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I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I also listen a lot to Sirius Radio, there's a lot of bluegrass there.

I love bluegrass music, I love acoustic music, and I try at the right times to push that a little bit.

I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.

I love electronic music, and I love drum and bass.

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts.

I like real instruments, and try to stay from anything that sounds too synthetic.

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.

I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.