When I was probably ten or eleven years old, my mother told me that when she was younger she would hear music when there was none. She would look for a radio, but the music was in her head the whole time. Now, I don't remember if she said that she had also made music play in her head before, but I decided to experiment with hearing music when no music was playing.

I found a quiet room - bathrooms are good places - and picked a song to hear. At the time, Starship's "We Built This City" was playing a lot so I chose that one. I sat and concentrated on hearing it as close to the way it actually sounded as possible. It would fade out from time to time, but I finally got it!

I could hear it! It was coming through loud and clear. No radio, no tv. It felt so cool. It was like listening to a radio!

Then I couldn't make it stop! I panicked. I thought I'd be stuck hearing the song forever. I just couldn't make it go away. For a while, a short while, I felt like I'd go mad. Of course, it wore off when I was around other sounds again, but it had me scared.

Since then, I have done it several more times. I would do it more often, but it's hard to find time, peace, and quiet all at the same...time. The last couple times I did it, I tried to figure out how I was doing it. The only thing I noticed was that I felt a slight tension in my head just above my right ear, like it was being pulled on from the inside. So I mentally tried "pulling" harder. And I may be crazy, but the music actually sounded clearer, like I was tuning in to a slightly stronger signal.

You should try it if you get a chance. Just don't freak out if you can't turn your head's radio off when you want. You'll return to normal... eventually.

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Invisible airwaves crackle with life, bright antenna bristle with the energy. Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength, bearing a gift beyond price, almost free --Rush, Permanent Waves "The Spirit of Radio" (1980)