Since it's just me, I'll actually list my instruments:
Nintendo DS with Nitrotracker, Electroplankton, M-06, dsAxe, DSTR-909, and more
Acoustic Guitar
Garbage can horn - various lengths of rubber hose, a brass instrument mouthpiece, and a small garbage can
More will be added as I utilize/create
Influences
Bright Eyes, Cursive, Dashboard Confessional, Mindless Self Indulgence, Dane Cook, Daft Punk, Prodigy, Cave In, Sublime, At the Drive In, the Mars Volta, Sunny Day Real Estate, Senses Fail, Thrice, The Faint, David Crowder, They Might Be Giants, Melt-Banana, Phillip Glass, Milton Babbit, Le Shok, the Locust
Sounds Like
You tell me. Tell me what this sounds like so I don't feel like I'm just stuffing bands to influence my ranking.
So I started recording music the freshman or sophomore year of high school with Fruity Loops 3 for drums and an 8-bit synth, mixing it all down on either Acid Music or Nero (I forget which, it's been a while). I tried a bunch of other stuff, but right now I'm rocking out on my Nintendo DS, guitar, and some homemade instruments, mixing it all down on Audacity or Cool Edit (depending on where I am).