Using Music in the Classroom

Students love music so why not utilize it within the classroom?  There is so much controversy over whether a song is appropriate or not for students, so you need to be very careful what you play.  Therefore, I do not normally use music very often.  However, this article from Edutopia gives me a different outlook on how to incorporate music by just using instrumental tunes.  By playing this type of music students can picture what is happening in their mind.  Then, based on this picture they can write a creative story from their minds.  This use of music is different but is a great way to help students generate ideas and incorporate something they really enjoy into the lesson, Music!