Why do you make music in the first place?

[I Are Conscious]

At the end of the day why do you even make music?

[Ja-Tun]

• I make music because I need people to want to listen to my rantings...
• I make music because my soul pines for something I can feel....
• I make music because my life didn't lead me to the pulpit....
• I make music because I can tell you everything without having to give you a clue into what I'm really talking about....
• I make music because music is the seed born inside me from before I was a seed born by my mother....
• I make music because I mean it.....
• I make music because people like to hear the music I make (Unless they all like lying to me and wasting their money as I've found that some do).....
• I make music because I am music....
• I make music to calm the tormented seas of my restless soul and to espouse my mind's inner eye without revealing the truth....
• I make music because after the right song, nothing more needs to be said.

I reiterate, I am music, so I need say nothing more.

The real question is, why do you make music?

[I Are Conscious]

It's a gift given to me to share with those that need it. I enjoy the process of creating and entertaining the minds of many.

[I Are Conscious]

Dope.

[Epic Songs]

All the other responses leave me humbled; I was all set to roll with my answer before reading the heartfelt and pure replies. So now I'm ready to dig deeper and provide less of a 'pat' contribution.

Music found me early (age 5 is the earliest I can recall) and has been a steadfast gift. It provided solace through very trying times, kept me away from substances that could have easily destroyed me, and gave me a means to express thoughts, concepts, feelings, etc. It provided an outlet that allowed me to 'own' a piece of my life which seemed absent in many other areas. It allowed me to reach, dream, and achieve in ways that I alone could measure and gain confidence within.

As maturing / healing took place, the driving and obsessive need for writing has been tamed, but the process still provides challenge, reward, and personal satisfaction on many levels. I look forward to its companionship for as long as my body and mind allows.

[I Are Conscious]

Thanks for that honest response.

[A.B.]

I make music because it's something that allows me to speak my mind and be heard. I make music because music is forever; alot of things and people won't be but I know the music will ALWAYS be there. I make music because it's in me; my heart and my soul. As a matter of fact, I don't make music. I am my music.

[Ras A'sia Fari]

From young, full time, I n I feel compelled to use lyrical melody to express my inner most thoughts. I'm mean let's be for real...Music is the only univeresal language. Many different people of all races...color...creed...sex...backrounds...and social class admired Tupac Shakur...But ask your self...Honestly...would any two people with those differences even give him the time of day to hear what he may have to say?....The magic of Word...Power...and......Sound...breaks all barriors....
And that my friend...InI haffi be apart of....RAS A'SIA
RASTAFARI...GUIDE OVER ME

[Q'moshyn]

I make music to be free, to set others free, to speak truth, and to save lives the way it saved mine

[The Blue Method]

I can't REALLY say I make MUSIC. I mean, when the band plays covers, I play horn parts on some of them, but I didn't write those parts. There are some original songs of ours where I either wrote the horn part myself or wrote it with Tom Long, but for the most part...Tom is the horn player in the band. I write lyrics. And, well...I guess I write music at that point in time because as I'm writing, I'm usually creating the melody line. But do I write tunes without words? You know, with chord progressions and key changes and drum patterns, etc? Can't says I does. I guess I'd like to do that when I grow up though. Peace!

[ALL US INC.]

I MAKE MUSIC BECAUSE IT'S IN ME TO DO SO. I DON'T THINK I COULD STOP EVEN IF I TRIED MY HARDEST!...I MAKE MUSIC BECAUSE I REALIZE THAT IT'S A GOD GIVEN GIFT, AND I DON'T WANT TO WASTE IT. PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR AND FEEL WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. MUSIC IS VERY CATHARTIC FOR ME , BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THAT OUTLET TO RELEASE ALL OF YOUR INNERMOST FEELINGS IN A VERY ARTISTIC WAY. I MAKE MUSIC FOR THE "RUSH" OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND ALL THE POSSIBILITES THAT IT COULD LEAD TO. I MAKE MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN RELATE TO EVERYTHING THAT I SAY, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE POWER OR THE RESOURCES TO SAY IT THEMSELVES. I MAKE MUSIC, BECAUSE MY CITY AND STATE (LEXINGTON,KY) ISN'T QUITE ON THE MAP YET (ALTHOUGH NAPPY ROOTS DID REPRESENT!). I MAKE MUSIC BECAUSE, WHEN I DON'T, THAT "ITCH" KILLS ME, AND MAKES ME COME RIGHT BACK TO IT. I MAKE MUSIC, BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST LOVE, AND I HAVE ALOT OF PEOPLE COUNTIN' ON ME........K-NOVA