<p>To the boy who sees music in colours,</p><p>I know it's not easy being different.</p><p><br/></p><p>The first time you told me that you see music in colours, I was fascinated.</p><p>Not because I thought there was anything strange about you.</p><p><br/></p><p>It was simply something I had never known existed.</p><p><br/></p><p>You sat me down and explained it to me.</p><p><br/></p><p>You told me that for you, music isn't just something you hear.</p><p><br/></p><p>You see it.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Certain sounds, notes, instruments and melodies can trigger colours in your mind. Different sounds create different colours, shades and patterns, almost like your brain translates what your ears hear into something your eyes can see.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>And you told me what it was like to live with it.</p><p>To experience music in a way most people don't.</p><p><br/></p><p>I remember listening to you and thinking...</p><p><br/></p><p>How beautiful.</p><p><br/></p><p>You said you liked it when I played the keyboard.</p><p><br/></p><p>And I liked it when you played the guitar.</p><p>You told me the colours were different when I played.</p><p><br/></p><p>And suddenly, I always wanted to play for you.</p><p><br/></p><p>I wanted to know what colour I'd create next.</p><p>I wish I could explain how much I loved that.</p><p><br/></p><p>How something as simple as me pressing keys could become something completely different inside your world.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then there were the times we played together.</p><p>Those moments were different.</p><p><br/></p><p>It felt like a synchrony I'd never experienced before.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>The keyboard.</strong></p><p><strong>The guitar.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>Two sounds meeting somewhere in between.</p><p><br/></p><p>And then you told me we'd created colours you'd never seen before.</p><p><br/></p><p>Do you know what that did to me?</p><p><br/></p><p>I made up my mind right there.</p><p>I wanted to create new colours for you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Our combination was divine.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe that's why I was always dragging you with me to the music room.</p><p>I wanted more of those moments.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>More music.</strong></p><p><strong>More colours.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>More of us creating something that didn't exist before we played it.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'll miss those moments so much.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'll miss making music with you.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'll miss wondering what colours we're creating.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'll miss the way we'd grin from ear to ear when we were together.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'll miss the little world that seemed to exist whenever we played.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>You were my home.</strong></p><p><strong>My muse.</strong></p><p><strong>My music.</strong></p><p><strong>My fascination.</strong></p><p><strong>My chromesthete.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>And maybe that's the most beautiful thing about you.</p><p><br/></p><p>You taught me that music doesn't always have to be heard.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes...</p><p><br/></p><p>It can be seen.</p><p><br/></p><p>And I got lucky enough to create some of those colours with you.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Don't miss me.</strong></p><p><strong>I don't deserve it....</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1002912995.jpg"/></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.