Billboard, music and politics

As part of the Billboard Latin Music Conference, held in Miami these days, an interesting discussion, in which artists like Miguel Bosé, resident, or Jackie Becky G. Cruz have put on the table their views takes place views on how far, how and when an artist intrudes on policy issues.

Clearly, in many parts of the world like Venezuela, Syria and the Middle East, where violence takes its toll; different parts of Europe and the United States, where fighting problems such as migration or discrimination of different signs and intensities; just to illustrate these mentions, artists, and in particular musicians have and should have a political position.

Manifest that position or not is another matter. The truth is that art itself is already political. Choose a genre, writing about such topics, sing a certain way, all the least, it implies -yes, one aesthetics- but also political decision. To express the political position implies low in the fans in the audience because supporters on the other side are going to leave. Yes. Everything has a cost.

To show the face of "do not talk about politics, I'm just an artist" or "I hate to think of what happens in this part, because I'm not there" also has its political cost: there are sympathizers who like their favorite artists are planted with an idea or posture.

And that's fundamental. The musician understand that yes, you have to stand. Although the slogan is not to stand. Yes, assuming wide and fully the cost of the decision. Because it always will be.