Well, I see what you mean now. It surprises me I haven't though of that before. I've only been thinking of the instruments as "sounds", not as instruments.
For me, the bassline was brown/dark orange. The vocals were white, bright yellow.

Yeah, artwork affects me too, but not that much. For example, many of the songs on OK Computer are white/gray, like the album cover, but they also have many other colours as well: "Lucky" is dark green, "Electioneering" is strong yellow, and so on.

Very interesting thread,it would be beautiful to see these represented somehow. I sometimes describe music as shiny, but I'm not sure what exactly I mean. Examples of what I think is "shiny"-
Wild Healer- Gojira
Fortune Days- The Glitch Mob
Dust and Light- Krallice (but it's more of a gritty shiny, like some kinds of sandpaper?) :shycouch:
I don't usually have colors associated, the most I get is dark/light, or sometimes sunset colors (usually if it's lyrically themed that way)
I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of any others.

The power of suggestion can be strong, which I find a little bit annoying. I don't like it when a music video or album cover looks different than what I see in my head, because my pure idea of how I see music gets affected. It's like trying to write about something that happened in a dream. I know that whatever ends up on the page, it will never exactly represent what was experienced in the dream, and the memory of it slowly fades over time.

You mean like this?

http://scrappycrafter.com/images/ite...er_300x300.jpg

Some people like to try to paint, write, compose, or otherwise express their synesthesia physically. I personally like to use synesthesia for inspiration in painting, writing and photoshop/ graphic work. Maybe I'll post some stuff in the art thread one of these days.

As for instruments, they definitely have an influence on me. Any hand-clap kinds of sounds are like a white flash, and notes descending or ascending on a keyboard register as a gradient. The bassline of that song was a dark brown/ blue for me, like rubber wobbling in a line.

Yes, like that, although for that song I think of it as dark. I sometimes consciously create images while listening to certain pieces of music, or have vague associations, but it's frequently heavily influenced by the lyrics/album art/what other people have said. Although, when I've read the descriptions people have given and then listened to their example, they usually fit well (and sometimes make it more enjoyable.)

I think an art based on/inspired by music thread would be wonderful, something I would follow for sure.

That's a good idea. I wouldn't be opposed to starting a thread like that, but I really shouldn't until I have something scanned/ photographed and ready to share (to be sure at least someone would be posting in it). Wouldn't be opposed to other interested members starting the thread though, if applicable. I'll take note of it and keep my eyes peeled.

I definitely agree that hearing peoples' descriptions makes it more enjoyable :).

I think "gritty shiny" might be the masculine way of saying "glitter".

:laughing: Sure, but painful glitter.

That would've been a good name for a death metal band.

kandinsky's paintings have the reverse effect for me. I hear music when i look at them...

There was a guy on Britain's Got talent a few years ago who could see music and learned to play piano on his own incredibly well through it. I get reminded of things when I listen to songs, I'm definitely taken somewhere and being musically minded I'd say I get far more into a piece of music than the likes of my girlfriend who's idea of enjoying music is having the radio on quietly in the car as a bit of background noise. But I think 80 % of the people who say they're seeing things when they listen to music in this way are just talking bull**** and the rest are harboring some sort of mental or physical illness that allows for their mind to objectify a piece of music in this way....