Music that inspires me: ..and you will know us by the trail of dead, appleseed cast, archers of loaf, atom and his package, at the drive in, automatic head, billie holiday, bone thugs n harmony, bobby vinton, bright eyes, cap n jazz, china drum, christie front drive, coheed and cambria, crooked fingers, cursive, dakota suite, dead poetic, death cab for cutie, dinah washington, dinosaur jr, dismemberment plan, eisly, elliot smith, frou frou, fugazi, further seems forever, get up kids, gods reflex, hanalei, hey mercedes, hot hot heat, hum, interpol, iron and wine, jacks broken heart, jejune, jem, jimmy eat world, joan of arc, juliana theory, katie melua, led zepplin, letter kills, lullaby for the working class, maritime, mars volta, matchbook romance, mid carson july, mineral, minus the bear, modest mouse, nas, owen, pedro the lion, pink floyd, portastatic, postal service, rainer maria, reggie and the full effect, rise against, sam i am, saves the day, say anything, sebadoh, sense fail, sensefield, shellac, sidekick kato, smog, smoking popes, snow patrol, something corporate, sparta, straylight run, styrofoam, Sufjan Stevens, sun kil moon, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, superchunk, taking back sunday, telivision, terminal, texas is the reason, the arcade fire, the doors, the fire theft, the ghost, the jazz june, the killers, the movie life, the new amsterdams, the promise ring, the secret machines, the shins, the stills, thursday, typical cats, ultimate fakebook, under oath, vermont

There has to be something else....

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I have thought a while about writing an artistic statment, and i have actually started finally. It's hard to do though, for me at least. I sit at the computer and can't write one thing I guess I lack focus, but I will evntually do it, I think after that I'll have a framework for my message.

right now i am listening to kentucky bluegrass