What are/is your favourite type(s) of music?
--Yeesh, so many. To be honest, a lot of what I listen to gets chucked in the "Gothic" bin, even though much of it is very different. [Think - Victoriandustrial, Fantasy rock, Darkwave, goth Cabaret, gothic metal, medievil-theme, pagan rock, horror etc etc..]. But I'll give a lot of things ago. I'll try out any new Avant Garde band, and I'll listen to some metal [although gone vaguely off it at the moment, so much of it just feels so formulaic, like a pop song in disguise], a fair bit of neoclassical and classical [especially violin, and lately harpsichord], little bits of jazz, and a capella music of a lot of genres is a love.

Do you have a particular favourite artist/band? If so, who?
--It is and probably will be for a long time, Emilie Autumn. I got into her music when she released "Enchant", a fantasy rock album, back in 2002. She deals with a lot of different types of music, such as medievil, 40's inspired, industrial, victoriandustrial, other victorian-inspired, classical, neoclassical, Shakespearean-inspired and metal. She covers such a wide variety of musical styles I enjoy, and she tends to have very similar interests to me. Historically relevent music is somewhat hard to find now, especially applied in the way she does it. Along with this, she does delve into more personally deeply emotional things. It's not often she does, but she touches on somewhat 'taboo' subjects such as suicide, manic depression and rape in an evidently unusual and graceful way, which is something not many people tend to do. What I especially love is that she doesn't glamourise suicide and mental illness as so many other bands tend to do. In fact she's even made fun of the glamourisation of suicide in both the Victorian era and present times in her song "The Art of Suicide", which is completely and totally sarcastic, portraying how all too many people seem to see suicide.

The art of suicide, nightgowns and hair
Curls flying every which-way
The fate too pure to hide
Ridges of size
Meant to conceal lovers lies

Under the arches of moonlight and sky
Suddenly easy to contemplate why
Why
Why live a life
That's painted with pity and sadness and strife
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble and less than it seems
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem or another sad song to sing
Why live a lie
Why live a lie

The art of suicide, gritty and clean
Conveys a theatrical scene
Alas, I've gone she cried
Veins displayed
Melodramatically laid

Under the arches of moonlight and sky
Suddenly easy to contemplate why
Why
Why live a life
That's painted with pity and sadness and strife
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble and less than it seems
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem or another sad song to sing
Why live a lie
Why live a lie

Why live a life
That's painted with pity and sadness and strife
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble and less than it seems
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem or another sad song to sing
Why live a lie
Why live a lie
Why live a lie
Why live a lie

Life is not like a gloomy Sunday
With a second ending where the people are disturbed
Well they should be disturbed
Because there's a story that ought to be heard

Life is not like a gloomy Sunday
With a second ending where the people are disturbed
Well they should be disturbed
Because there's a lesson that really ought to be learned

The world is full of poets
We don't need any more
The world is full of singers
We don't need any more
The world is full of lovers
We don't need any more

It somewhat amuses me. Her most famous song which seriously deals with suicide, "306" doesn't portray it in a beautiful way, but rather as an ugly escape.. Even the song makes you somewhat disgusted.

But that's off track. What I was originally going to say was that she touches on these subjects, and I find it oddly empowering how she does it in the way she does. I love the girl, purely.

Other singers and bands? I could write this much on each and every one of my favourites. But I'll settle for a baby list of my extreme current favourites - The Cruxshadows, Hannah Fury, Rasputina, ThouShaltNot, Voltaire.

How has music affected your life?
--It effects and enhances my mood every single day. There's not much else I can say here.

Have any musical talents?
--Not really. I can sing, but I have quite an unpleasant voice. I'm a lyricist, really.

What's your favourite song at the moment?
--I could never choose a favourite song. Currently.. Perhaps it's "Ever" by Emilie Autumn. Maybe. There's so many.