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I've lost the reference, but I understand that performing musicians find they need more sleep than than most people, with 9-10 hours a night being entirely norm
by alexqgb 15y ago
I've lost the reference, but I understand that performing musicians find they need more sleep than than most people, with 9-10 hours a night being entirely normal.
This suggests that sleep has less to do with recovery from physical exertion, and more to do with the ability to sustain intense mental focus for extended periods - especially when that focus is being used to create and perfect something that demands comprehension of a complex whole.
- jpk 15y agoUnderstand, too, that the work schedule of musicians are different from most. Shifting the working day into the evening and after dark, plus ubiquitous artificial light probably alter sleep habits just as much as the nature of the work.