Scott's love of music began as a young child, sitting at the family's piano mimicking songs he heard on the radio. By the time he started grade-school, he had taught himself to read music, and the basics of chord structure. At the age of 7, he decided that he wanted to learn to play guitar.

Scott spent his childhood trying to emulate his guitar hero, Jimmy Page. As he moved into his early teens, he discovered the Blues legends who had influenced and inspired Page's style. He also got introduced to the styles of punk-influenced "alternative" rock bands such as The Police, The Clash, Talking Heads, B-52s, Buzzcocks, and The Ramones. His hybrid blues/punk playing style began to take shape.

During the rest of his formative years, Scott found very little popular music that interested him. Mainstream radio was awash with glam-metal hair-bands, and Scott didn't care for any of them. He continued to listen to the classic rock that he had enjoyed as a child, and he searched for lesser-known artists that captured the punk sound he loved. What he found was an underground scene of punk and metal. Bands like Dinosaur Jr, Hüsker Dü, The Minutemen, SNFU, Suicidal Tendencies, and Descendents became the new influences on Scott's musical style. His earlier idol, Jimmy Page, now took a back seat to Bob Mould and J. Mascis. In coming years, Scott would find artists such as fIREHOSE, Meat Puppets, The Wedding Present, and Jane's Addiction, as well as Bob Mould's solo work, and Mould's "post-Hüsker" group, Sugar.

With this odd mix of punk and blues influences, Scott developed a musical voice all his own. His guitar style offers hints of his heroes, Mascis, Mould, and Page, without sounding like a direct disciple of any one. His approach to songcraft is decidedly "alternative" in its openness and creativity, but without losing it's underlying structure and pop sensibility. Truly, Scott utilizes his diverse musical background to write unique and memorable scores that range in emotion from temperate to aggressive, and everywhere in between.