Gary has been collecting soul music for over 20 years, and is influenced by producers such as Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam, Gamble and Huff, Masters of Work, and artists such as Blaze, Kenny Bobien, Kim English, Stephanie Cooke, Luther Vandross, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson (when he was black!), Donald Byrd, Marvin Gaye, Roy Ayres, Maze, Slave, Change, Barry White, Jones Girls, Mary J Bilge, Jill Scott, Angie Stone, Maxwell, Jeff Hendricks, Raphael Saadiq, and the list goes on.