Since I wrote about singing yesterday, on my weekend off, I figured we might as well sing some more.
Music is many things to many people.
However, for some, it may prove to be detrimental (see yesterday’s blog). In this case, there was a study conducted at the University of Sydney. It was called “Stairway to Hell: Life and Death in the Pop Music Industry.” It found that musicians have shorter life spans than the general population.
The study examined the deaths of musical artists, which took place between 1950 and 2014. It gave a good long look at the length of their lives and the proportion of suicides, homicides, and accidental deaths. Then, they calculated the average age of death for each musician by sex. They also grouped them by the decade of each death.
Finally, the folks in the lab took these averages and compared them with averages by sex and decade for the general U.S. population.
It turned out to be a sad, sad song. The results found that being a musical artist might not be the best choice in a career. Musicians’ lifespans are 25 years shorter than the average Joe.
I recommend singing. It is good for the soul, I think.
Just don’t take it to the stage.
Or sign up for American Idol.
Stick to the shower. It is safer there.
But wait. This just in from ABC News:
”A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that approximately 234,000 people ages 15 and older were treated in an American emergency department for non-fatal bathroom-related injuries, yearly. That averages to about 640 people per day.”
The same statistic for Pop Stars, probably.
Sing if you dare.
