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| Author(s): |
Thiago Pires Galletta
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2013-12-19 |
| Examining board members: |
Pedro Peixoto Ferreira;
Rita de Cássia Lahoz Morelli;
Cacá Machado
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| Advisor: | Pedro Peixoto Ferreira |
| Abstract | |
The socio-technical developments related to the Internet between 2000 and 2010 are essential for an understanding of the process of formation of a new generation of music producers and consumers in Brazil. This process is especially significant when one considers the music put out by the so-called contemporary "independent Brazilian scene." Growing numbers of musicians took part in this scene and produced their work with no backing from the large recording companies and they have been very well received by segmented markets. They have won Brazilian awards in music and they have been recognized in a broad range of specialized media, where their musical output has been considered responsible for many of the innovations and significant aesthetic contributions in today's panorama of contemporary "Brazilian music." The so-called "São Paulo independent scene" of the early 2010s and its musicians have assumed an outstanding role in this context, projecting many of the most outstanding names associated with what has been described as a "new moment in Brazilian music." The main objective of the study for this paper was to identify and analyze the main specific aspects of this "São Paulo scene." The research is based on a careful collection of data about the field and on interviews with musicians and producers. Interviews were carried out in person or taken from publications found on the Internet. Several specific aspects of this "São Paulo scene" are responsible for stimulating the creativity and productivity of this phenomenon and, at the same time, distinguish it (1) from preceding historical periods of "independent musical production" in Brazil; (2) from the overall contemporary phonographic production in Brazil; and, especially, (3) from the "independent scene and new moment in Brazilian music." With respect to Items 1 and 2, new aspects brought on by digital technologies, new economic advances and new political-cultural observed in Brazil over the last 15 years have all been particularly important. The exceptional opportunities found in São Paulo for the development, continuation and repercussion of independent musical production have all stood out in the specific character of the "São Paulo scene" vis-a-vis the broader "independent Brazilian scene" (Item 3). These opportunities stimulated the migration to São Paulo of a great many independent musicians from other states in Brazil in recent years. The varied and distinct aesthetic contribution brought by these musicians has joined hands with the peculiar musical culture of São Paulo, the creative talent of its musicians, and the city's intense urban character. It is a scene strongly marked by a high level of cooperative output by its agents and by work that has sought to assert itself beyond specific musical genres and categories (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/02018-9 - Brazilian popular music in the context of digital technologies: new strategies and representations of independent producers in relation to musical identities |
| Grantee: | Thiago Pires Galletta |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |