The music of the 60's is my dominant influence, especially the Motown Sound, along with 70's rock and disco, and 80's pop/dance. The 90's brought me less pleasure musically, but it picked up again with the 00's. In my most recent years, I've writing and producing my own demos. I don't listen to a lot of other music unless as study material. Lyrically, not enough of it is saying what I need to hear, and too much what I don't need to hear.