• Jordan Rudess's "It's a Mystery" - SO GOTH! So me!
• The Poxy Boggards having fun with "Bum Bum" sounds in round.
• Acoustix's bass singer ripping his vocal chords on "Mr. Grinch"
• The fastest pianist in all of history. Stu Goldberg, taking it easy with "Donna Lee" (Check out the left hand stride!!).
• Echolyn's inviting "As the World". Once held the title as my favorite song ever.
• Cairo's harmonically perfect "Season of the Heart". This song will stay in your head for days.
• Magellan's European History prog, singing like angels on "Estadium Nacional"
• Polymetric madness! Try and analyze these hybrid chords in Underground Railroad's "Comprachicos of the Mind"
• My heartlifting arrangement of Terra's theme song, to brighten your spirits; it's relieving after hearing all this dark, vapid music.
• Allan Holdsworth is insane, and "Metal Fatigue" has been my favorite fusion head since the first time I heard it.
• BERSERK! This PS2 theme will warm you and thaw the snows from your toes.
• Tangy, funky melodies like this sample from "I'm Freaking Out" are prerequisite for the Dixie Dregs.
• World's fastest guitarist John Mclaughlin, shredding the fretboard 35 years ago on "Dream." Every note is picked.
• My crazy dad playin' one of his awesome atonal piano tunes, back when I was a wee four-year old.
• The phenomenal Allan Holdsworth tearin' it up over a static F# minor in 5/4 on "Forty Reasons."
• Gentle Giant and their twisted style of Progressive music from 1971. A personal favorite of mine called "Knots," also a titled favorite!
• Sixun's radical tribute to ME! This is an outrageous fusion moment at the end of "James Machine".
