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I was listening to Slayer as I was going to sleep the other night, and as I was drifting off I began imagining more and more vivid shapes and forms which seemed to somehow match the sounds I was hearing, and they would change and move as the sounds did. I think because I was going to sleep I could really hone in on this effect of music, but I also think it's something that sits in my subconscious a lot. Listening to something will often spur a sense of place or environment in the listener from what I can tell. As a student of architecture I find this really interesting as it shows some kind of subconscious connection and relationship between the visual and audible arts at a really basic level. Just sounds influencing forms, nothing as thought out and constructed as say the score of a film conversing with the images on screen.

 

Have you ever experienced anything like this, a kind of visualization of sounds?

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Yes, all the time -- although less as shapes than as tones of light or colors.

 

I'd be careful about listening to Slayer at bedtime, though!

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Yes. Pretty frequently.
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Yes, most of the time.

 

Did listening to Slayer before you fell asleep give you any nightmares?

 

Nope! Actually they're surprisingly easy to fall asleep to, I think because they don't play with dynamics that much, so eventually they just kind of read as white noise.

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Death metal is an asymmetrical polygon that seems interesting at first glance. But on further inspection it's not much to look at so I get bored and walk away.

 

J-pop music is a tiny, very faint pink, transparent cube that fits on the tip of my index finger. I try to flick it away but the shit box keeps coming back and attaching itself to that index finger.

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Death metal is an asymmetrical polygon that seems interesting at first glance. But on further inspection it's not much to look at so I get bored and walk away.

 

J-pop music is a tiny, very faint pink, transparent cube that fits on the tip of my index finger. I try to flick it away but the shit box keeps coming back and attaching itself to that index finger.

lol

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Death metal is an asymmetrical polygon that seems interesting at first glance. But on further inspection it's not much to look at so I get bored and walk away.

 

J-pop music is a tiny, very faint pink, transparent cube that fits on the tip of my index finger. I try to flick it away but the shit box keeps coming back and attaching itself to that index finger.

lol

 

The short answer is 'yes'. :P

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... under the influence or not under the influence?

 

yeah, I was about to say, this is a psychedelic thing. when I listen to music I usually just picture what the band might look like playing it, or the album cover

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Death metal is an asymmetrical polygon that seems interesting at first glance. But on further inspection it's not much to look at so I get bored and walk away.

 

J-pop music is a tiny, very faint pink, transparent cube that fits on the tip of my index finger. I try to flick it away but the shit box keeps coming back and attaching itself to that index finger.

Rush is...

...maybe a hypercube?

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