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I like almost everything. Country and some gangsta rap are not my thing. Neither is atonal...Charles Ives and John Cage give me a stiff pain in the eardrums. As far as I'm concerned there's good music and there's crap music, and I like some of each. It's always good to be able to distinguish between music you like and music you respect (not that the two are mutually exclusive or anything).
Steely Dan and Yoko Kanno are my respective gods and goddess.
I probably know about 50,000 songs, so a list of artists could be intense... A few favorites include (this is really tough, so please don't take this as a comprehensive list)
A Perfect Circle (really like the song Passive), Aaron Copland (Eugene Ormandy's recordings are the best), The Band, The Beach Boys, Billy Joel, Blind Faith, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blue Man Group, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, The Chemical Brothers, Chick Corea, Christopher Cross, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Dark Tranquility, David Bowie (huge influence on my music), Depeche Mode, Disturbed, Dream Theater, Elton John, Eminem, Eric Clapton (Cream is the best), Fleetwod Mac, Foo Fighters (really like the song Best Of You), Genesis, Glenn Gould, Hall & Oates, Head Automatica, Heaven's ReBirth, Imogen Heap, In Flames, Incubus, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Eat World, Juno Reactor, Kraftwerk, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Lacuna Coil, Loreena McKennitt, Lovin' Spoonful, Mae, The Mamas & The Papas, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Metallica (even though I think they're assholes), Michael Schenker Group, Midnight's Exile (I'm lucky enough to have heard his work pre-release...it's SICK), Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells is sick), Mindless Self Indulgence, Miyamoto Shunichi, The Moody Blues, Moxy Fruvous, Neil Young, Nickelback (yea, I'm kinda ashamed to admit that...), Nightwish, Nina Simone, Nirvana, NOFX, Otis Redding, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Pharell, Phil Collins (another one I'm not so thrilled about admitting to :P), Pink Floyd, The Police, The Postal Service, Prince, Procul Harum, Queen, R.E.M., Rage Against The Machine (not crazy about their politics, but they are good...), Rammstein, Rickie Lee Jones, Robert Miles, Robert Palmer, The Rolling Stones (to some degree...they get really repetitive after a while), Rush, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Santana, Scatman John, Sly & The Family Stone, Sniper, Steely Dan (probably one of the two most influential artists on my work), Sting, The Streets, System of a Down, Tears for Fears, Three Days Grace (they're a hack talent, but I like listening to them), Traffic, Truth Street, U2 (but not in the obsessive way a lot of people like them...), Weather Outpost 12 (also on Sonicjive, check them out), Yes, Yoko Kanno (the other artist with a huge influence on my work), Zero 7, 押尾コータロー
As you can see it's a pretty huge list, and that's not even the TIP of the iceberg. Drop me a line if you ever want suggestions for listening/have suggestions for me (best gifts I ever get are referrals to new artists).
Also, I'm kind of ashamed to admit this, but I'm rapidly becoming a raver. I'd LOVE suggestions if people have them.
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