Bernard Butler video for Music Matters

Bernard Butler’s written words and guitar playing form the basis of an animated video for the Music Matters campaign, recalling the early guitar influences of Roy Orbison, Johnny Marr, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards on him. “Then when I was a teenager I saw Johnny Marr playing a cherry red Gibson 355 for The Smiths. I fell in love with the sound it made. I guess that’s why I’ve always had such a big thing for cherry red Gibsons & the people who play them….”

The Music Matters Trustmark has been created to enable music fans to identify products and services that make music available legally with the permission of rights holders. Legal digital music services are becoming more and more common as authorities clamp down on illegal downloads. Music lovers everywhere recognise that music matters and that illegal downloads are endangering the whole industry and process that allows us to enjoy music. Music Matters provides a comprehensive list of legal digital music services and you can also be sure that music is legally available wherever you see the Music Matters Trustmark.