hey marty,
as a musician, I try to experiment with different genres and cultures of music and try to find intriguing melodies and harmonies and rhythms. My question to you is: what types of music inspires, fascinates, and motivates you in creating YOUR music?

Music which just by listening to it, my emotional state changes. Happy, sad, angry, confused, whatever. I am impressed with any kind of music that does that so I often analyze it and try to find out why.