Music Facts
The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world.
Music triggers activity in the same brain structure that releases the "pleasure chemical" dopamine during all bodily pleasures.
Your heartbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to
Listening to music while working out measurably improves physical performance.
Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.
Loud music can make a person drink more in less time.
Termites will eat wood two times faster when listening to heavy metal.
Your favorite song is most probably your favorite because you associate it with an emotional event in your life.
A song that gets stuck in your head is called an "earworm".
Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster, could not play guitar.
Elvis Presley didn't write any of his songs.
None of The Beatles Could Read Music.
Jimi Hendrix couldn't read or write music.
For every $100 of music sold, the average musician makes just $2, 5.
The harmonica is the world’s best-selling music instrument.
Yamaha, established in 1887 was the first piano manufacturer in Japan.
All pop music really does sound the same. Researchers in Spain used a huge database of pop songs from 1955 to 2010 to come up with data that says our chord progressions are getting simpler, volume is getting louder, and the overall timbre, or tone quality, has less variety. Simply put, there is a formula for a hit song, and pop artists and producers are cranking them out all the time.
And as we wind on down the road our shadows taller than our soul there walks a lady we all know who shines white light and wants to show everything still turns to gold and if you listen very hard the tune will come to you at last when all are one and one is all to be a rock and not to roll. - - - Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven"
When it seems like the night will last forever, And there's nothing left to do but count the years, When the strings of my harp to sever, And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears. . . I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And dream me a dream of my own, I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And sing me a song of my own. - - - Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead) "Black Muddy River"
There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed. Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain. All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living, In my life I've loved them all. - - -Beatles "In My Life"
When there's a shadow, you follow the sun. When there is love, then you look for the one. And for the promises, there is the sky. And for the heavens are those who can fly. - - - Enya "Only If"
There's beauty in the silver singing river There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty That I remember in my true love's eyes - - -Bob Dylan, "Tomorrow is a Long Time"
She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet were her eyes Warmer than May her tender sighs - - -Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris, "Blue Velvet"
Every single day and every word you say Every game you play, every night you stay I'll be watchin' you - - -Sting, "Every Breath You Take"
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel Is just the freight train coming your way - - - Metallica, “No Leaf Clover"
1. What is music? How do the random sounds differ from what we call music? 2. Where do we hear music every day? 3. What do you think of the music they play in supermarkets and elevators? 4. What would life be like without music? 5. What genres of music do you know? 6. What kind of music do you like? 7. What music can change the way you feel? 8. How varied are your musical tastes? 9. What do you think of the music your parents listen to? 10. Do you think your favorite music twenty years from now will be the same as it is today? 11. What’s the best time and place to listen to music? 12. How much time do you spend listening to music? 13. What language do you like to listen music in the most? 14. Do you like singing karaoke?
Do you think it is easy to be a musician? Is a musician a high risk profession? Can it be dangerous? Have you ever tried to write music? Was it good? Is it necessary for the musician to perform on the stage these days? Is it easy for you to perform on the stage? To be in the center of attention? Many musicians note that they feel charged from being in the center of attention on the stage, why do you think it happens?
Madonna falls off the stage at the BRIT Awards As her wardrobe malfunction, she was pulled off the stage and fell from almost a meter height during the show but continued to sing
Do you think some music should be censored for some categories of children or even adults? Should it be done based on the lyrics or the melody? Could you draw some examples of the music that has been censored or banned or the one you would like to see censored or banned?
Russian court bans music and artwork of Cannibal Corpse Court rules that translations of death metal band’s lyrics ‘could damage the mental health of children’, according to local news agency
Do you think the rumors and gossip are a natural part of the musician’s life? Do you like when other people spread rumors about you? Do you follow the news about the musicians and pop stars? What are these news mainly about? Do you think it has any effect on the musicians or their families?
The marriage between Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger hasn't been particularly solid for a while now, according to various reports. Only a year into the marriage and the two have been spotted out separately without their wedding rings. Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger recently addressed speculation that his marriage to Avril Lavigne is on shaky ground. “You know my dad calls me up and he's just like, 'I haven’t slept in 2 days, what's going on? ' I'm like, 'Dad you're not buying all this crap are you? ' You know, I get to hear all the rumor mill stuff. I find it very amusing. “ When you get out of high school, and it's like ugh, okay. All that rumor crap. All that stuff that people say behind each other's backs is minuscule, pales in comparison to the world of celebrity or being married to a celebrity. That's high school multiplied exponentially, " he commented. "It's ridiculous. How many times has Jennifer Aniston been pregnant this year? A dozen? "
1. Do you watch music shows on TV? If so, what do you watch? 2. How often do you listen to the radio? 3. Who is the most famous musician from your country? 4. If you could start a band, what type of music would you play? Why? 5. Is the image of the group or singer more important than the music? 6. Do you think most music (say 90%) is rubbish? 7. Do you think there is a relationship between drugs and music? 8. Do you think the use of drugs by some musicians increases their artistic creativity? 9. Is the Internet helping or hindering musicians? 10. If you were a song, what song would you be and why? 11. Can you play a musical instrument? 12. Can you read music? 13. What instruments do you know?