Is Synesthesia ACTUALLY real?

The Q+A Podcast with Adam Neely

Aug 21, 2017•20 min

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Many thanks to Chris LeMond, TheHarmonicPulse, SAMUCA CHIODINI, Jim Haugland, Denis, bj7xtas1, thebudsofmay, Zippy Leroux, user name, Yhoda, Joe Turgeon and Daniel Proctor for your insightful questions!

:14 What’s the deal with Fanned Frets? Also, how does an understand of physics relate to music?
2:23 Is Synesthesia real, or just some BS you made up?
5:11 What is the function of the Fm7 in the chorus to Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder?
8:08 How do you come up with melodies?
10:06 How do you keep so relaxed with your technique on bass?
12:02 What are your thoughts on NOT recording to a click in a modern DAW environment?
14:01 On modern jazz big band music
14:09 How do you approach memorizing large amounts of music?
15:01 Can Adam submit a song for US to review?
15:11 HOW MUCH DID THE 440 CONSPIRACY PAY YOU TO MAKE THE ANTI-432 VIDEO?!?!
15:48 Can I get away with not doubling if I’m a woodwind player looking to make a career in NYC?
17:21 How do I start a career in TEACHING music?

SYNESTHESIA RESEARCH

(Cognitive Neuroscience)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037840/

(Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience)
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jocn.2010.21486?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&
http://cogprints.org/6268/1/Cortex_sound-colour_Synaesthesia.pdf

(Yale journal of biology and medicine)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670440/

(Biological Psychiatry)

http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(99)00056-6/fulltext

(Neuropsychologia)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393212003879?via%3Dihub

(Consciousness and Cognition)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810013000834