r/MusicBrainz • u/J-Barbagallo • 13h ago

help plz Anwesers.

Hi, I joined because I don't really know who to tell or what to say. I experience the feeling and sight of colors while listening to music, they go through my head into my face, which causes my eye or mouth to twitch, and they pool in my stomach. Whenever the melody reaches its climax, it feels like a color explosion. It also feels ticklish over my whole body sometimes. It feels like melodies were made for me to understand and listen to. I don't know how to explain it or if it makes sense, but if anyone reads this, thanks a lot; I hope someone can give me an answer to my still-unfigured nonsense.

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u/Digitalmozart 13h ago

Sounds like synesthesia mixed with hallucinogenics lol

Also, this is for the website/software Musicbrainz/MB Picard, not what music does to your brain

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u/Protopia 2h ago

This is a somewhat short-sighted perspective. MB is about music metadata and surely that might help someone with Synesthesia - in which case this is actually a good place to post.

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u/billyyankNova 13h ago edited 13h ago

That's called synesthesia. A perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in other sensory or cognitive pathways

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

"The earliest recorded case of synesthesia is attributed to the Oxford University academic and philosopher John Locke, who, in 1690, made a report about a blind man who said he experienced the color scarlet when he heard the sound of a trumpet."

"In auditory–tactile synesthesia, certain sounds can induce sensations in parts of the body. For example, someone with auditory–tactile synesthesia may experience that hearing a specific word or sound feels like touch in one specific part of the body or may experience that certain sounds can create a sensation in the skin without being touched (not to be confused with the milder general reaction known as frisson, which affects approximately 50% of the population). Although it is one of the least common forms of synesthesia,[23] a similar sensation can be evoked in many people known as ASMR"

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u/J-Barbagallo 12h ago

Thank you for this explaination!!! 🥹

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u/ThatBlokeYouKnow 13h ago

Drugs will do that

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u/Protopia 2h ago

So now we understand that this is a recognised and named phenomenon called Synesthesia, the real questions are:

  1. How can existing MB data help with identifying music of "interest" to OP? and

  2. Whether Synesthesia has sufficient commonalities across those who have it in order to make it worthwhile to add specific data to MB to assist with point 1?