This study aims at analyzing the insertion of a group of Brazilian musicians and composers, collectively known as Nova MPB, in the popular music field, understood here as a power structure. Our purpose is to understand the processes of collective construction of the symbolic positions within this field. The structure of feeling of the Nova MPB group is characterized by both the explicitly and the implicitly principles that guide its formation, which is crystalized in the musical production. Taking for granted that any musical production is a social production, we consider the artists suffer an entanglement as they are inserted in an undergoing power arrangement and as they build relations inside of the group. This entanglement affects their positioning and their compositions. The purpose of this study is to problematize the social processes involved in the musical production of the Nova MPB. Given the new forms of production, distribution, and diffusion proposed by the artists with the help of the new technologies, the Nova MPB, in an autonomous and entrepreneurial way, places itself as the protagonist of a new and independent musical production. A collaborative web is formed as the artists try to find alternatives to the imperatives of the phonographic industry. Although there are a few exceptions, the fact that the artists in general come from an intellectualized middle class and have a similar music style helps the creation of this notion of group. The Nova MPB artists have a peculiar relationship with the Brazilian music: they approach famous and recognized artists, as well as they praise obscure artists and musical movements that the phonographic industry has despised. The new artists intend to rewrite their history by means of the incorporation of long forgotten genres and artists. They approach the already renowned artists and the ascending ones as they organize tributes, produce new versions of their songs, and propose partnerships. The celebration of past moments of the Brazilian popular music history can be interpreted as an implicit principle that compose the structure of feeling of the Nova MPB.
A produção musical do rap brasileiro inaugura um novo paradigma no cenário musical: a construção simbólica de uma sociedade brasileira cindida entre “eles” e “nós”, opondo a periferia aos estratos privilegiados, com tom de enfrentamento de classes. A partir do arsenal teórico de Norbert Elias, pretendo apontar as interdependências do surgimento do rap no Brasil, e identificar, na obra do grupo de rap Racionais MC´s, a elaboração de uma imagem coletiva da periferia, decorrente da transformação de um estigma atribuído em uma posição de potência. Nota-se que essa elaboração se dá em contraposição à elaboração da contra-estigmatização de uma elite, refletindo assim sobre o caráter relacional das relações de poder a partir das operações de estigmatização.
O presente artigo apresenta uma análise do projeto #existeamor, protagonizado pelos músicos Milton Nascimento e Criolo. Trata-se de uma plataforma multifacetada lançada durante a pandemia de Covid-19, que inclui um EP, dois videoclipes e uma iniciativa de doação virtual a instituições que atendem pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade social. Ao navegar por #existeamor, percebe-se que foi montando um produto que se retroalimenta durante todo seu processo de concepção e execução. Além disso, vale-se ainda dos rituais de sacralidade e da experiência de suspensão do ordinário para engajamento e reconhecimento quanto à sua originalidade, além do carisma convertido em materialidade. O objetivo deste trabalho é compreender os ganhos simbólicos dos artistas ao conferirem à arte um papel de instrumento de sensibilização dentro do projeto #existeamor, considerando-se para tal a mobilização que envolve os dois músicos protagonistas, suas respectivas equipes e os efeitos dessa soma de poderes.
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