Brief history of Music videos

Hello again! So this time I'm going to be giving a brief outline of the history of music videos. So, enjoy!

So, a music video is a short film that accompanies a complete piece of music. Music videos were first established to promote the sales of the record it was played along with. Music videos can often be called just simply 'promos' as they are used mainly as a promotional tool in the industry.

Here is a timeline I've made on an interactive timeline site called timetoast. It details some of the main events that happened in the music video industry.

History of music videos timeline.

Also Here are some of the music videos that I talk about in the timeline. (all from youtube!)

Aerosmith vs Run-DMC:



Fantasia:



Split Enz (some New Zealand music for you Miss Hill!)




Thanks for reading, more to follow! :)