Last weekend, I read about BAYBEATS 2008, this "concert" is held annually at the Esplanade. Looking deeper into each of the performances, we will actually find the five canons embedded strategically in every song performed that very night. From Writing the song (invention) to the purpose (style) , (arrangment) of the music and lyrics, to the way the song is played (delivery) up till how the band moves and dance on stage that very night,so as to ensure that their item will continue to echo in the memories of their fans, are in fact based on the 5 canons.
As the hundreds of fans shout and scream as their favourite bands appear one by one on stage, the music and atmosphere makes the 5 canons seem almost insignificant.
Performing up on stage is somewhat like giving a presentation. Only thing that the presenters holding musical instruments always look much cooler. Like the 4 approaches identified in the Modern Era, music utilizes all of them, from the canons of the (classical), to music that toys with your emotions/behavior (psychological), the aesthetic/(belletristic) and finally the emphasis on the delivery with both the verbal and non verbal(eloucutionary)
As much we try not to mix what we study with the simple joys in life, we cannot deny the fact that what we learn is and will always be an important part of our everyday lives.
