Music: What would we do without it?

I love music.

It's like water for the soul.

Everyday when I come home from school, I listen to the radio or my Ipod. Most of the time I read a book at the same time, and I change the songs around to fit the mood of the story, like if something sad happens, I play a sad song.

And most of the time, songs came make you feel better too. Like fast songs when you're hyper (or high! =P). And when I listen to some songs, I can feel the depth of the feeling the artist was trying to portray, well if the song has any feeling!

And most people play an instrument. I play the saxophone, and it's exciting to play songs I really like and a challenge when I get to play full-page songs. Or when I figure out the tune of a song like "Take You There" by Sean Kingston. That was fun to play.

But most people only play an instrument to get famous, like the huge amount of people who play guitar. Do they really enjoy playing? Or do they think it's cool, and want to be famous like their favorite rock star. Maybe you could point that finger at me too though. I guess I mostly play so I can join the jazz band at my school, then shove it in the faces of all the people who make fun of me and think I'm worthless. But I do enjoy it. That has to count for something, doesn't it?

They also say music soothes the savage beast. Although I don't think that's entirely true, if you say that AC/DC soothes an English teacher. But in some cases it's true. Remember what I said about songs and your mood? You could play a cool, calm song that could, in theory, make you stop jumping around and calm you down. And probably make you less tense. If your mom's in a bad mood, you could just turn on something quiet and calming, like jazz, or something else nice.