As you can see through various forms of media, such as newspapers or television, even all over the Internet, music has become an integral part of most cultures. It assists many people in understanding other people, the world around them, or simply themselves. However, things have changed since the good old days of the 1700's - 1980's. Music has become a back-alley for people with no real talent to convey messages of violence, bloodshed, sexual intercourse (hardly befitting of such an art) or simply as a means to gain monetary worth. Of course, the latter reason is a part of all musicians, or at least what passes for one these days. However, there is also the lack of caring in work from people such as Eminem or Justin Bieber, who purposefully flaunt their appearance as a means of persuading pre-teen youngsters into believing that their music is valuable. Gone are the days of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Chopin, just to name a few. We now have a society filled with violence, addiction, childish behaviour and a heavy promotion on a lack of respect. There is no music that exists today that allows us to calmly think through our lives, or allows us to understand the troubles of society. Proof of society's lack of music tastes and also of their lack of understanding of what music should be about is in the following link: