Music (it embraces virtually every facet of my life); writing (poetry, lyrics, etc.); Absinthe; laserdiscs; science/technology; anything Dark, Mystical or Paranormal (yes, Virginia, spirits and aliens are real); metaphysics; hypnosis; New Age (healing, spirituality, Astral Projection, etc.); guitar repair; art and literature; life and love.
Anyone who endeavors to inspire others...
Classic Rock, '70's and modern Progressive Rock/Metal, '80's and classical. My inspirations include: Jason Becker, The Ben Jackson Group, Liona Boyd, Circle II Circle, Crimson Glory, Dream Theater and John Petrucci, Explorer's Club, Frank Gambale, Gentle Giant, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden (anything without Blaze); Jon Oliva's Pain, King Crimson, King's X, Magellan, Max Webster, Nightwish, Barry G. Player, Queensrÿche, Randy Rhoads, Rush, Savatage and Criss Oliva, Shadow Gallery, Starcastle, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Teräsbetoni, Triumph, Steve Vai, Yes.
Blade Runner; Brotherhood Of The Wolf; Chronicles Of Narnia; Nemesis; Phantom of the Paradise; Rock Star; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Rockula; This Is Spinal Tap (required viewing for all musicians!); True Believer; Van Helsing; V for Vendetta; Veronica Guerin; What Dreams May Come.
24; Black Adder; Bionic Woman; Bottom; Cane; CSI: Miami; Crossing Jordan; The Dangerous Brothers; Doctor Who; Filthy, Rich & Catflap; First Wave; Forever Knight; Highlander; House M.D.; Jekyll; My Hero; PSI Factor; Red Dwarf; The Riches; The Strangerers; The Thin Blue Line; Third Watch; The Young Ones.
The 'Lord Richard, Vampire' Trilogy - Nigel Bennett and P.N. Elrod; The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri; The Aeneid - Virgil; Discovering Your Past Lives - Gloria Chadwick; A Practical Approach To Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint - Robert Gauldin; Neurospeak - Robert Masters; The History of Atlantis - Lewis Spence; Atlantis and the Seven Stars - Jack Countryman.
Randy Rhoads and Criss Oliva (R.I.P) my Birth mom, Karen.