Video Killed the Musician

Here is an interesting radio program from BBC 4 talking about how MTV came about 25 years ago. It looks into the reasons of its global success and the current tide of slow decline due to the rise of video over the internet. The interesting point made is that nowadays tons of emerging bands and solo artists have access to a potentially global audience thanks to things such as MySpace and YouTube. Think about OK!GO or the recently discovered artists thanks to the Internet. Well my example is France's Barth, I didn't see any videos on MTV but discovered him through MySpace, and like him other artists. If you are curious check him out here

For the BBC 4 radio program go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio
1. Open BBC Radio Player
2. Browse Radio 4
3. Look for Video Killed the Musician