Music: A Luxury or Survival Need?

Everyone can say that music has become a major part of almost everything in our lives, but many argue about whether or not music is a luxury or whether we need it to survive. Music has been around for as long as anyone can remember, yes it has evolved, but there’s always been music it seems. From tribes performing their rituals with music, all the way to someone listening to it just for fun. But, many say that a human needs music to survive, that without it life would not go on. And like mentioned before, it has been around for many years and it seems like one cannot picture a world without it. In my opinion, I believe, that one does not need music to live, it is just something people like to do while studying, practicing a sport, or just for fun.

First of all, everyone can agree that water, food, and shelter, are the main elements a human need to survive, music is not mentioned. The human needs water to hydrate their body and keep themselves’ in good health. Food supplies the human body with nutrients, and energy helping the certain individual throughout the day. And shelter, protects one from the blasting heat, and the freezing cold, yes humans

like to spend time outside, but we all have some where to go afterwards. Music is just kind of there for us we like to listen to it, however I do not believe it gives us anything beneficial. In fact I believe that music can actually isolate a human from other. Which brings me to my next point.
Second, as mentioned above, I believe music can actually isolate a human from others, and can socially harm them in the long run.

People like to listen to music, but what if that’s all they do? They always have their earphones in, and can never actually have time to socialize with others. When another person see’s someone with earphones, they tend to stay away and not say anything to them, because the other individual feels like they are bothering the person with the earphones in. Not being social can harm someone in the long run, growing up one is going to need to learn how to talk to others, how to work with others. But, how can they do this if they constantly have their earphones in and are not having any interaction with other humans? People need to learn how to socialize and make sure they’re learning these

skills.
Lastly, I believe music is just something people do now a days to be noticed or make money, there was a time where people would sing, perform, or whatever because they actually liked having entertaining others. But, it seems like everyone now is just doing it for attention or to make some cash out of it. Do not get me wrong there are people out there that still perform for the people and actually care about entertaining, but there are not many out there. There are also people who write music to express themselves, and I believe that this is a great way to express themselves as long as they realize that music is not the only thing out there. But, it seems like artist are just writing songs, about drugs, alcohol, and the opposite sex, music truly influences those who listen to it. It seems like music has gone away from expressing what one is feeling and is now in a more, explicit area.
Music is a big part of everyone’s lives, and everyone can agree with that, whether they listen to it or not. But, do I believe that it’s something the human body needs to survive? No, I do not, I believe it is just there for entertaining. And those who write the music we listen to do not truly do it to entertain us, but to rather gain money, and fame. There are three things a human cannot live without and that’s water, food, and shelter, without these three elements there would be no human race. Music just tends to isolate us from others, taking our most important skill from us, and that is being able to work and talk to others. This is one of the most essential skills a human needs to survive, so do I believe that music is something a human needs to survive, no I do not.