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Some History Facts on Videos

Music videos represent an important 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 making use of their vocal talent, but additionally with their looks or moves.

stream music - Three decades ago, music video was once 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 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 Radio Star' by The Buggles. As MTV was broadcasting 24-hour-a-day music, videos were needed to be produced. Consequently, music video began to play an important role in artists' careers. It's considered that even Madonna's career may be greatly influenced by her videos that presented an attractive, appealing look of the artist. Some experts say that Madonna has been inspired through the image that the actress Greta Garbo has used in her silent movies. MTV may be highly controversial: some saw since the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark no more true musical talent, as artists are already become more appreciated for their looks instead of their vocal abilities.

free online music - Nowadays, the music activity 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, because they consider it to be a new kind of art. They consider that a music video ought to be assessed based on its visual qualities and never on the song quality. It seems that the music 'gurus', corporate managers, have realised the potential of using female sex-appeal in videos, therefore this feature will be used excessively as it is more popular for the public.

mtv - The birth with the music video has created a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits which 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 strike the way to directing a show. Many start directing videos or commercials, seeking the recognition to build an identity and to direct a film. It seems that even video directors admit the fact that a music video is secondary for the song itself.

In conclusion, although music video's fans have attemptedto elevate this form of entertainment towards the title of an talent, the music video is eventually just a work of commerce, destined to sell a product: the song.