synesthesiais a social music journal
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i fucking love the intro of this song 0:03
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love the intro 0:02 that's almost entirely just guitar harmonics
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vocal harmonies on the chorus are so beautiful (0:55)
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guitarists be like "me and my guitar"
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while i was training for a marathon i remember running across the brooklyn bridge 4 coffees deep 7 miles in when the chorus on this song came on [1:53] and immediately feeling like i had wings
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there's a beat in the background that sounds like water dripping and it scratches my brain so good
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insta reel on how the guitar riff at the start was created - very cool! i’ve been messing with palm muting a lot myself
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guitar solo here at 4:59 is one of the best rock guitar solos ever
i want to transcribe it
progress: 5:11
lick at 5:07 is super hard i don’t think im playing it right
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this song is a celebration of live music, the lyrics are all about a bunch of different bands and the musicians in them
“and harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene” - about the musician journeymen in it for the love of the game
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beautiful piano piece from kurt rosenwinkel (who mainly plays jazz guitar). feels ethereal, like i'm staring out over a cliff on an alien planet
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i dont speak japanese but i like to imagine ichiko aoba is bidding farewell to the depressed penguin in that werner herzog clip (Penguin, Depressed...)
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listening to this made me think of a bunch of japanese jazz i listened to in college:
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musically they’re quite different but this gives me the same sublime “season finale” feelings as 
Blues for Salvador
Blues for Salvador
like you’re watching the world end but it’s really beautiful
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love this guitar phrase here where he just picks on one note repeatedly
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another incredible solo guitar piece from julian lage. it's incredible and inspiring to see what he can do on his own with just his guitar
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this is just julian and his guitar!
unbelievably inspiring solo guitar piece. there are times when i feel frustrated playing the guitar, when the instrument frustrates me and i feel like all the possibilities have been exhausted and there's nothing left to do, and seeing julian play something so beautiful reminds me that that's not true
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i love the pedal point on this - the note played at 0:01 is repeated continuously and does not change until 2:38
creates such an interesting effect hearing the same note repeated while the rest of the song changes around it
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synesthesia.club is pirate radio
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every time i listen to a song and think "what a cool time signature" and it turns out to not be an odd time signature, it's usually because the song is in 6/4
6/4 is weird enough to feel fresh without feeling alienating like 5/4 or 7/4. i want to play with 6/4 more
this song isn't all 6/4, the first verse alternates 6/4 and 8/4 and then it gets really weird later
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love the synth tone this opens with, feels so cinematic
and love that it stays on one chord until 0:47, switching chords to emphasize the lyrics about electing a nazi sympathizer. goosebumps
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i was lucky enough to see natalie brooke live when she opened for high fade
incredibly talented keyboard player. she opened with this song and did a really long building with the opening riff
i haven't heard a keyboard riff this funky in forever
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i moved into a new apartment recently. my old room did not have windows so i never wanted to spend time there (shoutout new york city). my new room does have windows and its incredibly spacious. it felt incredible to have space to myself for the first time in months
this song captures that feeling for me - the peaceful feeling of having space thats just for you, your own sanctuary
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for me this song captures the strange peaceful feeling of going into complete darkness
i distinctly remember listening to this song while biking at night the day after i moved into my apartment my sophomore year of college, contemplating how beautiful the stars in the night sky were. a part of me wanted the sun to never rise again
similar feeling (maybe less depressing) as 
Retche Gospod Gospodevi moyemu - which plays in this clip of werner herzog narrating about a nihilistic penguin: Penguin, Depressed...
Retche Gospod Gospodevi moyemu - which plays in this clip of werner herzog narrating about a nihilistic penguin: Penguin, Depressed...
that's part what this song captures for me: the appeal of nothingness
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everything cutting out into the bass slide at 3:40 makes me visualize the motion of a baseball bat swing - the perfect timing, the heaviness of the bass slide, the feeling of motion and impact, etc. etc.
start listening at 3:33 for it to make sense
could use this formula of cutoff + bass slide to create a riff
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hauntingly beautiful
i love how the guitars are layered on this, reminds me of James Taylor's guitar work
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i had no idea there was such a blazer of a guitar solo on this song
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the tapping riff at 4:18 is one of the coolest progressive technical guitar parts i’ve ever heard
has this “perpetual motion” feel to it. gives me goosebumps every time
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i love the flute on this (comes in around 4:10) and the extended guitar intro as well.
i love the guitar chord at the intro 0:01
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i love songs about carrying on when times are difficult - see 
Some Nights, 
Young Man, 
Count Me Out
Some Nights, Young Man, Count Me Out ...
i really love this song
the theme (carrying on when times are hard) matches Some Nights, as does the I-IV-V harmony. the opening melody is the same too
Some Nights, as does the I-IV-V harmony. the opening melody is the same too
both songs also give me huge "millennial optimism" energy. like you just voted for obama
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production on the beginning of this track reminds me of 
Fade - the vocal samples, the delay on those vocal samples, but especially the driving bass synth. same tone, same rhythm, just different notes
Fade - the vocal samples, the delay on those vocal samples, but especially the driving bass synth. same tone, same rhythm, just different notes
i love the sound of the bass synth and riff so much on both tracks. could probably do a sick DJ mix of the two songs
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i love the slow intro and buildup and then the main riff is so good. it's so melody driven and the melody sounds so good played on slide guitar
feels so good when the long buildup ends and the slide guitar melody hits at 1:05
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such a cool beat switch at 2:11
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"if you take care of the music, the music will take care of you"
