“Hot Topic Foundation-School of Rock” provides musical instruments, drums, recording equipment, Music Therapists and technical support to pediatric oncology treatment centers. Children being treated for cancer and/or their families benefit from access to instruments and recording equipment and interaction with Music therapists. New research shows: “When kids play music, bad moods are banished and good moods are enhanced. What playing music does: It makes children more optimistic, joyful, friendly, and calm, and helps vanish feelings of pessimism and sadness. Music reduces pain and increases kid’s feelings of control”. Researchers theorize that music not only provides a distraction from the pain, but also engages kids emotionally unlike other stimulants. Providing instruments and facilitated recording to kids being treated for cancer will help enrich their lives by ‘enabling them to express themselves musically’.