| Influences | Ooh, where do I start? I actually have no idea but here are a list of artists/styles of music I'm into...suppose that's the same thing really:
Regina Spektor, Dan Arborise, Rage Against the Machine, Tori Amos, Radiohead, Aimee Mann, Nathalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Jewel, Kate Bush, Cara Dillon, Mary Black, Luka Bloom, The Beatles, Ben Folds, Ben Christophers, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Silverchair, Soundgarden, Elliot Smith, Fiona Apple, Craig Armstrong, Nithin Sawney, Ella Fitzgerald, The Kinks, Jimmy Eat World, Eurythmics, The Beatles, Dougie MacLean, Bjork, Camille, Christine Primrose, Simon&Garfunkel, Peatbog Faeries, Nick Drake, Massive Attack, Philip Glass, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Reich, Portishead, Minnie Ripperton, Stevie Wonder, drum&bass, breakbeat, some prog and electro, Garcia-Fons, Eivor Palsdottir, Debussy, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Dowland, Purcell, Byrd, Britten, Strauss, Mahler, Palestrina, Joby Talbot, Villa-Lobos, Bartok,MacMillan, Wolf, Faure, Verdi, Puccini...
Non-Musical Influences: spring mornings, nature (especially ducks!), Skye and the Western Isle (what gorgeous places!), holidays, warm summer evenings, gentle snowflakes on crisp winter days, books like Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, Terry Pratchett Disc World series and the Celestine Prophecy, heavy rain, love, death, attraction, cruelty, sadness, friendship,frustration, beauty, happiness...life really. |