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Some History Facts on Music Videos

Music videos represent an essential part of the music industry. Artists owe their careers to videos as they are being given the possibility of impressing the public not just making use of their vocal talent, but also with their looks or moves.

playlist - Thirty years ago, music video was previously less important then it is nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave a lot power and importance towards the music video. MTV started broadcasting three decades ago in the USA and it marked the beginning of the music video's ruling on the music industry. The first video ever played on MTV was 'Video Killed radio stations 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 really is considered that even Madonna's career may be greatly influenced by her videos that presented an alluring, appealing look of the artist. Some professionals state 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 since the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark get rid of true musical talent, as artists are already become more appreciated for looks instead of their vocal abilities.

musica - Nowadays, the music video is as essential as the song itself, sometimes even deciding the success of an audio lesson or artist. Collections of music videos are being sold on tapes or DVDs. Music video's greatest fans are apparently watching them muted just to enjoy their artistic value, as they consider it to be a new form of art. They consider that a music video ought to be assessed based on its visual qualities and not on the song quality. It appears that the music 'gurus', corporate managers, have realised the potential for using female sex-appeal in videos, therefore this feature will be used excessively as it is more popular for the public.

pandora - The birth from the music video has established a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits and this profession has become more and more popular. But it seems that most video directors don't focus on this particular art form, they view it as being just a step on the way to directing a film. Many start directing videos or commercials, hoping to get the recognition to build an identity and to direct a movie. It seems that even video directors admit the fact that a music video is secondary towards the song itself.

To conclude, although music video's fans have attempted to elevate this form of entertainment to the title of an talent, the music video is eventually merely a work of commerce, determined to sell a product: the song.