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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 chance of impressing the public not just using their vocal talent, but also with their looks or moves.

youtube music videos - Thirty years ago, music video was previously less important then its nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave so much power and importance for the music video. MTV started broadcasting in 1981 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, music videos were needed to be produced. Consequently, music video started to play an important role in artists' careers. It's considered that even Madonna's career has been greatly influenced by her videos that presented a sexy, appealing look of the artist. Some specialists say that Madonna has been inspired from 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 the end of true musical talent, as artists have been become more appreciated for looks instead of their vocal abilities.

pandora - Nowadays, the background music video is as important as the song itself, frequently even deciding the success of a song or artist. Collections of music videos are being sold on tapes or DVDs. Music video's greatest fans are apparently watching them muted simply to enjoy their artistic value, since they consider it to be a new type of art. They consider that a music video should be assessed based on its visual qualities and not on the song quality. It appears that the music 'gurus', corporate managers, have realised the opportunity of using female sex-appeal in music videos, therefore this feature has been used excessively as it is more popular for the public.

youtube music videos - The birth with 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 more and more popular. But it seems that most video directors don't specialise in this particular art form, they notice as being just a step on the way to directing a movie. 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.

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