i see the music im listening to. depending on the music the melody or harmony the vocals the beats the drops anything can become either changing landscape or a person acting in a scene and im constantly a running camera capturing every moment of it. each track/song has its own story line a plot and most the time a climax. i see it all as if i was a ghost in that time and place. most the time i see it in vivid colors {my imagination is the best hd available}.

on the training your mind/imagination to do this: i had a teacher my junior year of high school in my music theory class who would have us close our eyes listen to a track and when the imagery appeared in your mind {if it appeared}  have us start jotting it all down as quickly as possible { also doubles as a great exercise for creative writing}. i would say practicing a visual technique on the sounds of music is a healthy mental exercise for your brain { i.m.o tons better than watching t.v., because you are using your mind to recall things you have seen before [or haven't seen before] with accuracy}.

tis all.

Here's me talking about it for a good ten minutes:
http://walking-thoughts.albert-hwang.com/?p=86

http://walking-thoughts.albert-hwang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/data-2011-1-10-11-14-52.mp3

Music does not make me see landscapes or anything resembling an actual, familiar object. Rather, I see abstract objects (squiggly lines and waves for the most part, brief dots of color flashing) moving around corresponding to specific sounds. It is colored, but not intensely. It is usually against a black background, but if I try I can change that. It's like music visualization software but way simpler. For those of you who have seen my drawing, this would make a little more sense.

Albert, I like how you compared it to visualizing what is going on in a novel. For me, it is very much like that or getting lost in thoughts rather separate from immediate surroundings. I am also not a very visual reader; my mind works with abstract concepts. Until I got acquainted with a special spiky green friend I had a very hard time visualizing anything. I can focus on these visions to varying degrees. It is not vivid (in ordinary states of consciousness) and it is not literally in my field of vision as if my eyes saw it, but I kinda see it in my head. It is often not there if I don't consciously make the effort to imagine it.
I'm curious as to what your Myers-Briggs type is. I'm an INTP.

It's hard for me to understand what inspires people to dance who have no ability at all to see music. Not to say it is invalid, but I just do not get it.

i love phedex multimedia posts

As do I :)