Does Music Television Still Exist?

Selective · 11-07-2016, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

MTV always sucked

It was cool in the 80's.....

No commercials, no people talking to introduce music videos, no stupid tv shows, it was like how internet radio is now, except only music videos, and a phone number would flash on the screen during videos so you could call in and request your favorite music videos.

Though many years later, we all found out only certain music was allowed to be played, so they were dictating what people could listen to.

Selective · 11-07-2016, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind

I don't know if they do exactly what you're describing but VEVO streams only music video's I think.

Thanks for the suggestion, I looked at them before, but I'll look them over again.

The main fall back to VEVO, is that they are ran by Google, and only play what they own, so they never play anything older than the last generation of music.

Last time I tried to search them to see what artists were listed under them, I couldn't really search at all.

Also, a few artists have rebelled against VEVO after signing with them, and have went back to releasing music and music videos on their own private youtube channels that are not VEVO channels.

Tristan_Geoff · 11-07-2016, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Selective

No, it did die in the early 90's. You see, it was first 100% all music videos, and it wasn't until the early 90's that they started creating little tv shows that played different ones, which quickly lead to shows that had nothing to do with music until MTV was all tv shows that really had nothing to do with music.

So though people still watched MTV, it really was already dead and no longer what anyone wanted, because it no longer was playing all music videos like it was meant to do.

Hmm. This is in fact false.

Neapolitan · 11-07-2016, 03:11 PM

Does Music Television Still Exist?
Yes, but in the 21st century it is called YouTube.

The Batlord · 11-07-2016, 03:35 PM

*raises hand*

Who gives a **** about music videos? Even the few that were good were still created for marketing purposes. Music has no need for them.

**Frownland** · 11-07-2016, 06:09 PM

Need? Nah. They're a nice bonus though.

Selective · 11-07-2016, 07:16 PM

When artists upload their songs to youtube twice, once as just a song and again as an actual music video, the actual music videos get way more views. So people do enjoy music videos more.

However, new artists really have no platform to get people to watch their music videos.

At the moment, artists are joining record labels, and then the record labels are claiming ownership over their music videos, making them remove them from their private youtube channels so they can be re-uploaded to the record labels youtube channels. It is still highly unproductive though, as there are so many small record labels doing this, and simply being on a popular youtube channel does nothing when the music videos must be found and played individually and while finding the record label youtube channel is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Neapolitan · 11-07-2016, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

*raises hand*

Who gives a **** about music videos? Even the few that were good were still created for marketing purposes. Music has no need for them.

WTF are you talking about? What's more epic than Dio wielding a sword in a music video? It's totally LotR. If you don't find this video awesome than screw you and your anti-capitalistic sentiment.

djchameleon · 11-07-2016, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

*raises hand*

Who gives a **** about music videos? Even the few that were good were still created for marketing purposes. Music has no need for them.

What!?

There are some great music videos still being produced to this day. The great marriage of visual and audio.

Tell me you don't give a **** about this masterpiece.

**Frownland** · 11-07-2016, 11:29 PM

That's so 2009, DJ.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	That's so 2009, DJ. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-07-2016, 07:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
Selective Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 64	When artists upload their songs to youtube twice, once as just a song and again as an actual music video, the actual music videos get way more views. So people do enjoy music videos more. However, new artists really have no platform to get people to watch their music videos. At the moment, artists are joining record labels, and then the record labels are claiming ownership over their music videos, making them remove them from their private youtube channels so they can be re-uploaded to the record labels youtube channels. It is still highly unproductive though, as there are so many small record labels doing this, and simply being on a popular youtube channel does nothing when the music videos must be found and played individually and while finding the record label youtube channel is like finding a needle in a haystack.