Video Art

Hatsune Miku

Hatsune Miku is a 3D animated character in Japan that sings artificial music created in a singing software. I think actually animating the character is pretty cool, something I might be interested in. But as to paying to listen to her, I don't think so. There are people who are willing to pay a ton of money to see her live in concert. The ironic thing is that she is not actually "live", and that they only payed to see a dancing cartoon. It's kind of pathetic if you ask me. 

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk was a German band during the 1970's that essentially kicked off the use of electronic instruments. They used instruments like the vocoder to express a contrast between the electronic world and the human world, which was basically all in one. They are influential to many electronic artists today.

Scopitones

Scopitones are essentially the prototypes of what we see of music videos today. It's almost like a visual representation of a performance from a boombox (if that makes any sense). They feature a singer on a stage or in front of a musical backdrop that last only about 3 minutes.