Singing/writing music,Guitar,Drums,Bass,Listening to music, Girls that can sing well,meeting new people, helping people I know,Helping people I dont know,Reading Music, Reading Books, Sex is cool,Humerous things, I hate cigarettes, and I especially hate non-thinkers
In no particular order: Brent Smith,Minus The Bear, The Flaming Lips, Otis Redding,David Geffen,Mint Condition, Al Greene,As Yet, 2Pac, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mike Patton, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Elliot Smith, Sting, Stewart Copeland, Jim Morrison,Jermaine Dupris, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Sarah Vaughn, Jill Scott, Lauren Hill, Wyclef Jean, Outkast, Quest Love, Pat Metheney, Mike Stern, Brecker Bros,Stan Getz, Chris Thile,Dobby Dobson,Ole Blue Eyes,Dave Matthews,Carter,Robert Plant,Cedric, Omar,John Theodore,Timbaland,
*JUSTIN TAYLOR*THE MARS VOLTA*THE ROOTS*PRIMUS*GOODIE MOBB*RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE*OUTKAST*CARL STALLING*THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN*2PAC* ELLIOT SMITH*Trick Daddy*The Pixies*MILES DAVIS*The Bled*PORTUGAL.THE MAN*JOHN COLTRANE*Bernard Herrman*Neil Young*CHARLIE PARKER*LED ZEPPLIN*Count Basie*RADIOHEAD*Sir Mix Alot*Gruvis Malt*THE BETTER GIMP*Modest Mouse* The String Cheese Incident* INCUBUS*DAMIAN MARLEY*BOB MARLEY* Fat Freddies Drop*Stephen Marley*Julian Marley* Ziggy Marley* Eeka Mouse* Slightly Stupid*Boxelder*Pepper*Sublime (Bradley Noel r.i.p)*311*Screaming Headless Torsos (not the cd by jack johnson)*The Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum* Mr. Bungle*Justin Robinson* THE SKATTELLITES*Scott Joplin* Gregory Isaac* JOURNEY *LESTER YOUNG* COLEMAN HAWKINS* Yellow Man* Ojos De Brujos* Matisyahu*Avenged SevenFold*OURS*Muse*Travis*Ben Folds*Jelly Roll Morton* Art Tatum, JOE DIORIO*JOE PASS*Poison The Well*JILL SCOTT*Toni Braxton*Norah Jones*Fiona Apple*Pink Floyd* David Gilmore* John Scofield* The Smiths* God Head* Sparta* At The Drive In*Jonas-One Line Drawing*Quest Love*Slash*Bjork*The Black Eyed Peas*The King of Pop*The King of Rock*Satchmo*JEFF BUCKLEY*Gavin Castleton*Peter Tosh*Capleton*HorseMouth Wallace*The 5 Stars*The Jackson 5*Stan Getz*JERRY GOLDSMITH*David Bowie* CHRIS THILE* Nickel Creek*The Valley Arena*Tony Bennett*The Number Twelve Looks Like You*Frou Frou*Craig Lyons*Akon*Gwen* Bud Powell* Built To Spill* Pavement* Rush*Freddy Mercury* Grade*THE STEREO*Recover*Paul Desmond*Justin Timberlake*Sigur Ros*STP* The Postal Service* Square Pusher*Cibo Mato*Every Time I die* FARAQUET* The Royal Highness* Heavy Heavy Low Low*Tamahawk*Luther Vandrose* Stand Beafor The Firing Squad*MARVIN GAYE* The Who* Keith Moon * STANDSTILL* Omar* YAZMANI VELAZQUEZ*Wyclef Jean*JOE WALSH*Stew Copeland*Sting*The Police*Dimebag Darrel*Stevie Ray Vaughn* Ben Folds Five*DJ Shadow* Unkle* The Drugstore*THE MILES DAVIS QUINTETTE*Placebo*Circle*D'Angelo*Dope*Get Back Loretta*STP*DIZZY GILLESPIE*WYNTON MARSALIS*ELLIS MARSALIS*BRANFORD MARSALIS*HERBIE HANCOCK*Johnny Mercer*Rush*Neil Pert*KURT ELLING*Thin Lizzy*Dave Liebman*Way of The Groove*Jaco Pastorius*RX Bandits*Johnny Winter*Summerbirds in the cellar*The Weather Report*Julie Andrews*Joe Henderson*ESTHERO*Kellin Watson*Ludwig Van Beethoven*Mateo Carcassi* BACH* Andre Segovia* Bill Evans*Horace Silver*McCoy Tyner*KEITH JARRETT*Prince*Sly Stone* James Brown*Joe Zawinul*Charles Mingus*John Patitucci*Michael Brecker*David Sanborn*Wayne Shorter* Ron Carter* Tony Williams* Dennis Chambers*Chick Corea*Ray Charles* Jimi Hendrix* Kim Simmonds* Jimi Paige* Tom Petty*David Bowie* Paul McCartney*John Mclaughlin*Mike Stern*I Killed The Prom Queen* Between the Buried and Me* Portis Head* Sparta*Blue Merle* Danny Gatton*Elvis Costello*Gangstar*Nate Dawg*Thrice*Frank Zappa*NICCOLO PAGANINNI* Nick Cave*Mos Def* Mary J * The Locust* Lionel Richie*Yellow Man* Buju Bontan* these are a few of my favorite things...
"I am a puppet to none...Judge Me Not"
"Emotion is the foundation for creativity"
The Real Book. The Fake Book.
Everyone at Y-Manic Productions...namely: Yaz Velazquez. My friends and fellow musicians who are my main influences for writing: Joe "Nagasaki" Martin, Justin Taylor, Drew "Dixon" Robbins, Peter Francis, Javian "The Jedi"Francis,Bori Um, Eric Figueroa, Ryan Chupick,Dan Koontz,Steve Bickhardt,T. J. Schwartz,D.J. Prisco,Smitty Ballz a.k.a Brian Smith,Charles Carey, Dil Kothari,Mike Curr, Jack Chapman, and anyone else who deserves better.