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I think life experiences have a bigger impact on my work than any actual musical influences. As I write mostly for theatre I try and mine my memories and times of emotion in a similar way that the actors will do throughout the rehearsal periods. Writing for the stage is an odd beast and the more you can draw on your life experiences the more successful the music will be for the show. It sounds like a wanky thing to say but this is how I work when writing. Sometimes I do use references and they are generally more classical based and modern classical based as Glice could attest to from the bits and pieces of mine he has heard. Albinoni's adagio has been a big influence on some of my work as has Steve Reich's Three tales. Apart from those two I would say Godspeed You Black Emperor's F# A# Infinity is always floating in the back of my mind.
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