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« on: February 28, 2007, 09:39:25 PM »
but what exactly does the term "brown sound" mean? i know its EVH's tone but why is it called the brown sound?

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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2007, 10:13:05 PM »
'cuz it kicks ass and goes way deep, like ....  :P

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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2007, 10:13:46 PM »
I think that's what Eddie referred to it as.  A bit like Clapton and his "woman tone".

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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2007, 10:23:43 PM »
Because it sounds so good, even your cr@p wants to come out for a listen?  :D

I dont actually know.

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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2007, 11:00:27 PM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sound

I love Wikipedia, there's a page about pretty much everything... ever.  :lol:

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2007, 11:07:24 PM »
..."seeing" the sound...like attributing a "color" to a tone, is known as synesthesia(sp??)-I remember checking it out back in the ol' college Psych course-pretty cool ,trippy stuff...especially if you have ever tripped on 'shrooms....there are some teaching styles that are loosely based on this-I know it does work for me..if I hear a song in the key of A, for example, I can see red-it usually is right-yellow for C,etc
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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2007, 11:28:44 PM »
i watched horizon about synesthesia once. good stuff.

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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2007, 01:08:01 AM »
I love that the disambiguation section on that page had a link for the "Brown Note".


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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2007, 08:57:49 AM »
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i watched horizon about synesthesia once. good stuff.


I watched that too. Very interesting. There are some people that can taste sounds too, like "wooo that sound tastes like a sausage!". I'd find a sound that tastes nice and put it on my mp3 player all day :lol:

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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2007, 08:16:33 PM »
when i drink beer it always tastes like colours.  lots of pretty colours!  most lagers taste green, beers like smithwicks have a kind of purple taste and guinness has a rich brown taste.  although a bad guinness is kinda beige. (yuk)
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2007, 08:55:21 PM »
Quote from: blue
when i drink beer it always tastes like colours.  lots of pretty colours!  most lagers taste green, beers like smithwicks have a kind of purple taste and guinness has a rich brown taste.  although a bad guinness is kinda beige. (yuk)


i know exactly what you mean

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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2007, 09:26:44 PM »
hmmm....sounds like I need to experiment....immediately!!BRILLIANT!
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2007, 03:29:54 PM »
Beer tastes lke green and purple??????

EVH sounds like a sausage??????

you guys are f*cked up on some weird ass drugs!!!!!!!! :?:  :?:  :!:  :!:

seriously, ive never had that, apart from ive had things smell like the taste of things and vice versa.
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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2007, 06:59:45 PM »
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

We all know Eddie was f*cked up on drugs when he invented the term brown sound.
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« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2007, 07:26:37 PM »
Quote from: Miracle Man Matt
Beer tastes lke green and purple??????

EVH sounds like a sausage??????

you guys are f*cked up on some weird ass drugs!!!!!!!! :?:  :?:  :!:  :!:

seriously, ive never had that, apart from ive had things smell like the taste of things and vice versa.


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