Do Músico ao Mood: Fonogramas, Plataformas e Modos de Escuta em Disputa
Keywords:
Fonograma digital, ,Escuta etnográfica, Plataformas de Steaming, ,Autoria musical, Reexistência sonoraAbstract
This article examines the historical transformation of the phonogram as a cultural, technical, and political object, tracing the shift from the centrality of the musician to the algorithmic logic of moods on digital streaming platforms. Beginning with RCA Victor’s early 20th-century use-records strategy, we follow the trajectory to today’s landscape, in which platforms like Spotify and YouTube Music promote functional, opaque, and depersonalized listening.
Drawing on ethnomusicology, sonic anthropology, and media studies, the article discusses the erasure of musical authorship in algorithmic curatorship and repositions listening as a political act. Examples include the work of Mestra Mayá, the Sonora Brasil project by Sesc, and Latin American punk bands such as Pachorra, Histeria Coletiva, and Pus, who use the phonogram as a tool of aesthetic and political resistance.
We also address the role of platforms like Bandcamp, which enable direct authorial distribution and challenge the silencing logic of dominant streaming services. The article concludes that the digital phonogram is a contested field and that, today, listening is also an act of insurgency.
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