Anyone that has something interesting to say, people with an open mind to life, people and cultures not their own. You know: To understand where a man is coming from, walk a few miles in his moccasins.
I'm a artist manager and an A&R I listen to all kinds of music. Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Buena Vista Social Club, Nas, Ian Brown, D'Angelo, Bille Holiday, Chaka Khan, Mary J, Ray Charles, Mc Solaar, Prince, Tori Amos, Tool, Tricky, Cypress Hill, Ambersunshower, Ben Harper, David Bowie, Mamas and the Papas, Al Green, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Daft Punk, Bjork, Davina, Donny Hathaway, Alice In Chains, Edith Piaf (don't get a word she's saying but I love her...), Erykah Badu, Finley Quaye, Grant Lee Buffalo, Jamiroquai, Kate Bush, Cindy Lauper, the Cult, Rolling Stones, the Mars Volta, the Pharcyde, the Doors, Terence Trent D'Arby, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Sly & The Family Stone, Dusty Springfield, the Cure, Outkast, you get the drift...Check out a band I manage: http://www.myspace.com/dewkieAlso check YoungN'Restless that I work with: http://www.myspace.com/youngnrestlessmusic
I read anything thats interesting, and gives me something to think about, or just for fun: the Alchemist, Dantes Inferno, Zen Flesh Zen Bones, etc.