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Some History Facts on Videos

Music videos represent a crucial part of the music industry. Artists owe their careers to videos as they are being given the possibility of impressing the public not just using their vocal talent, but additionally with their looks or moves.

you tube music - Thirty years ago, music video used to be less important then its nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave so much power and importance to the music video. MTV started broadcasting in 1981 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 air Star' by The Buggles. As MTV was broadcasting 24-hour-a-day music, music videos were needed to be produced. Consequently, music video started to play an important role in artists' careers. It really is considered that even Madonna's career has been greatly influenced by her videos that presented an attractive, appealing look of the artist. Some professionals state that Madonna has been inspired through the image that the actress Greta Garbo has used in her silent movies. MTV has been highly controversial: some saw as the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark the end of true musical talent, as artists have been become more appreciated for his or her looks instead of their vocal abilities.

mtv - Nowadays, the music video is as important as the song itself, sometimes even deciding the success of a song or artist. Collections of 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 consider 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 potential for using female sex-appeal in music videos, therefore this feature has been used excessively since it is more popular for the public.

youtube music - The birth from the music video has created a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits and this profession has become ever more popular. But it seems that most video directors don't specialise in this particular art form, they view it as being just a strike the way to directing a film. Many start directing videos or commercials, seeking the recognition to build a name and to direct a film. It seems that even video directors admit the truth that a music video is secondary to the song itself.

In summary, although music video's fans have tried to elevate this form of entertainment towards the title of an art, the music video is eventually merely a work of commerce, going to sell a product: the song.