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Some people consider music to be an nice interlude, a distraction from the noise of life, or a way to help time pass when waiting for an appointment. Then there are true musicians. These are individuals who feel the deep sense of art that rises from music, and who revel in the emotional rails that music provides for them. When you are impassioned into music you can not turn away from it. It is part of you just as the color of your eyes are part of you.

Any musical passion, from tickling the ivories to jam sessions on a Fender acoustic electric guitar, to mastering the intricate Ibanez electric guitar can be brought up from the ashes of what we could consider the depravity of our society. The single note of a saxophone or the wail of the black electric guitar that lights up on stage are equally relevant and therefore are equally important.

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 something very raw and natural in the sounds of the street musician just as there is something raw and powerful of performing artist with unlimited fans. They invite you to share in their passion. Yet so often they were patronized, with a shuffle of the hair, when they lit their musical dreams.

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.

This only happens when there is support. Financial and educational support are part of lighting up these dreams and watching inspired student turn away from violence or gangs in favor of their instrument. When you take the time to truly invest in the promise of a musician, you also encourage the advancement of mathematical and science, as well as an increase in the reading comprehension level.

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.