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I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.

I use my voice as an instrument.

I can play songs that I hear from a movie and just play it a few times on the keyboard. I will hit all the notes on the keyboard until I find the right key, and then I will play the rest of the song.

I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing a draft, but I do listen to it when I'm revising.

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.

I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone.