Music: A Spiritual sadhana

I had a rather rude and a very annoying argument with a friend yesterday..She was telling how we have lost the charm in ur religion and blah blah about religions and caste and all..I refused saying, religion is a path of reaching God, if you give it so much importance then u will never reach Him. The argument went on and touched the topic of Music.

I don't understand how not liking one form of music and liking other form makes you pious, that was the word used...I like hard Metal or Western Music...I have always believed that Music is an ocean, where various rivers meet..Every river has different origin and flows through different regions, but the underlying principle is water and Ocean is the Purest..Music has various rivers like Hindustani, Carnatic, ghazals etc. saying that only Carnatic music is pure and rest is dumb is sheer ignorance...Just because you close your eyes, the world does not become dark.

I have learnt one form of Music, so it helps me appreciate all other forms equally well...I love percussion instruments...So whether it is Mridangam, tabla, Ghatam or Drums I cant see any difference...Music is pure, lets not play games with it..To so many people across the globe, Music signifies worship, it is a form Of God....So instead of trying to divide it,look at it with reverence and understand that the underlying principle is pure Love and Sadhana!!!