Well, to be fair, you've put your case across well @the4thmusketeer, and it's a little different an outlook to mine. There's nothing wrong with debate. I'm sorry if my comment "far off the mark" offended, it wasn't meant to be offensive, it's just what I thought. Some of what you say holds water, but I do think you missed a vital aspect of music, not just blues but any sad music, country, a lot of jazz, Billy Holiday a prime example, Fado etc, etc, (I'll skip Goth and Morrissey 😂, but others may not) etc, etc. Many upbeat songs can me quite anger led, not neccesarily uplifting.

Even when it comes to minor keys, that melancholy feeling is often uplifting and draws emotions out, many blues are in minor keys.

I kinda get what you're getting at, but I just feel it was a bit blanketing the point. I remember if I was going to walk into town for a night out and was feeling lathargic I'd put Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" on the turntable, and off I went, so yeah, music can be used in that respect.

It's no bad thing to provoke comments and debate, we can learn more that way if our ears are open.

My advice would be don't flag people if they raise genuine points, even if they're abrupt, their abruptness will also be seen by others that read it. If I'd wrongly made some damning comment about you with any unfairness I would remove them, but we're just chewing the fat here, no? You're not going to lose any upvotes through these comments.

Good luck with money earning, it certainly can be done if you get it right.