Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)

Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us feel. He takes a brief digression to analyze the sound of a skatepark -- and how audio can clue us in to developing creativity.
At http://www.ted.com/talks/jared_ficklin_new_ways_to_see_music_with_color_and_fire.html

Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

"Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs."

5 ways to listen better & 4 ways sound affects us—Julian Treasure