Does smoking Marijuana make music better?
 

I always thought that being stoned made music better when I was smoking a lot, but ever since I stopped smoking as much that thought has been validated even more. Since I'm sober most of the time, My occasional toke these days just really makes me think "damn, music really does sound better when I'm high." It enhances your senses and really deepens the way you hear music. It causes you to notice little things that you normally wouldn't, makes every little aspect of the music really stand out and just causes you to hear it in a way that you normally wouldn't. Music is still amazing when you're sober, I'm not saying it isn't. Maybe weed really doesn't make music better, maybe it just causes you to realize how great it is even more than you would when you're sober.

What do you guys think?

I find that when i smoke and listen to music, I can actually hear every single part of the music playing individually. If I focus, i can do the same when I'm sober, but I do think it's much easier to hear stoned. Actually, i think weed in general makes focusing on some things easier (except math).

I think if weed can make sex better, it can make music better. They both rely on senses, which weed can make clearer. Just stay away from "Sour Diesel". That won't make you enjoy music at all.

Whenever I am investigating new music, I like to drink a beer or two.
It somehow makes me more open minded, it makes the music more intense.
I hear things I might overhear on a completely sober first listen.

Music makes weed better.

Haha you're right. I think it goes both ways.

Being someone who rarely smokes anymore, I'm not really biased on the subject. I dont have the "Mary Jane is the only girl you need" mentality. I really do think that weed does something that causes your brain to perceive music in a different way, I'm sure there is some science to it.

Yes. Yes it does.


Politely disagree completely!

I'm the same way, weed slows down my processing enough that I can easily examine each individual part of a song. The same goes for TV shows and movies, I will often find myself wondering why the director chose this particular shot, if there's any hidden meaning, what's going on in the character's faces, etc. While I can do this sober, I really have to force myself to do it, whereas while intoxicated I just kind of do it naturally.

It makes me play like a dope, forget things, eat everything in sight, jump the drummer's girlfriend, etc.

So, yes!

Yes, but not as much better as mushrooms make it.

I've always wondered that, since weed supposedly makes everything better, wouldn't it then make everyday life that much more boring?

*sigh* that's why i'm addicted to weed.

There are a lot of things weed doesn't make better. Math for example.

I always got the impression that was where dependency came from. Sober life seems to become less desirable. I know many an individual who can't seem to make it through a day with a level head.

Makes sense. :laughing:

Yeah me too. And I actually had someone in mind when I wrote that as well. Must suck. I already have intense reactions, even to the most mundane things, so I don't think I need any help in that area.

I honestly don't think so. If you can't listen to something sober, maybe you don't like it. I do not smoke weed at all, and NEVER listen to real music when I drink.

The few times I do drink(maybe once every other week or so), ****ty bar music sounds fun as ****. Yet, I realize it's more me being a drunk idiot than legitimately noticing something about the music.

With that said, one could also argue, I probably listen to significantly more advanced layered difficult music than the average pothead, and feel no further need for assistance than I already have.

I'm already satisfied with all the things, so I have no desire or interest in it.

It's sort of like downloading FLAC when you know you're happy with 256kbs. You might as well save memory. :laughing:

Me neither.

Indeed!

i don't think weed makes sex better at all - it makes you erect longer, sure, but it takes forever to come

i can only say the only music that sounds better on weed is reggae, especially dub, it seems to flow with whatever frequency your brainwaves are on weed - the kind of push/pull effect - it's like your mind is having a conversation with the music

i've been sober for the past two 20 yrs - i'm too caught up in the real world and mired in it to want to escape

in any event, some of my meds do get me high as a side-effect, neways

To say whether or not it's better or worse is completely subjective. To say that it's "different", however, is undeniable.

I mean, Hell, your mind processes music differently when you're in different moods, tired, super-alert...anything.

I don't think that being on any drug is necessary or even undeniably conducive to any music listening experience. I'm just saying that it's a different way to experience music, and I'm a fan of having as many experiences as is humanly possible.

To each his/her own.

As an aside:
I've found that while stoned, the sort of music I've been drawn to as a positive experience has been acoustic, melodically complex, or rhythmic. Stoned jazz is actually something I particularly enjoy, although I'm a huge fan of jazz while sober or under the influence of other non-cannabis substances. Not so big on it drunk.

I think it also helps my guitar playing. It helps me relax and I tend to feel it a little more when I'm high, instead of thinking too much.

I think this explains it, listening to your favorite tunes increases the flow of dopamine to your brain, weed also increases that flow. Therefore when you're listening to music, the dopamine is flowing, then when you smoke, the dopamine begins to flow even more, and that results in double the pleasure.:pimp:

To sum this up, listening to music causes dopamine to flow to your brain. And getting high does as well. When you're listening to music and getting high there is more dopamine flowing to your brain as opposed to if you were just doing one without the other.

Makes sense to me.

i have no desire to pick up the guitar when i'm stoned - i either just sit there or lay down

That's crazy to me. Getting stoned increases my desire to pick up the guitar.

I feel like it's easier to write music when you're stoned too.

Yes, the somke rings blowed help to develop emotion and stimulate imagination.

I disagree. I had my highest math test scores when I was stoned.



Look out, this guy is better at listening to music than you are.:laughing:

i did most of my law degree stoned and i got a second upper

i toked before several exams

If were not for hallucinogens, the Beatles sucked.
 

It makes the songwriters better too. And, LSD is a trip that Lucy in the Sky. And, Alice to Wonderland. Don't believe me, go ask her? But, the alcohol and heroin? It kills. Jimi will testify to that. And, made Clapton forget. So, stick with the weed. I wish I still hit it sometimes. All the time, actually. But, the man in the Corporate Fascist Regime, for some reason, just can randomly 'screen'


too bad, so sad.:(

The Man won't screen me, but the Pigs will

Heroin will make you forget your words 5 minutes after they leave your mouth.:rofl:

You ever hear the name 'John Coltrane'? He's a very clear case that sometimes quitting drugs makes you a better songwriter.

No, just you.

5 minutes?! They'll make you forget your words before they come out of your mouth.

:bowdown:

Only if don't see men as pigs. I think you do. I screened it.:)

i meant the fuzz - they can be male or female

Wow be must be old. Here come the fuzz. I haven't that for while:)

peace