The Price of Music

How do songwriters *really* earn money (and which bands moonlight as cover bands)?; Spotify under investigation; Netflix K-Pop animation artists; and Ozzy Osbourne's chimpanzee art


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In this week's show, Steve and Stuart cover a lot of ground, including:

  • Stu’s Big Number: it seems small (1000), but that’s how many days Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” has topped the Apple Music chart

  • How do songwriters actually earn their money – a new report reveals the truth (part of which is that a lot of them are struggling)

  • Which well-known bands are also performing as cover bands to make cash?

  • Why Spotify are under investigation in Turkey – and what does it have to do with golden toilets?

  • How fictional (but not AI!) bands from a Netflix K-Pop animation are getting lots of listeners on streaming platforms

  • And much, much more (including Ozzy Osbourne’s chimpanzee collaboration)

And in the special post-show section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stu chat about:

  • Steve’s latest new band tip,

  • Unusual merch (including poorly-timed mug purchases, and expensive AA batteries),

  • Steve’s Noel Gallagher spoon-in-a-champagne-bottle anecdote origin story,

  • The duo pitch for podcast sponsorship from the Milk Marketing Board,

  • Dad-dancing at gigs, and more…

As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!

Email us: [email protected]

See you next week!

Steve and Stuart

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