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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 using their vocal talent, but also with their looks or moves.

mtv - Three decades ago, music video used to be less important then its nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave a great deal power and importance to the music video. MTV started broadcasting in 1981 in the USA and it marked the start of the music video's ruling over 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 begun 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 specialists say 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 since the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark no more true musical talent, as artists happen to be become more appreciated for looks instead of their vocal abilities.

youtube music videos - Nowadays, the music activity video is as significant 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 simply to enjoy their artistic value, because 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 appears that the music 'gurus', corporate managers, have realised the potential for using female sex-appeal in music videos, therefore this feature will be used excessively as it is more popular for the public.

youtube music videos - The birth from 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 ever more popular. But it seems that most video directors don't concentrate on this particular art form, they notice 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 fact a music video is secondary to the song itself.

To conclude, although music video's fans have attemptedto elevate this form of entertainment towards the title of an art form, the music video is eventually only a work of commerce, going to sell a product: the song.