Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.
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Jimi Hendrix played a song dedicated to MLK the night of his assassination that is described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever played. Nobody at the entire concert recorded it.
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Song stuck in your head but can’t think of the name? There's a website called midomi.com that allows you to sing or hum a song into your computer or phone and it will find the actual song.
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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