odd, my stuff is odd... I didn't have any musical influnces as i child... in living memory, the only music tapes i remember my parents having was "fairooz", and the fiddler on the roof sound track (*big grin*, god, i remember jumping and singing "if i were a rich man"... that and "match maker" were the only 2 songs i knew, and bothered to listen to... heheh.. it's all comming out now)..
I have a percuiliur sense of timing.. and when i play by ear i can follow notes wise, what i'm doing... it's not jazzy, but it's not in the same key..
I'm very melodically driven, and also song structure is a big part... I dont know why... just am.. but to be fair though I've come across more music than most poeple in the space of only maybe 3 years. Before that i wasn't that intrested in music.. I just had a couple of greenday and nirvana tapes i used to listen to now and again...