Some people enjoy listening to tunes. Others feel it on a deep emotional and spiritual level and literally need the musical expression of choice in order to keep their mental balance. It can be difficult to really explain to someone who doesn’t need music what it is like to be deprived or without during important moments. Creating the sounds that express ideas, thoughts, and emotion is simply something that some of us were more or less born to.

Of course, whether you opt for the piano or the Fender acoustic electric guitar isn’t really relevant to the passion. The intricacies of the Ibanez electric guitar are more important than the look of any black electric guitar. The strings of a violin or the wail of a sax can all play a role in the spiritual need to move through the music.

Is there an unnatural driving force that pushes musicians forward? Is there a need to bury oneself deep into musical endeavors in order to avoid dealing with the issues of life? Or is it closer to understanding that musicians of today and musical prodigies of tomorrow are all on the same page. They just want to be inspired, live inspired, and create inspiration. When you hear the raw and powerful talent of just one special performer you know in your heart that music is just as much a part of this world as math or technology. Yet math geniuses are not looked at as though they have flighty dreams and are not patronized when they fill their heads with ideas.

There is a lifelong connection between inspiration and musical influence. Most people can hear the natural inspiration when the right piece plays for them. When it is your own creation that has people feeling uplifted, ready, expressive, and inspired it is pure magic.

With every note there is a painstaking process that each musician has gone through. Some have been more privileged than others, but each has had to wrestle with their dreams and aspirations in a world that is anything but supportive.

Unfortunately, it takes a certain amount of financial investment to really learn the mastery of any given instrument. The actual instrument is not cheap and neither are the lessons that are often necessary. When you invest in a potential musician, you invest in the world. At least that’s what ‘they’ say. The investment in the musician can lead to wonderful and unexpected things. This can include a higher understanding of math, science, and reading comprehension.

The universal language of music has spoken and too many dreams have been shut down. Impractical dreams are not ours to judge. When we take music out of schools we shut down the passion that drives a child forward, away from the negative influences of life, and straight toward their own set of stars.