> Some of the best programmer's I've had the pleasure of working with had
> degrees in music.
> 
> Maybe there's a hidden relationship there!  :-)


Not hidden at all; I don't have the link handy, but there was a study
done by Arthur Andersen years ago that showed a very high correlation
between success at "high logic" jobs (mathematician (et. al;
statistician, logician, etc.), computer science, engineering, and so
forth) and musical aptitude/training.

Too, and this might be urban legend, but I've read that the only
fields that have shown quantified "idiot savants" are mathematics and
music.