WHAT'S IN HEDI'S CD PLAYER?

It has always been my custom to stop listening to music before entering the studio to record.  I do not live a totally music-free lifestyle, but I try to remove as much outside influence as possible.  It is this step which lets the well-informed know that I am actually going to go in the studio.  

I take the process very seriously.  It's too easy to catch someone else's rift and think it's your fresh idea, but it's not.  I prefer to listen to nature or silence to some.  I prefer some meditation before I begin what is a sort of religious rite for me.  As soon as the mixdown is complete, I'll be back to my old listening habits.