I recently graduated college and I decided to professionally pursue something I'm passionate about...music. But not performing music, I'm a bigger fan of writing and working in music marketing and management. I almost went to law school, but I feel like a lot of twenty-somethings say that. When I'm not in the office, I can usually be found using free wifi at a coffee shop, making Drake references on twitter, and shamelessly doing silly dances at various indie and electronic shows with friends. I will also admit that I have hipster predilections and yuppie ambitions.

I'm originally from Chicago and I credit my open-mindlessness to the city, but I built roots in the south when I earned my psychology degree in New Orleans. I happily call Music City my home now and I plan on staying for a while.

I'm a Gemini and an ENTP

I moved to The Music City to be another cog in the machine we call the music business. In college I started a blog that lead into a publicist position and an understanding that I love music journalism, branding, and all of the necessary legwork that makes people aware of music.

I am a:
1) contributor and marketing manager at an entertainment magazine
2) manager of an eclectic musician who has been featured on Pitchfork
3) freelance publicist/creative consultant

I would love to be an A&R and eventually own an indie record label.

This sounds like a cover letter. Oh well haha

I'm really good at having an introspective conversation, making people laugh, listening to people's problems, and being a source of a lot of random knowledge

I smile A LOT, so people usually notice my smile first. Also, my unique sense of style (I love to thrift shop).

Books:
Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, Albert Camus' The Stranger, Jack Kerouac's On The Road, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye, Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero

Reading list: Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood, Charles Bukowski's Women, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Junto Diaz' The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Kiekengaard's Either/Or, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Steve Jobs' biography

Publications:
Thought Catalog, NYT, The Fader, Vanity Fair, WAD, The New Yorker, i-D, The Guardian, The Village Voice, The Huffington Post, Flavorpill and music blogs (Live For The Funk, Pigeons and Planes, Disco Naivete, Earmilk, PinBoard Blog & The Line of Best Fit).

Movies:
Heathers, Requiem for a Dream, Garden State, Manhattan, A Clockwork Orange, Kids, 500 Days of Summer, Pretty In Pink, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mean Girls, Love and Other Drugs, Breathless, Annie Hall, The Science of Sleep, Party Monster, Chameleon Street, Harold and Maude, Medicine for Melancholy, Trainspotting, Moonrise Kingdom

Music: I am really into indie, electronic, indie R&B and alternative hip-hop. Since I moved to Nashville, I stopped being one of those "everything but country" people. If you like any of these bands, we'll probably be a match.

Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Das Racist, Joy Division, James Blake, Animal Collective, Drake, Grizzly Bear, Flosstradamus, Brand New, Santigold, The xx, Grimes, Girls, Smith Westerns, Cut Copy, Childish Gambino, The Weeknd, Azealia Banks, tune-yards, Little Dragon, Lana Del Rey, AlunaGeorge, Bright Eyes, SBTRKT, The Smiths, Big Freedia, Purity Ring, Danny Brown, Hudson Mohawke, Toro y Moi, Zomby, Ariel Pink, A Tribe Called Quest, Burial, Sleigh Bells, Rustie, A$AP Rocky, Anti-Flag, Caribou, Girl Unit, Blawan, RX Bandits

TV:
Seinfeld, Mad Men, How To Make It In America, How I Met Your Mother, Criminal Minds, Entourage, 30 Rock, Girls, Twin Peaks, Daria, TED Talks, Gilmore Girls, Parks and Recreation, This American Life (I love NPR), PBS documentaries, everything on IFC and the Travel Channel

Food:
macaroni & cheese, sushi, tacos, indian food, eggs benedict, pho, gnocchi, smoked salmon, avocados, egg foo young, plantain, and pizza with banana peppers

In no order:
1. Friends
2. Music
3. A good laugh
4. New experiences
5. Wifi
6. Lists

I'm a music nerd, so I love to think about emerging trends and sub-genres like seapunk.

I usually go to a bar with friends or a show at Mercy Lounge, Exit/In, Zombie Shop or The End.

Despite my tendency to judge Top 40 music, I will get excited like a sorority girl over a Britney Spears or Ke$ha song.

You can say more than "hey", "hi", "what's up" or "pretty smile" in a message.

I'm looking for a witty, openminded and motivated guy that likes go out and have thoughtful conversations.
Cool nerds are a plus.