Staring into space

[DaisyRose]

When anyone listens to music, do you stare into blank space? I go into full focus and will only want to listen to music. I stare at the wall all the time when listening to music. Is the weird or is it a normal thing?

 

[DaisyRose]

A song I’ve been listening to is God’s by league of legends and new jeans. That song is fire! If anyone is interested in K-pop listen to that song.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Sometimes I've sat in the dark and listened, but usually I read, write, or am doing something. I will put on an album to play while I eat dinner, too, but I'm not staring.

I know New Jeans a little. I'll check out that song.

 

[Tired]

I listen to different music. If it's something classic, or capella style, or maybe some asmr - then sure, I'll doze out and go in my head.
With other music I mostly move my head and tap my leg in the rhythm or stuff like thag. I also dance sometimes, or write, or game while I listen to music.

 

[AGXStarseed]

When I was younger, definitely. Nowadays, I listen to music and end up doing a random dance or pacing around my room.

 

[SusanLR]

No.
I have background ambient music playing through the house all day as I do housework, use the PC or even to go to sleep.
When driving, I listen to classic rock. No later than the 80's.
Somehow it keeps me focused on the driving. And I listen to the words also.
Sometimes sing with it.

When I like to stare into space or at a wall is when I'm in a conversation with someone. Really. Looking into someone's eyes has always been painfully distracting. I try to think and look at times as I can.

 

[Raggamuffin]

I spend most of my day listening to music.

At work it's in the car, driving between client's homes, and also commuting to and from work.

At home, I sit on the floor in my room, I have a low table which I use for my art, and behind it is my monitor. I sit on a comfy, crocheted throw which I've folded several times to make a comfy rug.

I sit cross legged for hours, and I sway from side to side. Usually having music playing throughout. Unless I'm watching a show, or playing a video game. However, I play certain games with the sound off and listen to music or a show.

Sometimes I close my eyes and delve into my imagination whilst I listen to music and sway. Other times I will be reading or instant messaging whilst I listen to music.

But I spend the lion's share of my time with music playing, and I spend a lot of time and money purchasing and collecting music.

Ed

 

[Human Avatar]

I do the same thing . I love just sitting and listening to music . Especially Vinyl records .It may look like I am staring into space from the outside , but in my mind there is a spectacular display of sound waves and colors responding to the music.
I will check out that song you recommended as well .

 

[AuAL]

When driving, I listen to classic rock. No later than the 80's.

There was classic rock in the 80’s?

I was on the security detail for Cheap Trick for one of their shows in Australia in ‘79. I was not looking at the stars - I was perched on the security fence in front of the bass stacks looking for the twit who was throwing cans at the stage. (It’s OK, I had my ears stuffed with cotton wool wadded up with vaseline.)

Somehow it keeps me focused on the driving. And I listen to the words also.

I used to drive 150 km each week to deliver lectures at one of our regional campuses. I stopped listening to music when driving because it lulled my attention. I gave up driving and started catching the train when 1) it connected to the tram to take me direct to our campus and, 2) after I woke up from a micro-sleep at 110 kph driving home one evening.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I was on the security detail for Cheap Trick for one of their shows in Australia in ‘79. I was not looking at the stars - I was perched on the security fence in front of the bass stacks looking for the twit who was throwing cans at the stage. (It’s OK, I had my ears stuffed with cotton wool wadded up with vaseline.)

Great band. That must have been cool.

 

[AuAL]

Great band. That must have been cool.

Despite the ”earplugs” I heard it all and, when I looked over my shoulder, I was maybe 5m from them. Still remember that night. (I was also in the audience for an indoor concert double-header of Midnight Oil and the Angels. Less than 5m from the stage. Pete Garrett had to be careful not to hit his head on the ceiling. This was not a concert hall, just a university refectory.)

 

[marc_101]

Yep. I can sit and do absolutely nothing other than getting into my own world with music (or without music). My daydream skills are quite advanced.

I usually can't have music while I work or read but I can have music in the background while doing chores. It does make my get into my own head. I'm sure it looks funny from the outside. For sure no conversation is possible then unless I turn off the music.

 

[marc_101]

@AuAL. Cheap Trick!! That's a name I hadn't heard in a while. Talking about getting spaced out. Their song Flame would do the trick for me.

 

[AGXStarseed]

I think the only time I stare into space when listening to music now is if I'm listening to certain Synthwave songs (since those normally put me in a happy, chilled-out mood and give me a feeling of Anemoia for the 1980s) or when I'm listening to Ambience/Meditation Music.
As examples:

Synthwave: (The following is a mix of vocal and instrumental songs)

Ambience/Meditation Music:

 

[Levitat0r]

When anyone listens to music, do you stare into blank space? I go into full focus and will only want to listen to music. I stare at the wall all the time when listening to music. Is the weird or is it a normal thing?

I will do that to rest some part of my mind. Life makes me really tired, and sometimes it's nice to take a break and just sit there, not thinking or doing anything in particular. I would ask a friend whether that's normal, but I don't have any. lol

 

[Jumpinbare]

When anyone listens to music, do you stare into blank space? I go into full focus and will only want to listen to music. I stare at the wall all the time when listening to music. Is the weird or is it a normal thing?

Like others, most of my music is while active. But there is some music in my collection that I will lay down comfortably, close my eyes and be fully immersed in the music. If I fall asleep, the music melds into my dreaming. (Unlike "textbook" sleep profiles, I dream the instant that I am asleep due to my narcolepsy. If I'm in a meeting or somewhere that I'm not supposed to sleep, it's the awareness that I'm dreaming that startles me awake.)

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Yes I zone out quite a bit. And while the music is playing I can kind of visualize the patterns, so I might, with my finger on a piece of grooved wood, rough upholstery, or over the bubbles on a painted wall, trace out the ups and downs of the chords, and then draw a little circle when the music doubles back on itself and starts the pattern again. I'm not really aware I'm doing it most the time.

 

[Levitat0r]

Yes I zone out quite a bit. And while the music is playing I can kind of visualize the patterns, so I might, with my finger on a piece of grooved wood, rough upholstery, or over the bubbles on a painted wall, trace out the ups and downs of the chords, and then draw a little circle when the music doubles back on itself and starts the pattern again. I'm not really aware I'm doing it most the time.

That's interesting. When I write computer software, or solve problems, I have some notion that I'm navigating structures in my head, but they're indistinct, and I'm mostly feeling my way around up there until I find the answer. Whenever something doesn't make sense or is in conflict, I can feel it long, long before I figure out the reason, which is why I tend to find the reason eventually. I think it's among my more annoying tendencies because people don't want to be told that things don't make sense.

 

[Kayla55]

I suppose I used music at times to try process my feelings, a song that meant something at the time, has embedded memories for me.....hearing song years later brings back things I tend to forget.

Quote: It takes a while to get used to being alone, once you do it's called freedom!! I enjoy my hermit life, everytime people are around they disrupt my inner peace. I still do this at times, I will need to hear a song that has lyrics of what I can't say or feeling in music and I use it try process how I feel.
I have this huge old house, and really need a tenant for misc bills, but can't imagine giving up my at long last peace....just think it's best to live alone, it makes me happy.

I want to remix the above song, make it modern house beat with gorgeous female vocales

 

[Levitat0r]

I suppose I used music at times to try process my feelings, a song that meant something at the time, has embedded memories for me.....hearing song years later brings back things I tend to forget.

Quote: It takes a while to get used to being alone, once you do it's called freedom!! I enjoy my hermit life, everytime people are around they disrupt my inner peace. I still do this at times, I will need to hear a song that has lyrics of what I can't say or feeling in music and I use it try process how I feel.
I have this huge old house, and really need a tenant for misc bills, but can't imagine giving up my at long last peace....just think it's best to live alone, it makes me happy.

I want to remix the above song, make it modern house beat with gorgeous female vocales

That's a neat song. I have a rock version of it bouncing in my head which will dissolve far before I can write it down or record it. I wish sheet music had stuck with me, but I just didn't do it enough.