Does the music you listen to reflect the music you make??

[Sinners And Saints]

k, so lately I've been rocking out to such metal bands As I Killed the Prom Queen, The Red Shore, all that remains, it dies today, bullet for my valentine, bleeding through and so on and so forth, the funny thing is that i don't really dig playing this genre of music. I have a woody for metal, but I'd rather play a ballad on my acoustic b4 ripping a face melting riff on my battle axe, even more of a stranger thing is that I openly criticize acoustic oriented music, yet thats more or less the only music i enjoy to play,....sooo..does the music you dig reflect in the music you create?

[Luke of Metal]

I listen to everything from Eagles to Slayer.

Listening to Eagles gave me the skills to develop dynamics and listening to metal gave me power, stamina and speed control.

[flickfan82x]

i think so.

[Luke of Metal]

Any chance you could actually contribute and not just SPAM?

[sealionwoman]

i know this is an old thread but the topic is really good.

i listen to all sorts of music but i don't necessarily sound like the music i listen to because i'm intentionally trying to sound like something that has already been done.

however, i think all the music i listen to definitely influences me lyrically and musically on a subconscious level perhaps?