"Faber est suae quisque Fortunae. - Every man is the maker of their own destiny." Appius Claudius Caecus
Some random facts:
I play these instruments:
Piano
Harpsichord
Various guitars
Bassoon
Flute
Kena
Sampona
I sing.
Recording Platform: ProTools LE
Vocal Microphone: Neumann TLM 49
Other Phantom-powered Microphones: AT4040, AT3060
Electric Guitars: Fender Stratocaster, 3 Ibanez custom guitars
Electric Bass: Paul McCartney violin bass
Classical Guitars: Yamaha concert, Spanish flamenco, Spanish Classical, Czech Classical
Acoustic Guitar: Mexican Paracho
Scholastic mishaps:
B.A. in Biological Sciences
M.B.A. (Concentrations in International Business and Marketing)
Know Europe Groupe Normandie Program Certificate
M.S. Government Administration Candidate
Studied in:
University of Illinois at Chicago
Roosevelt University
Flemish Business School in Belgium
Hogeschool-Haarlem in Netherlands
ESC-Normandie in France
Universitat Politecnica Catalunya in Spain
Passions: life, history (Roman and Byzantine Empires), languages (English, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin), sciences (biology, astronomy, psychology, sociology, cross-cultural studies), fine red wine, travel, martial arts (18 years kung-fu), poetry (Latin, English Romantic, Spanish), literature, film (historical, intelligent sci-fi, action, French comedy).
Books: The Bible, Kamen a bolest, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Vampire Chronicles, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Byzantium (Norwitch), Red and Black, The Charterhouse of Parma
Favorite composers: J.S. Bach/J.D. Zelenka
Favorite poets: Catullus, S.T. Coleridge
Favorite novelist: Stendhal
Favorite painters: Caravaggio, C.D. Friedrich, N. von Richthofen
Favorite woman (alive): My Mother
Favorite woman (dead): Arria
Favorite food: Thi
Favorite drinks: Absinthe, Red Wine
Favorite color: Sky Blue
Favorite mood: Melancholy