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And lastly, Jazz has possibly had the most influence on Koji. shmuplations. (2021, December 31). Koji Kondo – 2001 It has influenced a number of competitions in all games that he has worked on, and is the base structure for most of Koji's songs. Koji lists a couple of Jazz influences (Examples: Sado Watanabe, Friendship, A foreign Jazz band. And Tatsuro Yamashita.)

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Koji Kondo's biggest influence comes from Japanese Fusion, Thomas Game Docs. (2019). Being a massive fan of Jazz already Koji found Japanese Fusion interesting and closer to home. Koji even lists the Japanese Fusion band T-Square as the main inspiration for the Mario Overworld theme music. And if you listen to one song in particular, off of T-Squares 1984 Adventures album: Systemeria being very close to the overworld theme.

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Koji Kondo was a big fan of the hard rock genre and listed Deep Purple as one of his favourite bands, Thomas Game Docs. (2019) In middle school, Koji joined a cover band that covered some of Deep Purple's songs, the rest of the group even grew out their hair to emulate the style of the rockers, but Koji never went that far. You can hear direct influence from Deep Purple III's 1969 song April, in one of Koji's songs for the Legend of Zelda's dungeon theme. The dark-sounding ascending arpeggio in Legend Of Zelda's dungeon theme sounds very close to Deep Purples April.

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Jimi says in the Rolling Stone interview that he likes Albert King for his strict playing style. Wenner, J. S. (1968, March 9).  Jimi says that Albert King strictly plays just straight funk blues, a very young, funky sound which is great. One of the funkiest Jimi has ever heard. Albert King plays it strictly that way so that’s his scene, said Hendrix. I can definitely hear the funky influence that Albert King had on Jimi's playing and even his vocal style (Example: With songs like Hey Joe, Along the Watch Tower. I can hear the vocal influence from Albert King come through.)

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Muddy Waters was one of Jimi's first influences, Wenner, J. S. (1968, March 9). Jimi recalls listening to one of Muddy Waters's first albums when he was just a child and being "Scared to death" by all the abstract and wild sounds he was hearing. But at the same time being extremely drawn to it. It is what made him curious about picking up the guitar.

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In the Rolling Stones interview with Jimi Hendrix, Jimi said that B.B. King was one of his biggest influences when it came to style and playing the blues. (Gehr, R. 2015, May 15). Jimi Hendrix played in a band called the Rocking Kings early on in his career. In the same interview, Jimi stated that Little Richard who played alongside Hendrix even critiqued Jimi for sounding too much like B.B. King. And I can definitely hear the influence from B.B. King even later in his career with tracks like Hey Joe and Voodoo Chile.

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Tim has contributed a lot of production knowledge to reproducing some of his favourite hip-hop tracks. Henson, T. (2020). One track that he notes in his video "The Making Of G.O.A.T" One of his inspirations for making G.O.A.T is Jaiden Smith's Breakfast. Taking direct inspiration from the Left-hand notes being played on the piano in that track and turning it into a right-hand melody then making his own left-hand counterpart is how he made one of the most iconic guitar parts in the last decade. He also notes that he takes inspiration from triplet flow which is a standard flow for rap and hip-hop and tries to get his guitar to sound similar.

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In Reverbs video titled: Polyphia Answers A Lot of Questions: On Recording Process, Technique, and Keeping Steve Vai Happy. - Tim goes into detail about why Steve Vai is one of his biggest role models. Not only as a musician but as a human as well. Tim says he tries to work towards being "Less of a shit ass" and be more like Steve Vai every day because he thinks Steve is the ideal way a person should behave and act.

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In an interview with Music is win (2020) Tim has stated many times that he loves Jimi Hendrix. Tim's father, who initially introduced Tim to the guitar. Taught him how to play Jimi Hendrix songs and Tim has contributed a lot of his technical playing to learning Hendrix early on in his life. Music is Win. (2020). Tim's favourite Jimi Hendrix songs to play on guitar are Little Wing, Wind Cries Mary, and Castles Made Of Sand. I can hear where the influence comes from with some of the techniques that he uses.

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Koji Kondo's composing was a massive part of my childhood. Me being a massive fan of the Legend Of Zelda games, the soundtrack has always been one of my favourite part, with its dreamy atmosphere and beautiful and memorable melodies. The melodies are very simple as Koji was confined to the limitations of the Nintendo 64's hardware, but it has also taught me that you make a lot with very little. Koji Kondo's influence has also guided the way I play piano and make my music. When I first started relearning piano, the first songs I learned were Song of Storms, Ocarina of Time opening title, and many more songs from the Legend Of Zelda games, whenever I start writing for a piano piece I have Koji's melodies and harmonies burnt into my brain from all those hours of playing Legend of Zelda and learning the songs, my playing always sounds reminiscent of the games.

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Jimi Hendrix was my biggest influence when it came to first playing the guitar. The way he played his guitar with such passion and the way he made simple riffs sound complex and extraordinary through his unique style was incredible and it made little 15yr old me lose his shit! When I first heard his music it sent me into a whole new world of music, prior to listening to Jimi I listened to pop-punk like Green Day and Yellow Card, which didn't give me that fire to start playing because the guitars in pop-punk are very simple and don't interest me. But Jimi's playing was a massive influence on why I picked up the guitar initially, even though I did not know what I was doing at first. With Jimi's influence, I stayed consistent with the guitar because I wanted to be as good as he was...

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Tim Henson was one of my first major influences when it came to the way that I write music, not only through listening to his music but also listening to the way he creates his tracks as well. Starting off with an idea of the song structure and building up from there. Tim Henson also influenced me to create more interesting melodies and hooks, as when I first started making music, my melodies were very bland and boring. Tim really goes into the process of making interesting melodies and hooks and it's become my melodies bible.
Tim Henson has also become as big an influence on my guitar playing as Jimi has. Tim's playing is extraordinary! The way he uses taps, natural harmonics, sweeps, and slides is incredibly unique and creative and I've introduced his technique into my own playing and, has me thinking of different ways of playing the instrument in ways I never thought possible prior to hearing his music.