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20 Nov 2015, 7:49 am

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I didn't check thoroughly to see if someone had already mentioned him, but Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson may be a mild aspie (kind of like me). He just seems so awkward and goofy when he drums - he strikes me as a bombastic sort of aspie with a big personality, but still kind of awkward:



And during this 1984 interview, he seemed to dart around a lot with his gaze, make jokes that only he laughed at sometimes (although I laughed a bit too), and what really struck me was his resentment of the "surfer rock" scene in the U.S. in the late 60s, something that almost any non-autistic person would have been into at the time because it was "cool" and "popular":




I also think Bob Fripp might be, but more of the reserved and introverted type like me.


It would not surprise me if a lot of progressive rock musicians are on the spectrum. Escortic topics most often not about sex/relationships, exacting detailed sound.


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20 Nov 2015, 9:50 am

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deafghost52 wrote:
I didn't check thoroughly to see if someone had already mentioned him, but Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson may be a mild aspie (kind of like me). He just seems so awkward and goofy when he drums - he strikes me as a bombastic sort of aspie with a big personality, but still kind of awkward:



And during this 1984 interview, he seemed to dart around a lot with his gaze, make jokes that only he laughed at sometimes (although I laughed a bit too), and what really struck me was his resentment of the "surfer rock" scene in the U.S. in the late 60s, something that almost any non-autistic person would have been into at the time because it was "cool" and "popular":




I also think Bob Fripp might be, but more of the reserved and introverted type like me.


It would not surprise me if a lot of progressive rock musicians are on the spectrum. Escortic topics most often not about sex/relationships, exacting detailed sound.


Yeah, but some of the immensely successful ones (like Rush's Neil Peart) strike me as being so mildly autistic that they're practically outside the criteria for formal diagnosis, so they're just seen as "oddballs" really.


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20 Nov 2015, 10:26 am

I'm extremely musical, and I see the world as patterns and wavelengths and energy streams. I play the piano [quite well] and the ocarina [badly], and love singing and dancing. Is anyone else like me?


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20 Nov 2015, 11:20 am

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I'm extremely musical, and I see the world as patterns and wavelengths and energy streams. I play the piano [quite well] and the ocarina [badly], and love singing and dancing. Is anyone else like me?


That depends - do you have absolute pitch, and do you nickname certain keys based on how they make you feel? (e.g., I've nicknamed B-flat major "God's key signature" because of its warmth and benevolence - B-flat major represents His unrequited love for us, and the parallel g minor represents the pain and sadness He must experience constantly because of all of our suffering and depravity; for me, g minor is evidence that God cries too)


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20 Nov 2015, 11:28 am

^No, but listening to music and musical instruments paints pictures in my head, and certain instruments remind me of certain things [for example, string instruments remind me of birds, Eastern instruments remind me of dragons, flutes remind me of faeries and mysterious creatures in forests, and so forth].


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20 Nov 2015, 11:39 am

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^No, but listening to music and musical instruments paints pictures in my head, and certain instruments remind me of certain things [for example, string instruments remind me of birds, Eastern instruments remind me of dragons, flutes remind me of faeries and mysterious creatures in forests, and so forth].


That's cool that you have a deep timbrel relationship with music, and that certain instruments remind of you of certain things. I find it a shame though that certain keys/modes don't make you feel a certain way - I just listened to "The Plagues" from The Prince of Egypt and wept like a baby...so much pain in that song (it's in g/e minor btw - that's another thing I like is the "chromatic mediant" relationship between such keys; it adds SO much more depth to the emotion of the piece).


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20 Nov 2015, 11:42 am

^Well, they do make me feel emotions, but I don't automatically associate a certain key with a certain emotion.


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20 Nov 2015, 11:49 am

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^Well, they do make me feel emotions, but I don't automatically associate a certain key with a certain emotion.


Sorry, I misunderstood. I mean, I assumed you felt something with music, I just didn't think you associated certain keys/modes with certain emotions, and thus it was more of a general thing. (Plus, I wasn't sure about how much emotion you feel when listening to certain music, because I only know that for me it can become overwhelming at times and break me down into tears)


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20 Nov 2015, 11:52 am

I often feel like I've been transported away into a magical dimension where the wavelengths are travelling around me when I close my eyes while listening to music I like. I only like orchestral, classical, and ancient music, though [along with my favourite video game soundtracks]. :nerdy:


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22 Nov 2015, 4:56 pm

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Well... I can't post links as new user, but you can find this two documentaries on youtube by links endings or by names: 1. Such Hawks Such Hounds, 2. Blood, Sweat, Vinyl. DIY in the 21st Century
There are a lot of nice music and people including aspies. Just try to detect some of them excluding persons I've posted earlier :D

PS: sorry for my English :oops:



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27 Nov 2015, 1:52 pm

some of the known ones (or at least suspected ones in pop music) are brian eno (keyboardist from roxy music) and gary numan



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05 Dec 2015, 1:37 pm

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Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth definitely sounds like she might be an aspie. here is a profile The New Yorker did on her http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/next-stage


An interview with her in Pitchfork about her memoir in which her shyness is discussed
Unconventional Idol: Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band


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31 Dec 2015, 10:20 am

Abz Love member of boy band Five came out on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013
http://archive.entertainmentwise.com/photos/124651/1/Celebrity-Big-Brother-2013-Abz-Love-Opens-Up-About-Aspergers-Syndrome-In-Diary-Room-Confession

For those that care I do not now if finding out meant proffessional or self disgnosed


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05 Jan 2016, 12:02 am

Leslie Lemke blind Autistic Savant

Tony DeBlois blind Autistic savant Jazz musician

Savant electronic musician nominated for a Norwegian Grammy


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19 Feb 2016, 9:32 am

There's also Dereck Paravacini, whom I've just recently discovered. I also suspect that Trent Gardner, from Magellan, might have Asperger's.


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19 Feb 2016, 9:36 am

You should look up Tony Drake on you tube who is blind and ASD. He plays guitar and sings and is AMAZING