AUSSIE MUSIC TV Early days of Australian music television pre-dated
video clips and often hosts and guests were featured miming audio recordings of hit songs while some other early music series were variety- style series with emphasis on music. As acceptance of Australian music grew, local and visiting acts performed more often on a sound stage and with the advent of music videos, shows gave way to slickly prepackaged film clips with a host compère mixing live local acts. The most recent trend has been towards near and complete compère-free shows which show music videos exclusively. |