Music Industry

For this post I am going to be answering three questions about the music industry and I will be making sure to show evidence of my research and making sure it is answered in the best possible quality.

Who are the main television companies that show music video's?

There are many channels which still show music videos on them everyday and some of them are dedicated to this very well due to the fact that this is all they do. An example of these websites are Starz TV, Bliss and Kerrang. These channels still show lots of music videos and are rarely interrupted by other shows.  Below is a picture of the listings for some of these channels.

This is not always a good thing though as this can sometimes make them unpopular as it will mean they play a lot of the same songs over again and due to the rise in songs being uploaded to YouTube and almost everyone having some way of accessing this, they are becoming less and less popular. There are also music channels such as MTV which still show off a lot of music but they seems to have noticed that television is not as popular for music any more so they have started playing TV shows instead of music and this has been slowly increasing with other channels as well.

Where can you find music video's?

Music video's can be found in two main places but one is more easy to access what you are looking for than the other. The first which can be difficult to find the exact videos you are looking for is on a TV channel, most likely on what of the channels listed above. The reason that it can be harder to find what you are looking for is because as a viewer you are not in control of what is being played. This can cause people to leave the channel quickly if they hear a song they do not like or possibly even if it is one that they do not know. Due to this, there is currently less people watching music video's this way.

The second place that you can go to watch music video's is online, the most popular place of which to find a music video is on YouTube. This is due to it having almost all video's that have been made as they have been uploaded, whether it was by the artist themselves or by a fan who has their music and has uploaded it for them. There is a specific channel that is dedicated to big artists as it has almost all of their music on and this is the Vevo channel. Vevo was a big television channel but has stopped broadcasting as much about music on tv and has decided to make their own website and youtube channel as they have found that this seems to get them more views and therefore more money.

What is the purpose of music video's (Business and entertainment)

A music video's purpose is to entertain the viewer whilst they are listening to the song. This is used to help entice the audience to keep watching as not only do they get to listen to the song, they also get to watch a video. It can also be used to help portray the meaning of the song and help the audience understand the meaning of the video.  It can also be used as a way to make sure that the audience remembers the song as they will then link it or relate it to the video and if they then see something that reminds them of this then they will think of the song and hopefully want to listen to it or at least talk about it.

They can also be used to help promote the artists for more than just being a good singer or band. It can also help people see other talents that they have for example, dancing and acting. This could then spark them to get jobs for other things such as tv or movies.

The last reason is quite an obvious one which is to help promote the artist and therefore sell their CD's to create more money for them and their record label. As i have said before, music video's can be used to make people remember the song if they see something in real life that was in the video then they will remember the song and therefore talk about it and possibly, if they are able to at the time, go out and buy the album.