Hmmm... I don't know a lot of the music some of you have listed. I must be missing something, huh? My listening pleasures include: Creed Pearl Jam Staind Stevie Nicks Toni Braxton Dave Matthews Band Twister, City of Angels and Armageddon Soundtracks Sarah McLaughlin Alanis Varied chant CD's Varied Nature Sounds mixed with Classical music My favorite pianist at the moment George Winston A few Ozzy songs some Metallica and when not listening to CD's I have the radio on the Classic Rock channels or the cable TV on the Atmosphere's channel. I get a lot of ideas from lyrics although they would require animation to see them on a computer as they are in my head. The challenge then becomes to capture one frame of what I see in my head and have that frame hold all of the emotion.