Jul 11 2011

Lack of Vitamin D May Have Killed Mozart

If he had spent more time in the sun, it might have forestalled Mozart's untimely death at 35.

Jun 14 2011

Teens’ Brains Linked to Pop Songs’ Success

Tag: Music,Musicians and Bands,Online Community and Social NetworkingDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:32 pm
How the teenagers actually rated the songs, however, showed no link to the songs' future success.

May 26 2011

How We ‘Feel the Noise’

Tag: Ear,Hearing,Music,Musicians and Bands,Senses,Skin,TouchDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 10:05 pm
Links in the brain can connect the sensations of sound and touch.

Nov 22 2010

3,000-Year-Old Trumpet Played Again

Tag: Acoustics,Ancient Civilizations,Crustaceans,Human Behavior,Music,Musicians and BandsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:14 pm
Scientists analyze tunes from 3,000-year-old conch-shell instruments for insight into pre-Inca civilization.

Aug 17 2010

John Lennon Letter to Singer Arrives 34 Years Late

Tag: Careers,Concerts,Emotions,Money,Musicians and BandsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:01 pm
The British pop legend wrote to assure the singer that success and wealth would not ruin his songwriting.

Jun 18 2010

For Sight-Reading Music, Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect

Tag: Music,Musicians and BandsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:50 pm
A memory skill that pianists have little control over may orchestrate their performance.