The Price of Music *How many* AI-generated songs are uploaded to streaming each week? Why are Radiohead's fans angry about tickets? Why has Spotify given users lossless music for free? And much more...
Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week’s action-packed episode of The Price of Music: a bunch of extremely interesting music biz questions are answered by our intrepid duo...
Stu’s Big Number is 30,000 and relates to the number of AI-generated songs… but why so many songs and where are they going?
Why are Radiohead’s fans getting angry about tickets (“that don’t exist”)?
The Great TPOM Record-Filing Debate continues: do you file Van Morrison under ‘V’ or ‘M’? And where does a record by the band 86TVs go?
Why has Spotify given paying users lossless music for free (and is ‘Lossless’ a long-lost My Bloody Valentine album?
Did Steve and Stu cause Morrissey to get so many offers for his Smiths songs that he deleted his email address?
How did King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard fill the entire Top 30 album chart on Bandcamp (and why)?
What is the (depressing) reason that Bad Bunny has chosen not to tour in the mainland USA?
How much is Bjork’s VR album re-master?
And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stuart prop themselves at the bar to chat about:
The UK’s Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced – what do Steve and Stu think of the finalists and why is Steve “flabbergasted” by one specific missing nominee?
Steve and Stu’s true feelings about lossless audio - is it actually worth it?
What is the sole record on Steve’s Discogs Want List, and why does he regret not buying it when it came up for sale recently?
What is Stu’s ideal Christmas gift? And could it possibly be connected to The Black Crowes, much to Steve’s amusement?
Can you guess Steve’s response to Stu saying “I should now give you a lecture on The Black Crowes’ ‘Amorica’ album”?
What is the best song about the fans of The Smiths?
As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!
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