Thankfully, now I know I'm not nuts!!!

[Glenn Fricker]

http://science.discovery.com/tv/senses-collide/senses-collide.html

As far back as I can remember, I've always seen colour when listening to music. Turns out, it's a very real phenomenon called "Synesthesia." It's not something that I can control or manipulate, it just happens. Certain instruments have certain colours & they just appear. I.E. Hetfield's guitars always sound "green" to me, whereas Zakk Wylde's always sound "red and yellow."
I remember explaining the experience to my older brother years ago & him looking at me like I was off my rocker. Nothing like a little vindication.
Some more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

Does anyone else here experience this?

-0z-

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Yep....

Whoa, this is weird.

I thought I was nuts too....

To me Hetfield is white, or like a Yellow.

Zakk is Purple or red...

Dime was Greenish bluey.

 

[Zack Uidl]

I have a student who experiences this. I do not, but it sounds cool Pretty interesting.

 

[Metaltastic]

I guess I've had it happen, but I tend to think it's more because of the colors (if they have them) of album covers, such as the Bodom albums. I'm really not a very visually artistic person, though...

 

[JeffTD]

Yup, all the time. It's often associated with album cover colors for me, though, so I'm not sure if it's the same.

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

I guess I've had it happen, but I tend to think it's more because of the colors (if they have them) of album covers, such as the Bodom albums. I'm really not a very visually artistic person, though...

Yup, all the time. It's often associated with album cover colors for me, though, so I'm not sure if it's the same.

I do this as well. I don't think it's the same thing. For instance, Wages of Sin sounds red to me. I'm pretty sure it's just an association, not Synesthesia. Although it is pretty tangible sometimes.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure Geoff Emerick has this. (Synesthesia)

 

[26]

I knew about it, but never met anybody who is experiencing it.
Speaking of experience..... Hendrix used to describe his music in colours.

 

[26]

As you mention it...Lysergsäurediäthylamid could indeed be very helpful on synesthethic perception

 

[Keregioz]

Yeah...I also associated it with album covers. The example I remember most vividly is Iced Earth's Burnt Offerings....I always see dark red when I listen to that album..

 

[More or Less]

Man, I wish it happened to me. Seems cool

 

[LSD-Studio]

yeah, that's what you learn in school...german-class (for you english, french or whatever) 7th grade or so when analyzing poems etc...
"Synesthesia"

"the young morning tasted like fizzy clouds on a blue sky" or whatever....



oh, and btw that goes for almost everything.....thursday is dark green and wednesday is yellow!

 

[sorceron]

all i hear is black and white

 

[greyskull]

i think you need to lay of the crack.
i jest.

 

[Soundlurker]

yeah, that's what you learn in school...german-class (for you english, french or whatever) 7th grade or so when analyzing poems etc...
"Synesthesia"

"the young morning tasted like fizzy clouds on a blue sky" or whatever....



oh, and btw that goes for almost everything.....thursday is dark green and wednesday is yellow!

Yeah, I learned about that last year in university.

Guess the guys with synesthesia always use cubase' function to change colors for every track

 

[sorceron]

pretty sure every daw can do that.

colors are fun!

 

[Where She Wept]

I do with guitar tones mostly. maybe snares

 

[Metal Overload]

What i tend to experience is when i hear albums or songs, some run to the right , and others to the left, i don´t now how to explaine it right, but it´s another thing

 

[Mortal_Dezire]

Do it all the time. Glad I'm not alone.

 

[Machinated]

Yeah I remember talking to my bands vocalist years ago, and we were saying what colours our songs were. About 70% of the time we said the same colours.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Anyone else get this same kinda thing with certain Keys????

I always think Yellow with E maj
and a lavender color for D maj.

A maj is always red.....

MEH.