Name: Downloads Destroyed (The Music We Enjoyed)
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: Song about the effect of technology (particularly the internet) on music over the last 30 year and how it has shattered many an aspiring musician's dreams.

Downloads Destroyed (The Music We Enjoyed)

from The Ghost In The Studio by Light Engineering

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Song about the effect of technology (particularly the internet) on music over the last 30 year and how it has shattered many an aspiring musician's dreams.

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(Lyrics and music: Tim Hunter)

Downloads destroyed the music we enjoyed
And left us in a creative void
Don’t know when the music died
It might have been 1995

I wanted to be a pop star, like they used to be in the 1970s
Maybe I was just naïve, I believed in the dreams they weaved

I packed my day job in, to seek fortune and fame
But I soon found out that things were not the same
‘Cos I couldn’t make money, I couldn’t make a dime
There was just too much music, everywhere online.

Downloads destroyed the music we enjoyed
And left us in a creative void
Don’t know when the music died
It might have been 2005
Maybe I was just naïve, I believed in the dreams they weaved

So is this it? Should I swap my guitar
For a memory stick?

Don’t know when the music died
It might have been 2005

Don’t you want to be pop stars, like they used to be in the 1970s?
When music wasn’t thought of as free

Don’t pack your day job in, you won’t get fortune and fame
‘Cos you know these days things are not the same
No-one can make money, you cannot make a dime
There is too much music, everywhere online.

Downloads destroyed the music we enjoyed
And left us in a creative void
Downloads destroyed the music we enjoyed
And left us in a creative void
Downloads destroyed the music we enjoyed
And left us in a creative void

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from The Ghost In The Studio, released August 14, 2020
Tim Hunter: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Sarah Marie Gayle: Backing Vocals

Produced by Tim Hunter for Northern Soundscapes.
Recorded at Northern Soundscapes Studios, Knaresborough
Copyright © 2020 Tim Hunter. All rights reserved. This work is registered with the UK Copyright Service: Registration No: 284731431

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