Re: Music and Painting is not Haram
^According to the above mentioned examples it depends on the kind of music and pictures which are considered haram. If music, pictures or poetry is vulgar then sure it's haram if they are decent, not about women and sex etc then it's different.
I personally try to stay away from musical instruments as much as I can as they've been disliked in 4 madahib....but norms have been changed and most nasheeds are sung with music these days.
There's one sahih hadith that says silk, musical instruments, illegal sex and wine will be considered halal in the last days, may be this hadith needs more explanation from the scholars.