1.Music can be used as an escape from problems faced in reality.
2.Can make you feel happier when sad; changes emotions so that you can forget a negative mood.
3.Can help with health, like lowering blood pressure or helping people recover from strokes, etc.
4.Set a good atmosphere for parties and spending time with friends.
5.Helps induce sleep, or calm one down.
-Counterpoints
1.Problems should be dealt with rather than just ignored
2.Can also make you go from content to depressed by listening to certain songs, the rapid change of emotion can be regarded as dangerous to your well-being
3.People can rely on music as a healer, or may come to expect that it will better their circumstances.
4.Many song lyrics refer to drugs, sex and alcohol. This may influence peoples’ outlook on these things.
5.Dependency to get to sleep, or to remain calm.