Banda Calypso
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Banda Calypso is a Brazil
ian musical duo
, especially popular in Northern and Northeastern regions of the country. It was formed in the late 1990s by guitarist and producer Chimbinha and his singer/dancer wife Joelma.
The band is seen as a successful model of open business
for pop culture. As the band produce their CD
s (15 as of 2010) and their DVD
s (5) not signing with any labels (national or international), they are able to sell it for fair prices. They are also credited with creating a new style of marketing art in Brazil, especially among lower classes.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian musical duo
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, especially popular in Northern and Northeastern regions of the country. It was formed in the late 1990s by guitarist and producer Chimbinha and his singer/dancer wife Joelma.
The band is seen as a successful model of open business
Open business
Open business represents a concept of doing business in a transparent way by intimately integrating an ecosystem of participants, collaborating in public space....
for pop culture. As the band produce their CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
s (15 as of 2010) and their DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s (5) not signing with any labels (national or international), they are able to sell it for fair prices. They are also credited with creating a new style of marketing art in Brazil, especially among lower classes.