Editing Moondog (section)

==Music==
In the process of establishing himself as a composer, Moondog drew inspiration from a wide variety of styles of music. His first works were immediately inspired by the music of [[pow wow]] gatherings that he had attended as a child; as his career progressed, his music encompassed influences from [[bebop]], [[Swing music|swing]], [[Cuban rumba|rumba]], [[Modernism (music)|modernism]] and [[Renaissance music]]. It was characterized by what he called "snaketime" and described as "a slithery rhythm, in times that are not ordinary [...] I'm not gonna die in 4/4 time".<ref name="ttbook">{{cite web|title=Interview with Robert Scotto at To the Best of Our Knowledge : The interview begins at 38:15, the Freed case is discussed from 49:00|url=http://broadcast.uwex.edu:8080/ramgen/wpr/bok/bok080127b.rm|publisher=Broadcast.uwex.edu|access-date=2013-08-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220000826/http://broadcast.uwex.edu:8080/ramgen/wpr/bok/bok080127b.rm|archive-date=2012-02-20}}</ref> During the 1950s, he began to incorporate city sounds such as cars, subway trains, human speech, and [[foghorn]]s into his work.