The very best engineers and technical designers in the Silicon Valley  industry are, nearly without exception, practicing musicians. — Grant Venerable, "The Paradox of the Silicon Savior," as reported in "The Case for Sequential Music Education in the Core Curriculum  of the Public Schools," The Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum,  New York, 1989

 “The musician is constantly adjusting decisions on tempo, tone, style, rhythm, phrasing, and feeling--training the brain to become incredibly  good at organizing and conducting numerous activities at once. Dedicated practice of this orchestration can have a great payoff  for lifelong attention skills, intelligence, and an ability for self-knowledge  and expression.” — Ratey John J., MD. A User’s Guide to the Brain. New York: Pantheon Books, 2001.