Surrealism is pretty cool. I don't know huge amounts about it, but i like Magritte and Tanguy, two of the more famous surrealists. But everyone loves Dali: Metamorphosis of Narcissus is my favourite of his. Ernst seems cool, so I'll check out some of his stuff.
Reason is very cool because you can actually construct music alot easier, like from scratch. If you're sampling/mixing stuff, then ACID is great, but if you want to write out some beats or chord sequences, then Reason is the way forward. I usually end up using a mix of the two because I like the ACID interface more.
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