Scene, permanence, and alliance work
Since 2005, the Montreal music scene has been celebrated in a few occasions. Maintaining its liveliness has become a challenge for local actors. Based on this interest for the permanence of the scene, this article focuses not only on its spatial inscription, but also and especially on its temporal dimension. How is maintained a scene on a territory ? What choices are made about what should be maintained or not ? Suggesting that a work of alliance is needed to successfully maintain, stabilize and preserve the identity of a local cultural scene through time, this article takes a look at efforts in this direction by the Montreal emerging music scene. It focuses specifically on a forum set up in 2010 to discuss ways to ensure the continuity of the scene : the Alliance pour le soutien aux musiques émergentes.