Professor of Psychology and Music at University of Sydney, Dianna Theadora Kenny, looked into the life spans of musicians, wanting to find out if certain styles of music led to premature death. For the most part, yes.
Looking at the ages of musicians at their time of death, and which style of music they generally played, she found:
Blues and jazz artists’ average age of death was between 64 and 7
You’ve probably never seen a 15-year-old who could shred as impressively as Tony. And we mean any 15-year-old, not just the handicapped. Because while Tony’s chops would be impressive on their own, they’re mind-boggling once you realize he’s blind.
In this moving short documentary, Alex Bullis, a young musician who suffered a mysterious illness that caused him to go suddenly deaf a year ago, is shown pursuing his lifelong dream of making music.