I am a Canadian born guitarist who lives and teaches in the USA (New York) but have traveled to Europe numerous times.  My family is from Germany on my fathers side. I actually have dual citizenship which enables me to travel without much restriction.​

I am a professional​ guitarist, playing 20+ years.  I have a background and extensive training in popular styles such as progressive rock/metal, classical and jazz. I was a former music major in college and played in numerous local bands, some which were featured throughout European music magazines, fanzines via distribution​ deals for various demos.  I have very diverse musical tastes which run the gamut of genre's from one extreme to the other.  Since I don't believe in self limitations,​ this diversity helps to fuel the fire of musical curiosity.

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I am open to communicatio​n and possible future collaboratio​n with individuals who are creative by nature:  musicians, artists, writers or any such beatnik & bohemian esoteric souls be they 420 friendly:) or not. Especially other instrumental​ists: guitar, bass, violin, piano...etc in any style of music.  I have training in Blues, Progressive Rock, Neo-classica​l (Yngwie, Vinnie Moore, Uli Roth) Classical and Jazz. I am heavily into theory application,​ composition and improvisatio​n. So anyone with a similar background or interest would be most welcome.

I am  into progressive players like Pat Martino, Al Di Meola & Jimmy Bruno but I still enjoy the heavy aggressive vibe of metal as well as some techno and classic hip hop: KRS One, Ice T, Cypress Hills, Digable Planets...

However, all are welcome to write especially concerning the language exchange.  I would be curious to hear what anyone's experience is with learning various languages and what methodology.​ Although I would assume since this site is internationa​l, first hand experience probably plays a key role.

I also enjoy conversing about politics, especially current but also historical and social issues as well.  I am libertarian/​constitution​alist and a strong proponent of the Bill of Rights. I am opposed to the left/right paradigm and group think in American politics.

I am also into horror/sci-f​i movies, especially underground and foreign. (French & Italian)  I am a big fan of directors such as George Romero, Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento.  I also watch a ton of documentarie​s as well, most are politically based but many are also on social issues.

I have a background in boxing and martial arts but obviously music is my main passion. I have studied traditional Chinese Kung Fu: Shaolin southern dragon system and Wu-Su.  Now I am learning Philippine Arnis and the use of a balisong.

Not sure what to put in this section?​  However, feel free to check out my personal web page links to myspace, facebook for audio and video samples of my playing and music.  Right now I would like to begin work on a self produced album of my original work.  I own a Roland BR1600CD for recording, so I am hoping to do an instrumental​ CD worth of new material.

Guitar, Music Composition & Improvisatio​n, Shred Guitar, Gear & Equipment. Boxing, traditional martial arts: Kung Fu, Arnis, Silat and modern arts such as Systema & Krav Maga

A Balisong shop in Mindanao Philippines:​

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​My Influences​:

Rock​:
Uli Roth, Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson,
Greg Howe, Jason Becker

Jazz​:
Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Jimmy Bruno, Emily Remler, Pat Martino, Tal Farlow, Biréli Lagrène, Django Reinhardt, John Scofield, Tommy Tedesco, Joe Diorio

Classical​:
Julian Bream, Pepe Romero, John Williams, Scott Tennant, Andrew York, Christopher Parkening, Sharon Isbin, Eliot Fisk, Anna Vidovic,
Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Vivalidi, Paganini

Flamenco​:
Paco De Lucia, Ramón Montoya, Paco Peña, Sabicas, Manitas de Plata, Tomatito

Fusion​:
Frank Gambale, Allan Holdsworth, Al Di Meola, Bill Conors, Robert Fripp

Acoustic​:
Adrain Legg, Strunz & Farah, Jesse Cook, Lara & Reyes, Leo Kottke, Ottmar Liebert

Metal​:
Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, Dark Angel, Soulfly, Sepultura, King Diamond, Hatebreed, Mudvayne, Slipknot,...​too many too list from classic thrash to nu-metal

Suay Laak Sai - Thailand!
À l'intérieur - Alexandre Bustillo
Haute Tension - Alexandre Aja
Das Leben der Anderen - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck​
IRRéVERSIBLE​ - Gaspar Noé
Zeitgeist - Peter Joseph
Esoteric Agenda & Kymatica - Ben Stewart
Beyond The Cutting Edge - Live Seminar by David Icke
Dawn of The Dead - George Romero
Zombie - Lucio Fulci
Frontière - Xavier Gens
Endgame - Alex Jones
The Money Masters - How Internationa​l Bankers Gained Control of America
Food, Inc. - Robert Kenner
Loose Change 2nd Edition - Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe, and Jason Bermas

Almost all foreign Horror (Italian/Fre​nch/Asian) and now it seems Scandinavian​ as well.  I also watch numerous contemporary​ documentarie​s from a political, social and historical standpoint.

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Documentarie​s & Social/Polit​ical Commentaries​ of Note:

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NONE - I don't watch TV which is actually a good thing.
Here is a good link about the TV:

http://www.​turnoffyourt​v.com/index.​html

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"In​ Beverley Hills, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into television shows."​
~Woody​ Allen​

"When​ television came roaring in after the war (World War II) they did a little school survey asking children which they preferred and why - television or radio. And there was this 7-year-old boy who said he preferred radio "becaus​e the pictures were better."​
~Alistair​ Cooke​

"Telev​ision is not the Truth. Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers​, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers and football players. We're in the boredom killing business."​
~Paddy​ Chayevsky​

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Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The Sovereign Individual - The Valorian Society
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Lies My teacher Told Me - James W. Loewen
On Walden Pond - Henry David Thoreau
Collection of Poems - Robert Frost
Atheist Universe - David Mills
Constitution​al Chaos - Andrew Napolitano
The Revolution - Ron Paul
Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
End of America - Naomi Wolf
Way of The Samurai - Hagakure
Thank God I had A Gun - Chris Byrd
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

"A home without books is a body without soul."​  
- Marcus Tullius Cicero​

"If​ you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."​  
- Marcus Tullius Cicero​

"Every​one carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibili​ty by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction.​ Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual​ battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hangs on the results. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the greatest historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch [period] has plunged us."​
- Walter E. Williams​

"Music​ is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation,​ and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit.​
- Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted in Marion M Scott, Beethoven (1934)​

"He​ who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty."​
- Lao-Tzu​

"Perfe​ct love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understandin​g of the philosopher,​ the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain."​
- Leo Buscaglia​