You're walking, your iPod is warm with activity in your pocket, the plugs in your ears pumping out some grooves. Something with a beat beat beat. All of a sudden you look to your left - a man riding a bicycle is pedal pedal pedalling. Beat - look to your right - the traffic light is flash flash flashing. You subconsciously start to change the cadence of your walk. Your walk becomes a walk walk walk. This is about the time that you'd start smiling. Your bag feels lighter. Your head, you know what it's doing? It's warming up, like there's microwaves coming out of your headphones. Nod nod nod. This is a good song, you think to yourself.
That's Audio-Visual Synchronicity. If you're not a fan of magniloquence, then I'll say that it's your brain doing what it does best: finding patterns. I am of the opinion that music makes your brain function in ways unlike any other sensory input, so when your mind starts to make connections between music and the world around you, neural pathways that would never otherwise form are sparking to life for the first time. That's probably why when you experience a moment like the one I just described you always feel really, really good.
This is why I miss my iPod. I had to bury the old bugger after countless hours of service. Right at the end of working a wine harvest in New Zealand it finally kicked the bucket. Rest in peace, my old friend. You shan't be replaced (for a few months).
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