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Some History Facts on Videos
Music videos represent an essential part of the music industry. Artists owe their careers to music videos as they are being given the risk of impressing the public not just using their vocal talent, but in addition with their looks or moves.
free music videos - 30 years ago, music video used to be less important then it is nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave a lot power and importance for the music video. MTV started broadcasting almost 30 years ago in the USA and it marked the start the music video's ruling on the music industry. The first video ever played on MTV was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles. As MTV was broadcasting 24-hour-a-day music, music videos were needed to be produced. Consequently, music video began to play an important role in artists' careers. It is considered that even Madonna's career may be greatly influenced by her videos that presented a sexy, appealing look of the artist. Some specialists say that Madonna has been inspired through the image that the actress Greta Garbo provides in her silent movies. MTV has been highly controversial: some saw because the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark the end of true musical talent, as artists happen to be become more appreciated for his or her looks instead of their vocal abilities.
pandora - Nowadays, the background music video is as significant as the song itself, sometimes even deciding the success of music or artist. Collections of music videos are being sold on tapes or DVDs. Music video's greatest fans are apparently watching them muted in order to enjoy their artistic value, since they consider it to be a new form of art. They take into account that a music video should be assessed based on its visual qualities and never on the song quality. It would appear that the music 'gurus', corporate managers, have realised the opportunity of using female sex-appeal in music videos, therefore this feature is being used excessively because it is more popular for the public.
youtube music - The birth with the music video has generated a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits and this profession has become increasingly popular. But it seems that most video directors don't concentrate on this particular art form, they view it as being just a strike the way to directing a film. Many start directing videos or commercials, hunting the recognition to build a reputation and to direct a movie. It seems that even video directors admit the fact that a music video is secondary towards the song itself.
In conclusion, although music video's fans have tried to elevate this form of entertainment towards the title of an art form, the music video is eventually merely a work of commerce, determined to sell a product: the song.
