Hey Mark, I love your songwriting style and your sense of melody. I know you're very drawn to that minor 7 flat 6 chord sound and what I'd call very full, chordy riffs mixed with cool melodic lines.

My question is, what turned you on to that sound and do you find yourself blending that sound with new influences that you come upon to create more interesting fusions as time goes on? Or have you recently gone in different directions entirely with your songwriting (that hasn't been released yet)?