MUSIC, music production, psychomusicology, AI, art and all things creative, MUSIC, kundalini yoga, LOVE, metaphysics, quantum physics (metaphysical implications of), psychology, philosophy, science, business strategy, technology, MUSIC, the unexplainable and the uknown... self-awareness, nature, the ocean, dancing, painting, daydreaming, traveling, exploring, learning, MUSIC, magick, water, dark/light, my dog, taking long, aimless drives while listening to good music, being inspired... or inspiring, FEELING, spontaneous adventures... oh, and MUSIC.
kindred spirits...
Geez... where to begin? Here are some favorites:
Massive Attack, The Knife, !!!, Out Hud, DJ Krush, Jeff Buckley, Tortoise, Cinematic Orchestra, Autechre, Mogwai, Aretha Franklin, Andrea Parker, Coldcut, Esthero, Elbow, Radiohead, NIN, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Black Keys, Boards of Canada, Morphine, Funkstorung, Zero 7, Lamb, Mos Def, Portishead, Spoon, Art of Noise, Talvin Singh, London Elektricity, Kraftwerk, Air, Phoenix, Daft Punk, Ravi Shankar, Nina Simone, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, David Bowie, The Cars, The Cure, Quicksand, Mars Volta, TOOL, Kidney Thieves, Nightmares on Wax, DJ Shadow, Kid Loco, Bjork, Sunny Day Real Estate, Clinic, The Liars, The Rapture, BRMC, Squarepusher, Leftfield, Photek, Hive, Rhythm and Sound, Amon Tobin, Lisa Gerrard / Dead Can Dance, Craig Armstrong, Clint Mansell, Bahamadia, The Roots, Tribe Called Quest, JB, Afrika Bambaataa, Steel Pulse, Gregory Isaacs, Egyptian Lover, NWA, Bob Marley, DeBussy, Chopin, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mazzy Star, Beth Orton, Jill Scott, Chaka Khan, Hall & Oates, Stevie Wonder, The Dears, Erlend Oye, Manhunter, Mylo... and of course, all my artist/producer friends... especially the ones that let me play in their studios! ;-)
Last Life in the Universe, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Raise the Red Lantern, Ghost in the Shell, Farewell My Concubine, Sex and Lucia, Brain Candy, Talk to Her, In the Mood for Love, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Breakfast at Tiffany's, An Affair to Remember, Sophie's Choice, Trainspotting, Tesis, Baraka, One Giant Leap, The Godfather, House of Yes, The Princess Bride, The Secret of Nimh, Animatrix, Lord of the Rings, Being John Malkovich, documentaries
Don't watch much TV, except on rare occasions... and then, usually just whatever random show happens to be on and makes me laugh... cheezy commercials and TV movies, The Simpsons, Adult Swim, and my new favorite - Little Britain ("I like that one!")
Be Here Now, The Alchemist, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Prometheus Rising, Nietzsche and Music, The Pearl, Quantum Psychology, Tao Te Ching, Music as Yoga, The Odyssey, Many Lives-Many Masters, Flowers for Algernon, The Mists of Avalon, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Pride and Prejudice, First Things First, Penguin Dreams, Where the Wild Things Are, Pat the Bunny, anything by Krishnamurti, Nietzsche, Stephen Hawking, Robert Anton Wilson...