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Some History Facts on Videos

Music videos represent an important 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.

pandora - 30 years ago, music video was once less important then it's nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave so much power and importance towards the music video. MTV started broadcasting almost 30 years ago in the USA and it marked the start of the music video's ruling within 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, 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 alluring, 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 has been highly controversial: some saw as the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark get rid of true musical talent, as artists have been become more appreciated for their looks instead of their vocal abilities.

mtv - Nowadays, the music activity video is as important as the song itself, frequently even deciding the success of an audio lesson or artist. Collections of videos are being sold on tapes or DVDs. Music video's greatest fans are apparently watching them muted just to enjoy their artistic value, because they consider it to be a new type of art. They take into consideration that a music video needs 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 of using female sex-appeal in videos, therefore this feature has been used excessively because it is more popular for the public.

youtube music - The birth with the music video has generated a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits which profession has become increasingly popular. But it seems that most video directors don't specialise in this particular art form, they see it as being just a step on the way to directing a show. Many start directing videos or commercials, hunting the recognition to build a reputation and to direct a movie. It seems that even video directors admit the fact a music video is secondary towards the song itself.

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