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The birds, the sounds of daily life - incidental sounds in rhythm, the sound of waves of the ocean, birdsong, Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Pixies, Sean Smith, Steely Dan, Olivia Newton-John, Nirvana, Converge, Gordon Lightfoot, Françoise Hardy, Juliana Hatfield, The Beach Boys, John Lennon, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Gérard Grisey, Pink Floyd, The Doobie Brothers, Paul Simon, Max Roach, Chopin, J.C. Bach, John Coltrane, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Sheherezade is one of the greatest pieces I've ever encountered), Philip Glass, Julien Clerc, Fleetwood Mac, Brian Eno, Miller Carr, Giacinto Scelsi, Broadcast, The Doors, Tristan Murail, Maurice Ravel, Discordance Axis, Leadbelly, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Persephone's Bees, Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, Paul Williams, Tys Tys, Serge Gainsbourg, Nedelle, Will Oldham, Joanna Newsom, Louis Armstrong, Otis Redding, Iannis Xenakis, Igor Stravinsky, Thelonius Monk, Willie Nelson, Toru Takemitsu, some Charles Ives, Robert Rich, Balinese gamelan very occasionally, and the sound of the voices of the people I love.
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