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JAZZ & BOSSA NOVA musicians welcome!
& artists & craft people!
communication and creativity wish.
first of all and MOST IMPORTANT:
---PLEASE read the entire profile in case you want to contact me.
-stay for at least 3 weeks!
-be serious about helping to bringing this project forward.
-have initiative and creativity to develop house and garden. let me know when you have time to be with the project. once you start working have a half day time so we achieve a result. please give me an idea how much time you can participate. the morning hours starting at eight or nine are the best time for me to move because then i have most energie. so people who want to give me their time- please give in the morning! later may be difficult for me.
-woodworkers and other technicians very much longed for and appreciated for renovating this previous horse stable.
-some times in the week i have to go out. one person has to stay with the house then. we MUST make arrangements accordingly. this is very important because i have suffered a lot by being too isolated here in the middle of nowhere. i want to keep my mental health which is endangered otherwise!
-free time will always be enough for everybody.
-please note that i have some health issues that make me sensitive against noise and stress! so if you are a dominating person and use to speak a lot with loud voice that may be a problem for me. i chose a quiet enviroment because i need it. also when people are very actively and constantly tellig stories or intervieving others - i may not enjoy or not be interested. some people behave as if i would not be present. please keep in mind that i may want to feel pleasant in my home also when other people are here. i want to connect with everybody who comes here but it happens that there come people and we can not share anything. we have only one big space here that is for everybody's use. less may be more when it is deeper. i hope you understand this worry about myself and the atmosphere in my home. i had to send away several people who really did not fit here and made stress to me and sometimes to everybody. that should better not happen again!
THE IDEA: is to build a place for art- and music workshops in my 60 sqm cottage. I am a fluteplayer and hope to get some jazz musicians here. i play ONLY jazz- and latin music! but i do like elments from other interesting genres like classical, gipsy or oriental. the place is not yet ready to make fotos all around. the progress is slow but i hope i can fulfill my dream some day.
IMPORTANT: this is NOT a hostel neither a business- but my private home that i like to share. Nobody else is living here, but some visitors stayed for many months. unfortunately i cannot offer free food to many people (my income is very small) but you have a free stay. as a pensionar i am lucky to be rid of payed work, but i want to grow as a musician and make the place comfortable for everyone.
the place may be a bit messy because some renovations are taking place all the time.
YOU NEED TO HAVE INICIATIVE and time to move your hands and feet. i will not ask for your time so please offer it to me! I am not a good boss to push or pull anybody. i like to have people here who help to realize my ideas because i run out of energy and motivation. if you can help me to make this place comfortable i will be amazed to see my dream become true with your envolvement. if you cannot then lets make music and forget about it. best case scenario is a jazzband to visit and we play together. something like Herbie Hancock's compositions for example. piano, organ and two guitars are waiting. if you are not a jazz musician - i like all the arts so maybe we can meet elsewhere. if you are ok with all this- please come to visit!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
fresh air, silence, marvelous starry sky, view on El Teide mountain and ocean, creativity, teamwork and first of all lets make music!
Help
first of all woodwork and other technical, manual help.
however jazz musicians help most.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Finnish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
please bring many laguages and let's swap them all! finnish would be appreciated most.
Accommodation
mix of hostel and camping.
different than in hostel there is a curtain in front of the beds so you are optically seperated. you can see that in one of the fotos. there are five sleeping places and a sofa, living room and kitchen all in the same building. the shower has warm water only when the sun is shining. the water is limited (i have to pay for exceeding it) and the garden needs a lot. that's why we have be carefull with water consume. best to carry the shower water to the plants. but soap water has to be thrown away! so if you need to use a lot of soap that may be a serious problem which i had with two persons and do not want again. at the beach there is a free unlimited shower (but also there they may not like the soapwater to go straight into the sea). the toilet is not flashable with water. if you need more comfort you will find it all around the island.
What else ...
my place is in San Isidro, sothern part of the island close to the sothern airport "Reina Sofia". about 350m above sea level. El Medano is a short busride away. that´s a cosy little beach- town which is not overloaded with tourists like some others. it is also a windsurfer's paradise with ideal conditions.
this is a dusty and sandy desert area with much wind. desert people do not have big collection of hygene and cleaning agents.
asked about allergies i would have to tell that deodorant smell can make me feel unwell. natural etheric oils or other natural aromes however are very ok for me. my favourite one is bergamot.
unfortunately the close surrounding is partly used as a waste dump. but there is plenty of genuine desert and clean, fresh air around too! a lot of silence and a splendid night sky!
by genuine i mean it looks like it looked before humans came to this island (if you don't look too close). we could not get profit from the desert, so we left it like it was. like god has created it for us.
that is why this island- although it follows the rules of modern egoistic society- also has a part of paradise left in my eyes. in my neighbourhood.
i will be happy to enjoy this peaceful and quiet environment with you!
Manfred
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can possibly accept pets
Lilly my dog is happy about play mates. when it comes to cats i'm not sure how she will react...
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
we will agree
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Riccardo is a rolemodel for me! all the time he uses his time. he had a lot of time for me and was constantly offering his time and muscles. he made all the hard work in the garden that i wanted to avoid because it would have taken muuuuch more time for me.
his other talents are playing music, drawing, writing. he has a large source of energy… read more
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Riccardo is a rolemodel for me! all the time he uses his time. he had a lot of time for me and was constantly offering his time and muscles. he made all the hard work in the garden that i wanted to avoid because it would have taken muuuuch more time for me.
his other talents are playing music, drawing, writing. he has a large source of energy… read more
Our… read more
let's wish that many people and children will have the chance to see… read more
making phone calls and meet people in order to speak with them- she enjoys it! super translator! because her english is hundred times better than my spanish. so she was able to… read more
hope to see you again Annalena!
try to reach out for her! if you reach her you will be lucky!
for sure!
wish you many more… read more
Manfred is an extremely welcoming and… read more
it was amazing to listen his exotic flute music- he spent a lot of time with that and i admire the seriousness of his music- atitude. he also had a lot of time to help in the garden, care very good for Lilly and all kind of movement participating in everything and being very good friend of everybody. indeed we… read more
We (me and my 7yo son) spent 2 weeks together with him, his dog Lily and others workawayers. There was a lot of music, great view around and Calima (orange dust from Sahara).
What you should understand - this type of life is really far away from… read more
a great master. spread out your good music!
all the best for your family!
It was an amazing experience, Manfred is an very kind and friendly person who loves to play music.
I do lot of cooking and love to spend time with his cute dog lily...
Thank's for everything !!!
Looking for other genres than calssical (which he studied) he started to be interested in jazz music as well, so i made some suggestions what to play. I remember how other good players had to do long hours of work to accompanie the pieces that i play. He did it very fast! within some days we had a little… read more
how many times i feeded back already „best of all youngsters“ ? but there are so many of them who are simply miles ahead of most others. i am delighted that i had the chance to… read more
The week we spent at… read more
If you like talking about philosophical, musical, or political topics, you'll love this place!
Manfred is a great host, and his neighbours really friendly.
10/10 would go again.
In many ways… read more
Now, Manfred feels like a part of my family.
He… read more
yes, we had a very nice time! all together we were eight persons at that time- which was quite a record. unfortunately you did not stay long and we could not get deep into music- which will need more time indeed, but there are very good plans for the next time when we prepare some tunes beforehand like „ the face i love“ which i… read more
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It was nice to chat… read more
sorry, but some people i simply cannot very much recognize as workawayers. so it is with you, because it feel like we have known each other long already. i had that feeling from the very beginning. everybody is carrying some kind of own project with them and yours was simply more important than mine. you made good progress. that was the… read more
His house is recycling every source as it’s in the island, is in a calm area but still walking you can reach easily the bus to the beach, that’s not far (maybe 15 minutes by bus).
We… read more
never had i such a good time with so sympathatic and helpful people. household, good cooking, garden and lots of music. it was a joy to play with you and learn from you! Damian is a fantastic musucian accompanying Camila´s singing. i am very greatful for all his teaching espeacially about trumpet playing. you two are a wonderful… read more
you are just fantastic! never did i meet a so young person who knows so exactly where to go and how to focus the effort in order to get some routine and steady progress. and all that powerful exploration combined with so much charm and spreading out your good mood and make the others smile. the artwork you did is wonderful! both work and… read more
am i good enough for you? you have more talent than i. you have practiced a lot. you are on a higher level than i was at your age. you trained your ear by using the tuning fork so you know how to recognize the intervals and harmonies. you play guitar. and you play the piano!! in my next life it will be my first instrument. you are… read more
the BEST of all: at night in the garden. silence, moonlight, the silhouette of the cat high on the wall. Tom´s boublebass and trumpet (with mute- that makes it sound gentle). mostly free improvisation.
your playing is very fine! i can swim into all directions. the bass makes the water. the rythm is rolling, the music flows, we both… read more
