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RR 2015/230 MVDBase: The Music Video Database Alex. 5. Garcia 1998- URL: www.mvdbase.com/index.php Last visited April 2015 Gratis
Keywords Music, Video
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-04-2015-0092
Started in 1998, MVDBase: Music Video Database compiles information about music videos and their creators, and is meant to be cultivated by fans and prospective and seasoned professionals in the industry. However, anyone interested in music videos is advised to look elsewhere. The undertaking is an admirable one, but it can and has been achieved much more effectively.
Unfortunately, for reasons not known to this reviewer, the MVDBase does not as of this writing appear to be even close to the hub it has envisioned. Despite activity behind the scenes, the website's design is very basic and antiquated, with cheap-looking buttons and bracketed links. Its colour scheme is pale olive green, grey, white and light blue. Most text is plain. The design evokes memories of a homemade website from the early days of the Internet and is partially surrounded...