Here’s another new song, “Blood-Fires”, written on a toy guitar with only three strings to its neck. It helps to add limitations and restraints on composition. The Presidents Of The USA wrote their hits “Gump” and “Peaches” on a three-string. The artist Matthew Barney tied himself with fishing rope to a gallery wall and hung […]
Archive of posts tagged synesthesia
Disconnected
Phones are in F. They ring F’s, they drone dial tones in F Major Thirds, and the buttons beep in F Minor. Many other related phone melodies are also in F Major, such as the classic “Disconnected”. This little melody is a Bb Major Seventh, the fourth degree of an F Major scale. Click on […]
Synaesthesia
Did you know some crazy folks out there have actually seen Music? They’re called synesthetes and often experience what is known as “colored hearing,” or “Sound → Color Synesthesia.” What do these synesthetes say that Music looks like? Well, no two synesthetes ever agree on tone (especially the musicians), but mostly it looks exactly how […]
