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Music Fast Facts – Week 9

  1. Favorite songs are favorites most likely because they’re associated with an intense emotional event in your life.
  2. Listening to a happy or sad song not only affects your mood but can also change your perception of the world around you. You may recognize happiness or sadness more in others depending on the song.
  3. Leo Fender, who developed the first solid-body electric guitar and electric bass guitar, never learned to play either instrument.
  4. For every $1000 in music sold, the average musician makes $23.40.
  5. Listening to music has the potential to have a small but significant impact on athletic performance.
  6. Metallica is the first and only band to perform on all seven continents after playing a concert in Antarctica called “Freeze ‘Em All”.
  7. Revenue from streaming sources like Spotify and Pandora outpaced traditional CD sales in the US for the first time in 2014.
  8. Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady” was written 3 hours before the final cut of the album was due to the record company.
  9. A 2015 study revealed that babies remain calm twice as long when listening to a song than when listening to talking.
  10. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield released an album of songs entirely recorded in space.
  11. 1 in 10,000 people have perfect pitch, the ability to recognize a pitch without any reference.