Musical "emotions"............

[TexasTravel]

I put this here because I really do not know if it fits the bounds of the auditorium, but, if Speber fills it is so, please move it there.

Anyway, I really do not know how to go about describing this, does anyone have ...........well, "floating" feelings when listening to certain music. By "floating", I do not mean lighter than air or water or any sort thing along that line but instead emotions that change as not expected. I really do know how to describe this.

My thing is, and it is what music so special to me, is that many times, not all of the time, but many times, I will sit at my computer to play a slow game of solitaire, or something along that line and just happen to pick some songs, for no real reasons, that have nothing to do with how I am feeling. The catch is that they end up putting me into a deep "translike" state. And, I do not necessarily mean a good one. It has always been with me that the music picks me and not vice versa. I can be in an extremely excited, happy state and happen to pick a certain type of music (I have about 10 types categorized in my iTunes) and end up picking a category that may be extremely somber or extremely deep. It is not really the state described in the Auditorium but a very, very, very emotional state.

Once again, it is very, very hard to describe what I feel when it does happen. It is strange and I have always questioned whether other people have it too.

If this goes into the Auditorium, Speber, please put it there.

Thanks.

[TexasTravel]

I'll try to describe it better. My memory improves greatly. I feel that things are extremely more powerful than when I am not in the state. Nothing can really affect me at the time. It is hard.

It is hard to describe.

[speber]

Music has unexplained awesome power. You, TexasTravel, have very well described an example of this!

There are MANY neuroscientists and the like trying to determine just how this occurs. However, public awareness of this phenomenon is relatively unknown!

A broader feedback from the public could be a great tool in this research IMHO.

Speber


PS. Texas Travel, I tried to move the thread as you suggested to the 'Auditorium' because of its relevance...but I believe it's setup for my polls or threads by admin only so I've moved it to the Library.

And again, for the record...information in Speber's Auditorium experiment will NEVER be sent to anyone....it is just my personal experiment approved graciously by Bernard to prove a theory. If I ever want to approach the scientific community I will start over on my own somewhere as CWE's policy is to disallow outside research.

Speber