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SANCHES SANTOS, Thayara Borzani; VICO, Roberto Paolo  and  RICCI UVINHA, Ricardo. Work or leisure?: The performance of musicians through the topic of serious leisure. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.2, pp. 1-11. ISSN 2359-0769.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v19i2.e9150.

The article aims to analyze the relationship between leisure and work in the performance of musicians in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, under the prism of the concept of serious leisure. Serious leisure is defined as activities practiced by hobbyists and volunteers. For such individuals these activities are immensely important and rewarding, and in some cases it can mean the beginning of a career focused on the acquisition and expression of special skills, knowledge and experiences. This concept is also defined by the perseverance that participants must possess to overcome the eventual moments of difficulty related to the development of serious leisure and the personal and social benefits that accompany this practice such as self-realization, self-enrichment, feeling of belonging and social interaction. When the skills and knowledge acquired allow participants to be considered "serious", in some cases, to the extent that the opportunities appear, some of these participants can leave amateur status, becoming professionals. The specific objectives of this research: a) investigate the reasons that led these musicians to transform this activity, initially considered a leisure activity, into a professional exercise; b) understand how the six fundamental characteristics of the serious leisure system are presented in the performance of the musicians. The methodology used was a qualitative research, in a case study understanding it as the appropriate method to determine the unique characteristics of individuals from institutions or communities. The research has an exploratory character that combines bibliographical and field approaches. The bibliographical dimension includes scientific articles, books and other publications on the concept of serious leisure. As a field research, it was used an in loco investigations with semi-structured interviews conducted with musicians who perform in the city of Sao Paulo. The results of this research indicate that the pleasure provided by the music, as well as the remuneration obtained through it, are the factors that most influenced the interviewees in the choice of music as a profession. It is also concluded that the relationship established between artistic content and music is evident since music as art refers mainly to the subjectivity of people, translating feelings, expressing desires and expressing ideas. Ideas as destiny, predestination, innate talent, contribute to forming in people the conception that a musician, as well as artists from other similar activities, was already born 'knowing' that activity and, therefore, they are unique and special people . From this vision, due the fact that the artist work with a 'special language', in this case music, is evident its projection before society as a whole. The data reinforce that leisure is characterized by the result of a free choice that cannot be subjected to any lucrative, utilitarian or ideological purpose. It must be marked by the search for a state of satisfaction, taking as an end in itself, responding to individual needs, facing the obligations imposed by society.

Keywords : leisure; work; music; arts; serious leisure.

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