| Influences | My Lord and Savior. It's all His anyway. My Wife, Nicole, who is my rock and inspiration as well as a wonderful artistic colleague. My Father, Dennis Farrar Bailey, Metropolitan Opera and International Opera Singer. My Mother, Becky, who has been my most loyal supporter and my source of stability. My Sister, Brooke, who lives the textbook definition of unconditional love. My Grandparents, Everett & Lillian, who have laid a foundation of Christian witness and love.
Other musical influences include (but are not excluded to..), Richard Wagner,
L.V. Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, J.S. Bach, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Claude-Michel Shoenberg, George Gershwin, Jules Massenet, Igor Stravinsky, Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, John Williams, John Barry, James Horner, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerard, U2, Rocco Deluca and the Burden, Dave Matthews, Coldplay, Harry Connick, Jr., Pearl Jam, Michael W. Smith, Third Day, Mercy Me, Peter Gabriel, The Newsboys, Geoff Tate, Adam and the Ants, R.E.M., Depeche Mode, The Police and Sting, The Prodigy, Lyle Lovett, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Hank Jr., Jimmy Buffet, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and many, many others.
What influences me the most is the creative process, celebrating art and artists and participating with others so I can pull from all life experiences and my encounters with everything in my past and present.
Thanks to all those who have contributed with or without their knowledge.
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