What do you see when you listen to music?

[Bas Horneman]

Depends. If I listen to Simon and Garfunkel's old friends. I see 2 old men on a parkbench.

Most other music I see college girls in bikinis having fun in the sun.

[chris661]

I have a nice blue background (methinks that represents bass)
Treble is yellow and appears and disappears around whereever it happens to be comming from.

ie, in a cymbal crash over to the mid/left, I get a big yellow blob there, which shrinks as the cymbal decays...

Oh, and there's a thin bit of red around the yellow. Midrange perhaps??

[Curly Woods]

Originally Posted by Bas Horneman

Depends. If I listen to Simon and Garfunkel's old friends. I see 2 old men on a parkbench.

Most other music I see college girls in bikinis having fun in the sun.

I want to know what you are listening too

[Peter Daniel]

He probably listens to this: File:Queen Bicycle Race1.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[aardvarkash10]

its a shame that you found the "censored" version of the picture Peter....

[Peter Daniel]

Just google " queen bicycle race poster " and you will see uncensored version

[Andersonix]

Since I prefer having my eyes open rather than closed while listening (since it seems un-natural for me to be hearing such realistic noises in front of me and not be able to try to fixate/orient my eyes on it), I don't usually see more than the front of my room. But when I try to imagine something it's often a empty stage with a drum kit or studio or hall, depending on the music. Sometimes if I'm thinking about an instrument I'll see that, like a sax or trumpet, or often cymbals, bells, and chimes when I hear them.

I've often wondered what would be the best backdrop behind the stereo. Just black? A grid for pinpointing audible images? Draped curtains? One of those wall paper nature scenes (like earth rising over the moon)?

[johnr66]

I suppose it is like when reading a book, you form a mental image of the surroundings as it is described. Some songs that have a story theme help build the mental picture. I tune in more on the instruments, notes and chords with instrumentals since my mind does not have to follow lyrics. Can't say I really form a mental picture in this case, although the notes, chords, melody, rhythm and timbre can give a feeling of color, weight and coarseness.

[renfrow]

When I do serious music listening, I close my eyes, and the visual cortex more or less turns off. I then tend to follow musical threads, as they grab my attention. It's better with better produced music, where you can pick individual instruments out of the mix.

Tom.

[prickears]

Listening in the dark, is the gift from the gods I reckon. I don't see anything, even in the minds eye, but from a place deeper within. I LOVE IT!!!

Mick.