Back in school people used to say I acted like I was crazy. They'd say "there goes B, dude's psycho".

haven't and don't really plan to. I do all this on my computer, can't exactly lug that to a gig.

It basically makes most channels of it irrelevant. Anyone with the talent and skill to make themselves known can do better independantly than they ever would on a major, and from the listener side if the radio doesn't cater to them they can just listen online. The old rule book is in flames.

ONLY if I retained 100% creative control, owned my publishing, and pretty much the only thing the label did was print up the CDs and sell em would I even consider it. I'm not about to get screwed.

Years ago I was bored, said "hmm, I'll try my hand at music". Seriously, that's all there was to it.

Drum'n'Bass: mostly the older stuff. Roni Size, Marvellous Cain, Digital
Hiphop: Outkast, DJ Shadow, the Neptunes, a few others you can figure out yourself
other electronic I take inspiration from would be Tricky & DJ Spooky.
I also can point to some of the masters of funk & soul: Parliament, Curtis Mayfield, Prince, Sly Stone

It probably sounds like bragging, but it's honest. I don't stay in one spot for too long.

My computer, loaded with too many VST plugins to count. Seriously, that's it, I compose everything on that.