Music

What most people these days don't realise that real music cannot be created from a combination of a electronic keyboard, pad set and a computer to mix it all up. What ever happened to the deletable and utterly melodies?
Slight adjustment in the embouchure of flute players lips can produce the most seductive tones, plucking strings on the right frets can feel like he's strumming your heart with his fingers, the rich tones of a trumpet can form goose bumps all over you, how an opera singer can coax tear after tear from your eyes.
Every one has experienced it... the power of music and the effect it can have on millions of people simultaneously. If I'm sounding slightly melodramatic, consider this. Musical notes, and the composition of music even in it's most complex format is the one and only universal language in existence. The way you write a musical score doesn't vary from country to country or continent to continent, and someone in Germany can perform a Japanese composition if he has the right skill and talent - no sweat.
What is most facinating about music though, I find is how it can sway your emotions. I mean, it's true, music tastes do differ but generally it brings about the exact reaction it was formulated to by the artist(s). Take the average SlipKnot song which is packed with anger and frustration to the very core, climaxing to let all the fury out with an awesome set of rolls and guitar slams... draws out these exact emotions in the millions of fans worldwide. No real explanation why.
On the other hand, the song 'A Whole New World' backed by an effective orchestral arrangement, with a good strings and wood wind selection, I'm betting would touch every audience member present. The song is one thats full of hope and joy and love... and thats exactly what it will sound like.
I seriously disagree with the religious implications people associate against the creation and performance of music performing. Although it is understandable that the typical MTV video with women gyrating all over the place may not be exactly a good influence on the society, that's not music is it? It's just the commercial corruption in the industry fueled by businessmen looking to make cash, not really interested anything musical at all.
Music is more than a practically nude girl trying to act all sexy... more than some boy sitting there looking all pretty, more than just a drumset and heavy bass (nothing against that though). I think people need to rememeber that.