buddy holly/mtv

I thought that the Buddy Holly article was really good and seemed like something that new coming artist should read. It just reminds people that even if you don't get the outcome you want you shouldn't give up. I loved Buddy Holly's quote towards the end "Ah, the hell with it, let's give 'em Bo Diddley." it shows he wasn't going to stop his career because they had a bad night, he was going to make the most out of it and just try even harder. Obviously they made the right decision to not give up because they became famous. This also shows you that even famous people have hardships and they had to start from the bottom at some point. It was interesting to get a look at the bands first experiences when they were just average people trying to get there name out there.

I enjoyed the MTV clip because it makes you think about how singers used to be measured solely on their singing abilities. Once MTV came out, you have to be have way more than just a good voice to make it big. Since people see you performing the song, now much more comes into play. First you have to be really attractive, then have good style, then be able to dance and entertain, then have famous friends to be featured in the video, then finally have a good voice. Voices can be altered so easily now that it becomes one of the last things a singer should be worried about when they're making a video. Now we focus more on the person's appearance and how entertaining their video is. I think MTV definitely helped start the whole idea of "sex sells". Let's face it, more people are going to be interested in seeing a young artist that looks good dancing in a skimpy outfit rather than some old unattractive artist in a turtle neck sweater. The more attractive an artist is, the more money they get because more people will want to buy things with their face on it, they'll want to watch whatever their featured on, buy their albums, and they'll want to be more like them. MTV has definitely changed over the past 30 years and has grown to a much bigger thing than just music videos, in fact there's hardly any music videos shown anymore. Unless you watch it really late at night until 7 a.m, you won't usually find videos. It's now taken over by reality t.v. and random shows. Although I do watch MTV, I can definitely see it's negative influence on our youth, it promotes a lot of bad stuff. At the same time though, it does give new artists a chance to get their name out there, and it entertains us. Teenagers would be rebellious regardless if MTV was invented or not it's just a stage everyone goes through at this point in their lives. MTV might not be helping but it's not the sole cause so people need to lighten up a bit about it. You don't want to see people dancing half naked? change the channel, problem solved.