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MACHILLOT, Didier. The Musician’s Profession, between Precarity and Redefinition. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2018, vol.33, n.95, pp.257-289. ISSN 2007-8358.

This sociological study attempts to describe and analyze professional musicians’ diverse activities and how they are a response to precarious employment and constitute a redefinition of their profession itself. Interviews with musicians in Guadalajara show that this profession generally demands mastering different competencies (playing different instruments or genres, among others) and doing different music-related jobs (sound engineer, music teacher, etc.), or combining the profession with other non-musical activities. To analyze this, the author uses the concepts of “multi-skilled activity,” “plural activities,” and “multi-activity”.

Palavras-chave : musicians; professions; precarity; multi-skilled activity; plural activities; and multi-activity.