More often than not, now days, children, teenagers and even adults are using music as a way of life. It has become the way people live versus a part of life. More often than not you would find a person listening to music or dedicated their life to music and never stepping outside themselves to find out if music is really what they want to live or if music is why they are living.

Recently a young boy died, and like most teenagers now days, he was a music enthusiast. My sister, who was a good friend of his, dedicated a song to him about his life where as others found songs of their own to complete his memory in the best way they knew due to the relationship they held with him.

A lot now we are seeing that music is not only a way to live life but music has become a way to keep life or keep it going after death. There are songs, such as "Save You" by Simple Plan, that are about keeping life going until there is nothing to protect someone from. In that case, cancer. And there are other songs, such as "Candle In The Wind" by Elton John, dedicated to a life that once was.



Teenagers lives are filled with hormones and emotions they cannot explain. Adults hit crisis in their lives with family and friends and even work. Mothers find that the only way to get a small child to sleep is with soothing tunes late at night. It is with the medicine of music that all these situations are able to cope.

Although teenagers are found to be listening to more and more provocative or inappropriate things, the medicine of the anger or passion that is released into the ears of their listeners is a way for them to relate to the things that are going on. It is making them feel like they are not so alone. This works the same for adults.



Many others, who find that music has brought mischief to the world, well I would have to say they are only half right. Music, not only has inspired life but has allowed it to evolve. People for the revolution and evolution of man such as Bob Marley and John Lennon have made it so that artists now could encourage our progress as humans to a higher level of humanity.

But not matter if they carry the word of peace or they carry the world of rebelion against parents who don't understand, our music is here to stay because our music, as I said, is our medicine. It is who we are as people and that will never change.

So now the next time you hear someone tell you music is their life, you know they mean it.

Sincerely Torn,

Sekirei-San

My Music Medicine Links:
Dir en Grey
Blue October
Linkin Park
Beethoven
Emilie Autumn
Simple Plan
Leehom Wang
Gackt