When I listen to music I can picture the layout of the songs, in most cases it is a lot like
going through different stages of emotional feelings in your life . Sometimes it is not emotion
that is triggered, but imagery . Of course it depends on the type of song, but sometimes if I dont
read the lyrics before I hear the song, I can see the song as a ..lets say .. A mountain, becoming
more intense as it rises the falling back into an emotional ending . With music like Opeth, emotion is varied throughout the song, changing from one Riff to
another . While listening to this I can picture different landscapes, first the song may start off
very soft and emotional, here I can picture a shoreline which hasnt been disturbed by humans
(yet) , as the song progresses and gets more aggressive, the landscape changes from a shoreline
to deep in the forest not far from the shoreline , how beautiful the forest is , depends on the
strong structure . For example when Mikael Akerfeldt sings damp mud, burning in my
eyes, I see a swamp in the forest , very muddy and misty , with dead trees drowning within it .
Many other people may not see it , but the scenery may change from person to person . The
landscape continues throughout the song changing with the variation of aggressiveness and
emotionality.
going through different stages of emotional feelings in your life . Sometimes it is not emotion
that is triggered, but imagery . Of course it depends on the type of song, but sometimes if I dont
read the lyrics before I hear the song, I can see the song as a ..lets say .. A mountain, becoming
more intense as it rises the falling back into an emotional ending . With music like Opeth, emotion is varied throughout the song, changing from one Riff to
another . While listening to this I can picture different landscapes, first the song may start off
very soft and emotional, here I can picture a shoreline which hasnt been disturbed by humans
(yet) , as the song progresses and gets more aggressive, the landscape changes from a shoreline
to deep in the forest not far from the shoreline , how beautiful the forest is , depends on the
strong structure . For example when Mikael Akerfeldt sings damp mud, burning in my
eyes, I see a swamp in the forest , very muddy and misty , with dead trees drowning within it .
Many other people may not see it , but the scenery may change from person to person . The
landscape continues throughout the song changing with the variation of aggressiveness and
emotionality.