Covid-19 Impact on the Music Sector in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

This article addresses the difficulties of musicians and measures taken by public and private authorities to mitigate the social impact of Covid-19 in the music sector of Belo Horizonte, capital city of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. These are preliminary results of a research developed by the research lab on Sound, Communication, Textualities and Sociability [ESCUTAS (in Portuguese)] at the Social Communication Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. This study has two perspectives. First, we surveyed public sources about Brazilian measures for the sector, as we are interested in verifying policies used by the private and public sectors, not only at the national level, but also at regional (state of Minas Gerais) and local (city of Belo Horizonte) levels. Second, we investigate the impact of the pandemic on the city's music sector, considering various categories of the profession such as composers, interpreters, arrangers, music teachers, DJs, among others. This work is part of a scenario of academic research and economic reports on the impacts of the pandemic in the music industry. More specifically, it aims to contribute to discussion on the effects of the social distance on livelihood of professionals of that area.


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You are being invited to participate, voluntarily, in the research "Music in times of pandemic: the impact of Covid-19 on the artistic sector". Our goal is to map the difficulties faced by professionals in the musical scenario in Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, also seeking to learn about the measures undertaken by the professionals themselves and by public and private entities dealing with these issues.
Your contribution has a lot of importance to our research. Before deciding whether or not to participate in the survey, we ask you to read the information below.
The survey includes questions about your professional performance in the music industry, the relevance of this work in your professional life, and your access to financial support initiatives. The estimated response time is approximately 10 minutes. The collected data will be used only for this research. At any time, whether before, during or after the survey, you can request further clarification, refuse to participate, or withdraw from participation. In any of these cases, you will not be harmed or held responsible in any way. If you feel uncomfortable and want to give up the participation, just close the survey without sending it, or request the deletion of the answer you sent. In case of doubts or other request related to this research, you can contact the researchers in charge, Professor Graziela Mello Vianna and Professor Nísio Teixeira, by e-mails grazielamv@ufmg.br and nisiotei@ufmg.br.
We believe that the results will help us to understand your point of view on the impacts of the pandemic on the creative economy and, at the end of the research, this diagnosis will support proposals for solid actions for the recovery of the sector. The research results will be published in the form of scientific papers, such as articles, books, or presentations at events. In the survey, we will ask for your email address to send a copy of this Informed Consent Form and a copy of your answers. Your identification will be visible only to our team of researchers and will be kept confidential. Thus, your name and e-mail will not be disclosed, published, or shared with other people.
Other important research information Justification for conducting the research: The great paradox in the COVID-19 time is that "the public is consuming art, music and cultural goods in an accelerated pace, but not contributing financially enough to ensure that artists, musicians, and other professionals of the creative economy, whose work they are consuming, can meet their own basic needs. For the vast majority, their art is not paying their bills, nor [even] the second and sometimes the third job they need to have, just to maintain their capability to create ", cites the recently released Musical Resilience Manual of Cities, available at #BetterMusicCities by experts from Sounddiplomacy.com, who are linked to the music economy for urban development. The social distance caused by the pandemic highlights the importance of music for people's mental health, even though we are temporarily prevented from sharing in the same physical space of the musical experience. With the closure of bars, nightclubs, concert halls and other spaces for musical performances, the on-site modality of these activities was suspended indefinitely. Daily during the pandemic, artists put available recorded videos or make broadcast live (called "lives") free of charge. Among these, only https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FVeDFQPqYlkOwczcnqGYbiAnpeJU3MECjpcbE2itpn0/edit 2/22 1. Endereço de e-mail * a minority obtains some sort of payment, either from public or private initiatives or through the monetization of platforms. Research goals: We seek to understand the impact of the pandemic on the Belo Horizonte musical scenario and to highlight the visibility and survival strategies of some of its social actors. Based on the data collected through the survey and the levy of emergency financial contributions from public and private initiatives, it will be make a diagnosis of the scenario in Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region, as a pilot project for possible subsequent application in other Brazilian cities.
Research population: Professionals in the musical production chain performing in Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region.
Procedures to which they will be submitted: The collected data will be grouped and compared for elaborating a diagnosis of the pandemic impacts on the musical scenery of Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region, to be published in scientific works, without disclosing the participants identities.
Risks in taken part in the survey: Some questions can cause discomfort or embarrassment to the participants, such as items on payment and financial difficulties. If this happens, you can pause the filling and return to it later, or withdraw participating, without any penalty Benefits of participating in the research: At the end of the research, you will have contributed to the scientific knowledge about the impacts of the pandemic on the musical scenery in Belo Horizonte and will have expressed your point of view as a professional in the sector, your difficulties and demands in this scenario. Our expectation is that the research can contribute to support the elaboration of public policies for the sector in the short to medium term, starting from the creation of a public document gathering the results to foment the cultural debate with the municipal council management.
Access to final or partial results of the research: At the end of completing the survey, the participant will receive by email a copy of their own responses. The results will be published as scientific works and in the form of a public document, to which we will give wide publicizing.
Costs involved in participating in the survey: You will not have any sort of expense to participate in the survey and you will not receive any financial compensation for taken part in it.
The research was approved by the UFMG Research Ethics Committee (COEP-UFMG), having Professor Graziela Mello Vianna and Professor Nísio Teixeira as responsible researchers. In case of doubts or questions about the research, you can contact us by emails grazielamv@ufmg.br and nisiotei@ufmg.br or by phone (31)
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Questionnaire In this section, we will ask some questions about you and your professional performance in the musical sector.

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Which musical sector do you act? (It can be checked more than one alternative) * If you checked "Interpreting (instrument), specify which one (s): If you checked "Technical Area", specify which function (s)  Insertion in the music scenery of the city Considering your insertion in the city's musical scenario, which of the activities listed below would you fit into? You can answer more than one alternative if necessary, or skip the question when you do not carry out the professional practice in question.
For activities that apply to your professional performance, we will ask you to specify what proportion it represents in your income (on a scale from 0 to 5, in which: 0 = represents nothing; 1 = represents very little; 2 = represents little; 3 = represents reasonably; 4 = represents significantly; 5 = represents very significantly).

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If you are acting in popular culture groups, specify which one (s). If not, skip the question.
Among the activities mentioned [solo and / or group musical performance; Carnival; bars and / or restaurants; ceremonial and / or religious events; recording studios; multidisciplinary art education teams; music teacher; musical research; musical corporations; orchestras; choirs; popular culture groups], which is the most relevant in your career from an artistic point of view? * Among the activities mentioned [solo and / or group musical performance; Carnival; bars and / or restaurants; ceremonial and / or religious events; recording studios; multidisciplinary art education teams; music teacher; musical research; musical corporations; orchestras; choirs; popular culture groups], which is the most relevant from the point of view of artistic visibility? *

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Among the activities mentioned [solo and / or group musical performance; Carnival; bars and / or restaurants; ceremonial and / or religious events; recording studios; multidisciplinary art education teams; music teacher; musical research; musical corporations; orchestras; choirs; popular culture groups], which is the most relevant from a financial point of view? * If you needed to make adjustments to your main musical activity due to the pandemic, specify whether that activity maintained the same income as before the pandemic. If you have not made any adjustments, skip the question. The Ministry of Health classified the whole country as community transmission, in addition to the need to qualify the information on the circulation of the Coronavirus in Minas Gerais, from 03/23/2020. In this section, we will ask questions about your access to public and private financial support initiatives before that date and after that one (during the context of the pandemic).
These initiatives can be in the form of direct payments to citizens or in the form of financial support to the musical sector, such as promotion notices, cultural incentive projects, cultural contests, awards and similar.

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Before the pandemic, had you received any financial support or assistance from the government? * If you had received financial support or assistance from the government before the pandemic, please specify which one (s). Check more than one alternative if necessary. If not, skip the question.
After 03/23/2020, in the context of the pandemic, did you receive any financial support or assistance from the government? *

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If you received any financial support or assistance from the government in the context of the pandemic, please specify which one (s). Check more than one alternative if necessary. If not, skip the question.
Before the pandemic, had you received any financial support or assistance from the private sector? * In the context of the pandemic, did you receive any financial support or assistance from the private sector? * Before the pandemic, had you received any financial support or assistance from the third sector, such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), unions, associations, religious movements or similar? *
In the context of the pandemic, had you received any financial support or assistance from the third sector, such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), unions, associations, religious movements or similar? * Use the space in this last question to say whether you are interested in participating in the second phase of the survey, as a focus group format. If you want, you can also leave any comments or suggestions to the researchers.

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