Pretty much most of my life I thought everyone had this (as well as vivid imagination) but now I dont think its as common. Like I can cue up any song in my head and it plays through, all the instruments relatively separated etc. A similar thing happens for writing music, I can write song after song and rarely feel like I "dont have any ideas".
Sometimes I wish that power could actually be utilized..
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Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 148d
I have a friend who notices when she forgets her adhd meds because the music starts playing.
When she told me this it was the first time I realized constant brain music is not a normal thing that everyone has.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 148d
There's a reason for the joke that adhd is like having 63 tabs open in your browser and one of them is playing music x)
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 148d
And you can’t find which tab it’s coming from, and your volume controls are broken, and you’re in class
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 148d
And the active tab changes randomly...
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 148d
Unless I'm actively listening to something I've always got music going in my head.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 148d
sometimes even then
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 148d
My brain is like a broken jukebox set to shuffle. I randomly get songs that I haven't heard in decades stuck in my head.
GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 148d
This is me while walking my dog. I dunno what's gonna pop up, but it'll be different in 30 seconds.
Pronell@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 148d
Yup, I am always playing with nonsense lyrics and scatting.
Idris Elba shows up a lot because it's a fun one to scat.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 148d
Uh.. youre doing what?
Pronell@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d
Scat.
copymyjalopy@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 148d
I'm like this too. I have to focus on the current song to get it to move on or just switch the song entirely.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 2 pts · 148d
Even if I focus on the song in my head it’ll be there all day.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 148d
I never realized the two were connected. It makes sense, though. I don't seperate the instruments but there is almost always something playing in my head. The weird thing is I find it easier to remember all the words to the song than remembering the band who played it.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 148d
That's so funny, I'm polar opposite. I can't remember or understand lyrics for shit. I can write my own and remember them. And I can recall bands very well. There's veeeery few bands where I know the words to every song (probably like 2 bands I can do this with).
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 148d
It's funny, my memory for things like dates is non existent. I'm also pretty sure I have a neurological issue preventing me from recognizing people. But damn, my memory for audio i think is perfect. I can listen to a song once and remember every beat and every word for years. It's an odd thing to have thrown all my skillpoints into.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 148d
I have a perpetual mixtape running in my head. It's literally impossible to stop. I know I'm in the depths of depression when the music stops, and I'm climbing back out when it comes back.
Jakylla@jlai.lu · 5 pts · 148d
Not musical person here, still have too much music going on in the head. Can't even sing them or play them or anything, most of the time cannot even recall them. But they are there...
where silence ? [insert monkey meme here]
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 148d
All the time.
Presently my brain is bouncing between these two songs, but I don't understand the lyrics to either:
Nimalila - Scar zm, MDC
Ibague - Monty
trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 147d
Yes, there are many albums I don't really even have to turn on to hear. I can play Dark Side of the Moon heartbeat to heartbeat in my head. I often also have other music bouncing around built on my mood, my environment, other sounds I'm hearing, etc.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 147d
Excellent album
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 146d
I'm that way with most tool albums.
HumbleBragger@piefed.social · 4 pts · 148d
I've always had background music in my head. It only stopped for a while when I was on vyvanse 70mg..which was way too strong for me. Now that I'm on a 30mg generic med the music came back. Sometimes I can change it but it usually stays playing a couple songs randomly..
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 4 pts · 148d
This is going to trip you out OP but the way you utilize that power is by making music
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 148d
Haha yeah, but then the point of it is to have others listen and judge and eh, there's an album released every minute in the world, most of which now are ai slop and the majority of people can't tell the difference.
My hard drives full of my songs will probably die with me. Most of it's unfinished anyways.
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 148d
I'm not even a musician but I can use my brain like an MP3 player or make up my own songs for fun. I've learned to turn it off and on at will and make it play whatever I want.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 148d
I haven't heard the song "Cream" by Prince in over 30 years, but my brain DJ just started spinning it as I woke up. It's on loop. Tomorrow will be a different song.
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 148d
I defenetly have music or an underlying "theme" all the time in my head
Slayan@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 148d
Yup i got a radio playing in my head all day everyday.
slackassassin@piefed.social · 1 pts · 148d
North Carolina come on and raise up take your shirt off, twist it 'round your hand, spin it like a helicopter.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 146d
Yes
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 146d
Yeah at work I'm always bobbing my head to music. But I don't know how to play any instrument.