Some people really can sense things differently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
By the way, I associate "yellow" with "treble" as far as guitar tones are concerned (can't really explain it)
Some people really can sense things differently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
By the way, I associate "yellow" with "treble" as far as guitar tones are concerned (can't really explain it)
Some people really can sense things differently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
By the way, I associate "yellow" with "treble" as far as guitar tones are concerned (can't really explain it)
Sure, but this guy knew absolutely nothing about music and he didn't have Synesthesia, just business-people being responsible for an advertising-project. And because they are "important", they have to "involve" themselves in everything...
Similar to the guy who wanted to hear a "tambourine", but he was asking for the sound of a "trampoline" for about 2 hours....
Sure, but this guy knew absolutely nothing about music or Synesthesia, just business-people being responsible for an advertising-project. And because they are "important", they have to "involve" themselves in everything...
Similar to the guy who wanted to hear a "tambourine", but he was asking for the sound of a "trampoline" for about 2 hours....
Synesthesia is something you have, not something you learn
But it seems to be very prevalent, describing music in colours. And I'm betting not many of them are synesthetics - mostly the stories are about A&R guys etc... Maybe they got confused by black metal and the blues?
True story.... I'll never forget this studio-session.
Guys from big advertising companies (Lintas, Scholz & Friends ect.) were the most funny ones in recording studios, big responsibility, but absolutely no clue about music.... One guy once said: "Well, it sounds nice, but I'm missing the colour "yellow" in the music...."
at one point I was getting pretty good at deciphering the suggestions I got back from people working in advertising:
"can you make it more energetic?" = a few BPMs faster
"we need more emotional impact!" (btw. this was for a coffee maker...)= add acoustic guitar, nylon > steel string
"I dunno, it's just not quite 'there' yet..." = add about 1,5dBs subs and air and/or make the brickwall limiter about 1,5dBs more aggressive
"Rastafy by 10%" = ok, that's just a Simpsons quote, still no idea what that one means
"Rastafy by 10%" = ok, that's just a Simpsons quote, still no idea what that one means
Means you need to emphasize the offbeats and delay the shit out of it.
Synesthesia is something you have, not something you learn
But it seems to be very prevalent, describing music in colours. And I'm betting not many of them are synesthetics - mostly the stories are about A&R guys etc... Maybe they got confused by black metal and the blues?
I know, I'm just a German guy and writing in English often is a real challenge.... I've corrected it.
The ad-guy was just a smartass, he didn't have Synesthesia like many artists (Tori Amos, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Billy Joel, Franz Liszt, Vincent Van Gogh, Eddie van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder ect.).
don: perfect description. I would add for guitar-players: remove your reverb-unit (if you don't use it) from your amp, make the unwired "Reverb"-knob to the "Fat"-knob and in difficult situations you'll suddenly have the best guitar-sound in the world....
Would the "fat-knob" be an new feature on the Kemper?
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