Comments on: Pianist with synesthesia performs Bach "in color" (video) http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 10:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Alissa Mower Clough http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1376593 Alissa Mower Clough Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1376593  I feel it was justified. I'd feel that way after playing that -- I once played Joy of Man's Desiring on a recorder and it made my head spin.  I feel it was justified. I’d feel that way after playing that — I once played Joy of Man’s Desiring on a recorder and it made my head spin.

]]> By: Alissa Mower Clough http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1376585 Alissa Mower Clough Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1376585 Laying into the prescription meds a bit too heavily, eh there, Glen? Laying into the prescription meds a bit too heavily, eh there, Glen?

]]> By: dnamama http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1375284 dnamama Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1375284  I can barely handle my alarm clock going off and an IMAX movie in the same week, so you can imagine what was going through my head watching this. But the talent is so immense, I couldn't even close my eyes to regroup. (I wish I could handle more stimulation; the world would be so much more fun.)  I'm completely confident my husband would not nod off during one of his concerts, so we're just going to have to deal with traffic one night soon and catch Evan in person. REALLY hoping this guy is playing on the XM Symphony Hall Tribute to Bach (on his birthday) tomorrow. If not, they have truly missed the boat.  The world has changed since I studied Haydn and Mozart in Spring, 1982. Thank God. Bravo.  I can barely handle my alarm clock going off and an IMAX movie in the same week, so you can imagine what was going through my head watching this. But the talent is so immense, I couldn’t even close my eyes to regroup. (I wish I could handle more stimulation; the world would be so much more fun.)  I’m completely confident my husband would not nod off during one of his concerts, so we’re just going to have to deal with traffic one night soon and catch Evan in person. REALLY hoping this guy is playing on the XM Symphony Hall Tribute to Bach (on his birthday) tomorrow. If not, they have truly missed the boat.  The world has changed since I studied Haydn and Mozart in Spring, 1982. Thank God. Bravo.

]]> By: 120decibel http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374699 120decibel Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374699 In case you are in Berlin at the time there is an excibition coming up featureing artists with synaesthesia: http://www.cross-senses.de/ In case you are in Berlin at the time there is an excibition coming up featureing artists with synaesthesia: http://www.cross-senses.de/

]]> By: 666beast1 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374579 666beast1 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374579 I won't be taking LSD while watching this clip because I am already freaked out. I won’t be taking LSD while watching this clip because I am already freaked out.

]]> By: drabkikker http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374491 drabkikker Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374491 <a href="http://xkcd.com/1012/" rel="nofollow">Entomology Man!</a> Entomology Man!

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374471 Paul Renault Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374471 If you have a friend who has a copy of The Kronos Quartet's Short Stories, borrow it.  On it, there's a track, Spectre by John Oswald.  Mr. Oswald hears sounds when he sees things.  Spectre is what he heard when he visited the Grand Canyon. The Youtube video has really poor audio, so it doesn't do it justice... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1RLz5q-vk If you have a friend who has a copy of The Kronos Quartet’s Short Stories, borrow it.  On it, there’s a track, Spectre by John Oswald.  Mr. Oswald hears sounds when he sees things.  Spectre is what he heard when he visited the Grand Canyon.

The Youtube video has really poor audio, so it doesn’t do it justice…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1RLz5q-vk

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374468 TheMudshark Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374468 Which leaves the question: Why would anyone without synesthesia play Bach? Which leaves the question: Why would anyone without synesthesia play Bach?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374454 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374454 You might want to read up on the etiology of epilepsy. You might want to read up on the etiology of epilepsy.

]]> By: Nhoj http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374450 Nhoj Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374450 yeah. i was kind of perturbed at first by the 'saloon' sounding offkey piano, but i dug it after a while.  however, I don't experience synesthesia with notes the way it's interpreted in the video.  It makes me wonder how different people with synesthesia visually perceive their colors. yeah. i was kind of perturbed at first by the ‘saloon’ sounding offkey piano, but i dug it after a while.  however, I don’t experience synesthesia with notes the way it’s interpreted in the video.  It makes me wonder how different people with synesthesia visually perceive their colors.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374440 Ladyfingers Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374440 I wonder if you should perhaps provide viewers with seizure warnings. I don't know if that's the sort of thing that triggers them exactly,  but it was the first thing I thought about. I wonder if you should perhaps provide viewers with seizure warnings. I don’t know if that’s the sort of thing that triggers them exactly,  but it was the first thing I thought about.

]]> By: taghag http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374419 taghag Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374419  ask around in your family!  synesthesia is often a family trait (not necessarily genetic, just "runs in families").  ask around in your family!  synesthesia is often a family trait (not necessarily genetic, just “runs in families”).

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374411 BDiamond Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374411 Very enjoyable performance, marred by the unnecessary exclamation at the end. Very enjoyable performance, marred by the unnecessary exclamation at the end.

]]> By: Tuna http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374391 Tuna Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374391 That is absolute rubbish.  If that is synesthesia, I'm glad I don't have because it would lead to epilepsy. That is absolute rubbish.  If that is synesthesia, I’m glad I don’t have because it would lead to epilepsy.

]]> By: Tim http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374390 Tim Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374390 Check how, how he tagged his Video... Check how, how he tagged his Video…

]]> By: stephenjames http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374344 stephenjames Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374344 I actually dig the vibe of that piano! I actually dig the vibe of that piano!

]]> By: stephenjames http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374345 stephenjames Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374345 I dig him! I dig him!

]]> By: Newman Steven http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374343 Newman Steven Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374343 This is incredible! This is incredible!

]]> By: Craig C. http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374330 Craig C. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374330 So, to the wiki I went to research Synesthesia, and I've actually experienced the taste->sight thing, especially when focusing on wine/coffee tasting. I often visualized different tastes being above or behind, or sliding through, or to the left/right of others. I would have never thought that had a name. So, to the wiki I went to research Synesthesia, and I’ve actually experienced the taste->sight thing, especially when focusing on wine/coffee tasting. I often visualized different tastes being above or behind, or sliding through, or to the left/right of others. I would have never thought that had a name.

]]> By: Beverly Millson http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374313 Beverly Millson Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374313 I am in complete AW of Shinners and GRATEFUL to him for helping me to understand a phenomenon that is, in itself, as deliciously extraordinary as his performance.   I am in complete AW of Shinners and GRATEFUL to him for helping me to understand a phenomenon that is, in itself, as deliciously extraordinary as his performance.  

]]> By: endymion http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374305 endymion Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374305 Not sure about those colors... but this was a FANTASTIC performance of Bach. Almost Gouldian. Not sure about those colors… but this was a FANTASTIC performance of Bach. Almost Gouldian.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374279 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374279 Bach meets LSD Bach meets LSD

]]> By: silkox http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374263 silkox Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374263 Needs more cowbell! Needs more cowbell!

]]> By: joe k. http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374254 joe k. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374254 Owwww! My head aches really bad now... Stupid Bach! Owwww! My head aches really bad now… Stupid Bach!

]]> By: silkox http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374225 silkox Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374225 I never imagined I'd be a piano snob, but couldn't he have put all this work into a recording with a better piano? (Or -- more snobby still -- a harpsichord?) I never imagined I’d be a piano snob, but couldn’t he have put all this work into a recording with a better piano? (Or — more snobby still — a harpsichord?)

]]> By: Kirke Godfrey http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374216 Kirke Godfrey Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374216 looks like jitter is flipping out… looks like jitter is flipping out…

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374209 Xeni Jardin Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374209 derp derp

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374207 EH Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374207 Pretty sure there's a natural color frame around 0:29. What note was that? It might be important. Pretty sure there’s a natural color frame around 0:29. What note was that? It might be important.

]]> By: DJ Cat Gif http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pianist-with-synesthesia-perfo.html#comment-1374201 DJ Cat Gif Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150016#comment-1374201 Might want to check what the [Video Link] points to :) Might want to check what the [Video Link] points to :)

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