 Stijepovic most often cites Stray Cats, Clash, Motörhead, Tom Waits and Charlie Mingus as his main musical inspirations.As his slap bass influences, he lists Willie Dixon, Steve Brown, Joe Zinkan and Milt Hinton.Stijepovic is endorsed by Blast Cult, Thomastik-Infeld, Orange, Mogami, Mojave and CodaBow.