Produções musicais de mulheres: músicas para regar afetos e potências

Abstract

This dissertation presents a discussion on the presence and participation of women in the musical production chain, highlighting three artists from Bahian independent music and the relevance of each one of them and their productions to the local and national independent music scene. For this, the trajectories of the chosen singers - Josyara, Livia Nery and Luedji Luna, were taken as references to understand the relationships that have been established between genre and music in an independent production scenario. It observed the beginning of the relationship of both with music, the formation of their careers - considering the conjuncture of cultural policies experienced by the three, and also observed the discs released by each one, which gave them prominence in the Bahian and national scenarios. The research made it evident that the greater female presence in music has led to the weakening of power relations that are established against women, and how the expansion of that presence has been crucial both to rescue and to boost invisible narratives. The discussion made in this work was guided by a feminist perspective on music, understanding it as a social practice that is localized and embodied. The notion of independent artist adopted here includes those and those who develop the stages of the music production chain in an autonomous way in relation to the phonographic industry conglomerates that, historically, have maintained control over the worldwide musical production and distribution.