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Some History Facts on Music Videos

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

mtv - Thirty years ago, music video was previously less important then it is nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave so much power and importance towards the music video. MTV started broadcasting in 1981 in the USA and it marked the beginning of the music video's ruling within 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 started to play an important role in artists' careers. It is considered that even Madonna's career continues to be greatly influenced by her videos that presented an attractive, appealing look of the artist. Some professionals state that Madonna has been inspired from the image that the actress Greta Garbo provides in her silent movies. MTV may be highly controversial: some saw because the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark no more true musical talent, as artists have been become more appreciated for their looks instead of their vocal abilities.

pandora - Nowadays, the music video is as essential as the song itself, frequently 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 in order to enjoy their artistic value, since they consider it to be a new kind of art. They take into consideration that a music video ought to be assessed based on its visual qualities rather than 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 has been used excessively since it is more popular for the public.

musica - The birth of the music video has established a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits and also this profession has become increasingly 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 film. Many start directing videos or commercials, hoping to get the recognition to build a name and to direct a movie. It seems that even video directors admit the fact a music video is secondary to the song itself.

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