Here's my current DAW list:

Computer
Dell Dimension 3000
2.8GHz
2G DDR 3200
1 EIDE Int. 80G program HD
1 EIDE Int. 160G Data HD
1 SATA Ext. 80G Data HD
1 EIDE Ext. 80G Data HD
Radeon ATI 128M Video
1 19" LCD
1 19" CRT
M-Audio Delta 44

Software
Win XP Home
Sonar 6PE 
Gigastudio 3 Ensemble
Lots of Giga Sound Libraries
Wusikstation ver 4
Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection
Frank's Midi Tools
Smart Loops Midi Drums
Goldwave wave editor
Pyro
Soundbrewer sampled sounds for giga
Maybe more that I can't remember right now!

Hardware
Casio PX-310 88key weighted Digital Piano
Yamaha PSR-293
Behringer UB1204 (yeah, I know!) 
M-Audio Nova LDC
MXL-V63M LDC
MXL-990/991 combo
Digital Reference Instrument and Vocal Mics (several)
Several mic stands
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MUCH more than my wife thinks I need;
MUCH less than I think I need!!!!

Here's some of my musical influences:
There are so many!  I know I will forget some and have to come back several times!

Alan Parsons Project
YES
Kansas
Steve Walsh
Genesis
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
Journey
Eagles
Rush
Beatles (of course!  whose list are they NOT on?!)

Rich Mullins
Steven Curtis Chapman
Mercy Me!
Jeremy Camp
Casting Crowns
Big Daddy Weave

I'll update the list some more later as I think of them!