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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I experience sound/colour synesthesia with most music as well. I'm not huge on visualizing shapes, but I do find most songs, albums, and instruments have a colour to them.
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I feel the same about songs and albums, but I've never felt that way about instruments... can you tell me more about it? It's interesting.
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Originally Posted by mr dave
Interesting similarities for different sounding tracks. Have you noticed it happening with other songs or is this just coincidence?
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They're actually not that similar: The tunnel was pretty dark, and the air was warm. In the hall, the air was fresh and a little cold, like the air an early morning.
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Originally Posted by Geekoid
appleghost, If you often picture yourself in a tunnel or hall, is it as if a song creates an immersive experience, where you're completely surrounded by what you're experiencing?
When I experience a song, it's like watching things happen on a 'screen' or 'canvas' or in a contained space inside my head. The "hallway" experience is foreign to me. I thought your description was neat. Sometimes I wish I could be telepathic so I could experience things like that.
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It depends on the song. Some songs, like Aphex Twin's "Jynweythek Ylow", only creates shapes of different colours. But then again, a song never 'looks' exactly the same every time. They very often create the same picture, though.
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It's cool to see what you guys had to say about your experiences with music. I'm sure that people who don't experience music in this way would think we were on LSD or something!  . |
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Originally Posted by Geekoid
I think that some people who direct music videos probably have a similar mindset. It's like music taps into subconscious thoughts in a way that's something like having a dream.
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Yeah, definitely. Radiohead's music videos often capure the feelings of the song very well. The music video for "Street Spirit" is a good example.
Also, when I'm making music myself, I often have a spesific colour or picture I try to "paint".
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Originally Posted by Geekoid
mr dave's track was more "intrusive" in tone to me. The sounds have a penetrating power. There is a midnight blue background with expanding rings of color in time to the music, like a shockwave or a ripple on water- some a brilliant pink, others orange. They vibrate like plucked guitar strings.The whole thing gets distorted by ink-like black 'tears' in the 'material' of it all, like how water distorts an image. The whole 'coastline being bombed' feel is definitely understandable, and frankly pretty awesome, in a dark sort of way.
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It's fun to see the similarities between everyone's visualisings. I also had the "intrusive" feeling: the sounds coming through the cracks in the ceiling.
Nude - Radiohead (Live from the Basement)- YouTube
What do you see when you listen to this?
I see a dark purple-coloured circle, pulsating slowly to the beat. Behind the circle is only a black background, but as the song builds up, the background lits up and becomes orange and white.
I'm looking forward to see what you... see.