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Music: Impressions of Addiction

 


             go." She then started looking for other stuff by Janet Jackson. As it turned out, she had .
             all her albums by then, but discovered a video was available, so, she ordered it. Then she .
             found some old singles lying discounted and forgotten in the same Warehouse Records. .
             Then she bought them, even though they were identical to the album versions of the .
             tracks.
             By August of 1995 she was a committed fan. She couldn't just limit herself to one .
             artist, so she searched high and low for information on all of her favorites, but there .
             wasn't any useful resource. She took everything she knew and pulled it all together into .
             a web page. Not a great page, or even a good one, but it was a page all her own.
             Becoming fascinated by and addicted to music was evident. Not any one artist, but to .
             the music scene in general. The mid-90's was a fantastic time to be getting into music, .
             everything was new and exciting and the whole industry was changing all the time, which .
             meant that there were always new groups and new albums to discover.
             Since then she's just been bouncing along from one group to another, continually .
             fascinated and entertained by music. Not just today's but also music from years ago .
             which she discovered over again. .
             So, that's her story. While some of you are shaking your heads in disbelief, others are .
             nodding your heads in agreement with Sally's passion for music.
             .
             Then there was Cindy, who's story was much less complex, and maybe even .
             understandable. .
             Cindy began listening to music for meditation, to serve a spiritual need. From there, .
             what she saw in her own life, was that she needed something to deal with stress on a daily .
             basis. She wanted something that was legal, non-addictive, and could help her to handle .
             her own stress. Where she didn't have to go to someone's office to accomplish this; .
             something she could do at home. Music was just what the doctor order.


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