If Music Were the Food of ... wait what?

I was listening to one of my favorite pieces of music and like i usually do, i got really emotional. It made me think of the regard we give to music and how it affects our lives. Music plays an essential role in inspiring us and of penetrating our deepest emotions and evoking a sense of realization. All of this by a simple, and sometimes not so much, tune. So without further ado, the song i was listening to:

Oh yes, five FünFacts about music and the brilliance of sound:

#5
For musicians, the term, "look at the music" might simply mean reading the notes on the sheet. But for some, that term is far more literal. Sound Synesthesia is a condition that some have, in which they see colors every-time certain music is played. Different notes of music have different colors for people who possess this condition.

#4
The University of Ohio performed an experiment in which they played music to spiders. The spiders wove their webs away form the speakers when they were blasted with Heavy Metal and Pop but built it close to the speakers when they played Classical.

Bonus fünfact: An experiment conducted by NASA on spiders who were exposed to different kinds of drugs which impacted the webs they wove. Below are the kinds of webs they produced, while exposed to the respective drug.

 

#3

 The tune for the famous nursery rhyme, 'twinkle twinkle little star', was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was 5. He wrote multiple variations.

 

#2

The first thing to break the sound barrier was invented in china 7000 years ago and is still used extensively. It was, and still is, the whip. The crack of the whip is not the sound of the whip hitting its self but the breaking of the sound barrier.

#1

The birthday is the one day of self importance(and sometimes self-loathing) in a man's life. Its a moment of joy when our kith and kin gather to sing the generic, 'Happy Birthday to you.' But every time it is sung in public, we owe Warner Brothers money. Warner Brothers bought the rights to the song 'Happy Birthday' in 2004. The earned nearly $2million dollars in royalties in the year 2008, just from that song.

Qoute for the week:
 The conductor, Sir Thomas Beechum once said to a lady cellist,"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it"

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Images used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CaffeinatedSpider.jpg
http://www.fmvmagazine.com/?p=10898
http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2011/10/14/real-parties-girly-camp-party/singing-happy-birthday-camp-party/
http://www.nj.com/shopping/index.ssf/2011/04/get_a_free_sample_of_miracle_w.html
http://www.hellokids.com/c_6276/coloring/famous-character-coloring-pages/indiana-jones-coloring-book-pages/indiana-jones-and-his-leather-whip-coloring-page