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I've taken a trip through my iPod in recent days and realized I have MOAR music that I could ever listen to, or ever choose to, but keep it on there because I have so much space (160 GB). Anyone who knows me will know that I'm very selective about music choices.

I steer away from most major labels because they're part of the capitalist racketeering scheme that has taken over the music scene in the world, not just America.

Anyway, I want to be a part of the music scene in whatever city I'm in, and to do that it's best to offer something to a band or something like that. That's why I need to get a bass sometime in the future.

I know musical influences have a huge impact on the music being created here and now. My largest influences would have to be (not in any particular order of importance) Deathrock like Christian Death, Rozz Williams, and Tragic Black, Black Metal like Aes Dana and Cradle of Filth, Atmospheric Metal like The Gathering and Ulver, Melancholic like Antimatter, the Silent Hill Soundtracks, Marilyn Manson (think Holy Wood), Katatonia, Coldplay, and Agua de Annique, Female-Fronted Metal like The Gathering, Agua de Annique, Tacere, and Otep, many of the Top 40 from the 80's and 90's, all the song memes like "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "Never gonna give you up", most all Ska like Distemper and Arther Kay, Political Punk like Anti-Flag, New Mexican Disaster Squad, Choking Victim, Leftover Crack, Citizen Fish, and Thought Riot, Powerpop like Forever the Sickest Kids, the Maine, and Hellogoodbye, Political Rap like Immortal Technique, NWA, and Public Enemy, Romanticized Rock like My Chemical Romance (first 2 albums) and The Used(talk about closet music), and the anti-genre misellaneous bands like The Bastard Fairies and Mindless Self Indulgence. Jesus Christ that's alot, and I doubt many people recognize many of the those bands.

As for musical philosophy, it's somewhat difficult. I'm not sure exactly what kind of music I want to make, assuming I'll be that high in the band/project to make decisions.

Well, the best description I can come up with is this: Music with purpose, slightly romanticized but not without the hard-hitting slap of reality, something the gives both feelings of reality and feeling to the listeners, music that is both fast and brutal; slow and melancholic. Some of it needs to have disgustingly powerful breakdowns, follow-ups, and long ass intros. Other parts need to be straight forward, to the point, and short. Some of it needs to be orchestrated to the nanosecond of beauty, and other parts should sound over-dubbed and shit-quality. Much like a rollercoaster, I want my music to send listeners for a ride. It doesn't have to be any particular genre either, but my preferred genres to play would be like the ones I listed as my influences.

If there could be a huge mash up mix of what it would be like, try combining these songs:
"Demolition Lovers" by My Chemical Romance
"Bring the Pain" by Mindless Self Indulgence
"In My Grave" by Choking Victim
"Saffron's Curse" by Cradle of Filth
"Smeared Eyes" by Tragic Black
"Cemetery Drive" by My Chemical Romance
"Living the Laws" by Choking Victim
"Memento Mori" by The Bastard Fairies
"Romeo's Distress" by Christian Death
"Pulse" by New Mexican Disaster Squad
"It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance
"The Weight of the World" by Antimatter
"Earthquake" by The Used
"Beautiful One" by Agua de Annique
"Coma Black" by Marilyn Manson
"I'm not Okay" by My Chemical Romance
"Le Combat Des Arbres" by Aes Dana
"Shimmy Shimmy Quarterturn" by Hellogoodbye
"Nightmare Heaven" by Arcturus
"Elenor" by The Gathering
"Life is Pain" by Leftover Crack
"On New Tablets" by Thought Riot
"Whoa" by Forever the Sickest Kids
"Girls Do What They Want" by The Maine
"Thank You for the Venom" by My Chemical Romance
"Suburbian Dystopia" by Tragic Black
"I don't know you but I came to dance" by Forever the Sickest Kids

TL; DR: There's a shitload of stuff I can use to make good music if I put some effort into it.