all. I am not interested in bragging. Moments that stay with me: Being taken in by a beautiful old couple when i was traveling by bike in france...Meeting a broke Californian builder in a French town of 100 persons..Trying to order a sandwich in flemish belgium, just miles from the french border, and finding the kind lady and i shared no common tongue, i let her make me the oddest sandwich i have ever eaten....playing bike tag in amsterdam....oh, many things....

Teach, Learn, Share

I can offer drum lessons, from basic rhythm skills to specific instrument skills, beats, approaches, etc...

Countries I’ve Visited

Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States