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I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things.

I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classical and metal both, I remember having this cool realization that they are really similar. It's just different instrumentation.

I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.

I'm influenced by all types of music.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

I see my music as Emotional Therapeutic Pop music that bleeds into loads of different genres.

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.