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Continuing our visual voyage through music, I wanna turn our attention to music videos. Music videos came to vogue in the MTV era and really transformed the way we consume music. In some ways, it pulled the attention away from the music itself and put it more on the surrounding visuals. Some folks used the new medium to further accent and even elevate their art, telling stories that capture the essence of the song. Others kept the videos simple — just a band on a stage playing their instruments — using it as an opportunity to show off their skills and highlight the musicians. And still others took it as a chance to show off their amazing dancing, good looks, or wild styles! In any case, music videos caught on big time and haven’t really waned since… like album art, the music video was birthed because of the particular technology at the time and then became a staple of the industry. Today, MTV seems to care less and less about music videos… luckily, there are places like YouTube where you can dig up music videos on demand. Because these places are easy enough to post to and build an audience, you even get some artists who prioritize creating music videos and posting them online… this occasionally leads to some super creative content that likely wouldn’t have made it through a major label and marketing team. Anywho, I realize I could probably wax on and on about music videos, but I’ll wrap it up so we can get to sharing. As always, feel free to step outside the guidelines and share whatever music interests ya. BTW, if you’re gonna share something that is NSFW, please be polite and leave some sort of warning. Thanks y’all!
How we do
In this weekly series, folks can chime in and drop links to whatever it is they’ve been listening to recently + browse others’ suggestions. You can follow the suggested genre if you’d like, but don’t feel confined to it; you’re free to suggest whatever you wanna. 🙌
If you’re interested in having other discussions about music, consider following the aptly named #music discussions organization.
Y’all ready to watch some music videos? 🍿
Note: you can embed a link to your song using the following syntax {% embed https://… %}. This should work for most common platforms!
Looking forward to listening to y’all’s suggestions! 🎶
🚨p.s. Check out @rachelfazio‘s sister series to Music Monday, called Podcast Palooza!🚨
