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Revenue from digital music downloads and subscriptions outpaced CD sales in the U.S. starting in 2014.

It can actually help severely brain-injured patients recall personal memories.

A sea organ built into the coast of Croatia plays music like an organ when the waves crash.

The earliest found written music found to-date is a Hurrian hymn, dated to ~1400 B C.

Lucky

Jimi Hendrix, one of the greatest guitarists ever, couldn’t read orwrite music. Same for old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.

Genius.

And they said it would never fly.

When Ben Franklin invented his harmonica, Mozart and Beethoven were so enthralled by it, they both composed music for it.

Inspiring.

Music heals.

The word ‘music’ comes from the Muses, goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology.

Music is old.

There is no end to how humans make music.

Mozart sold more CDs in 2016 than Beyoncé did.

Classical continues to rule.

And so enduring.

Innovation from Apple and others now routinely enable costly studio level features using a home computer.

Cost effective.

The youngest Grammy winner thus far is LeAnn Rimes, 14, and the oldest blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, 97.

Music transcends generations.

There are at least 97 million songs that have been o�cially released.

Tunes upon tunes.

U.S. music industry saw double digit growth in 2017 all thanks to streaming.

Innovation in music is big money.

The Beatles remain the greatest selling artists of all time.

The long and winding road spells success.