Music video

A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. The American cable television channel MTV ("Music Television" launched in 1981), originated the format of end-to-end music video programming without any conventional programs, although the music video itself has a history dating back to the earliest days of sound film.

External links and references

• Music on Television A brief history
• mvdbase Created in 1998, one of the oldest and most complete databases on the web with information about music videos (but no links or streaming content)
• Clipland Another database, covering a large selection of videos
• Video Static Music video production and programming news
• Music Video Wire "Resource for Music Video Industry news, interviews and educational content"
• videos.antville A popular collective blog where you "sign up and post links to cool music videos"
• cliptip A frequently updated showcase providing links to interesting music videos
• Another Brick In The Wall: Music Video Links One individual's extraordinary collection of links to nearly 1500 music videos; many classics, but it's also regularly updated
• offuhuge A site offering music videos "codes"
• discoverclips Another site offering music video "codes" for blogs
• Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0335152759.
• Durant, Alan (1984).
• {{Book reference|Author=Clarke, Donald|Title=The Rise and Fall of Popular Music|Publisher=St. Martin's Press|Year=1995|ID=ISBN 0312115733}}