Influence

Music is a vital part of me as most of you would know. Music takes me to another world, another place. Music puts me in a trance quite literally, when its just me and my Ipod. Its quite hard to describe what I experience but I'll try my best here. Turn on Windows Media Player and put the visualizers on, that would be similar to what I see. In addition, I feel the music as well, weird and hard to grasp, but that is what I experience. Sometimes, I'm put in the shoes of the persona of the song. Sometimes I feel the emotions that inspired the song. Occasionally, I write songs in my sleep, or between my state of awake and asleep, when I'm 'drifting off'. I don't have a format, the music just flows out of my head, but as soon as I wake up, trying to scribble something meaningful from that dream/hallucination (or whatever you call it) and find that I don't remember anything but the feeling that I felt creating that melody.I am known for my wide and diverse musical taste, although I focus mostly and rock, I appreciate every other genre of music. I listen to material from blues, to contemporary, metal, progressive rock, sometimes even classical music.
Here is a list of some of the most inspiring and influential people of music that drive and inspire perseverance in my musical journey.

Mike Shinoda - a rapper and song writer who embodies meaning into his work, he (and his band Linkin Park) is one of the first to drag me out of the dark and exposed me to a whole new world of music.

Ray Taro - guitarist of My Chemical Romance.Matt Bellamy - of Muse. Incredible musical talent, and a unique voice.
Steve Vai - solo artist, guitar virtuoso. The elite of the guitar world, awe inspiring level of skill, musical knowledge and creative ability. His music made me realize that there was more to the melody than most people realize. How beats and tunes can evoke emotions of translate into emotions and feelings. I realized that music did not necessarily need lyrics to work, it is good as it is.

Steve Vai

Joe Satriani - Steve Vai's guitar teacher. Similar genre.

Jimmy Page - the one, the only, guitarist of Led Zeppelin. Pioneer of the blues rock genre and started musics movement towards metal.

Lincoln Brewster - strat wielding worship leader who plays a variety of guitars but is best known for playing his Fender Custom Shop Heavy Relic Road Worn 57' Stratocaster. He is one of the few who insist on using Multi-effects units to create his sound.

Lincoln Brewster : Today is the Day Album Cover

Eric Clapton - Rolling Stones #4 Best Guitarist of All Time. His softer and more delicate approach to rock adds a classy feeling to his sound, inspiring many including guitarist John Mayer.

John Mayer - a fusion of modern pop tunes and blues. Few have the skill and talent to produce work that is at par with his.

John Mayer

Jimi Hendrix - Rolling Stones #1 Best Guitarist of All Time, possibly the most influential guitarist of all time. His goal as a performer was to maker the audience feel the same thing he feels when he plays his music. He wanted to play the guitar so badly that he made one for himself with some string and a broom stick. He challenged the way many think of musicians as performers, and musicians as people of music.

Gary Moore - impeccable blues technique and soulful melodies. A tone to die for (figuratively speaking).

The Edge - introduces a different approach to creating his sound. Heavy effects instead of heavy distortion. His style and influence can be heard in many modern christian bands and churches.

Jack White - experimental and persistent. Creative in his approach to music, taking the seemingly impossible and conquering it.

Jack White's Eastwood Airline Guitar, made of plastic.

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Artking.