influences & favorites: matchbox 20, lifehouse, tonic, jason mraz, john mayer, jack johnson, counting crows, fuel, goo goo dolls, gin blossoms, jimmy eat world, sister hazel, yellowcard, third eye blind, dave matthews, all american rejects, relient k, plain white t's, howie day, matt nathanson, live, augustana, three doors down, green day, damien rice, coldplay, cary brothers, better than ezra, train, michelle branch, vanessa carlton, tristan prettyman