The Price of Music

Spotify will launch an AI-music service... but what might it be – and will artists get paid? MTV shuts its music video channels; The Irish basic income for musicians; and Stu sings Baby Shark (again)


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Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week’s episode of The Price of Music, Steve and Stu crunch the numbers and figure out...

  • Exactly how much does a Mercury prizewinner’s streams really go up after a win?

  • Spotify is going to make a licensed AI music something – but what is it going to be? And will artists get paid?

  • Is TPOM now a Baby Shark fan-podcast? Steve politely requests that Stu stops singing a mooted Peppa Pig/Baby Shark collaboration.

  • In Australia, people are listening to less music by Australian artists (and it’s the same in the UK too) … so what are they listening to instead? And what can be done to increase fans’ local listening?

  • MTV is shutting down its last music channels – so are we witnessing the death of the music video?

  • What about Ireland’s idea of a basic minimum income for musicians?

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:

  • Festival Goose Poo Vacuuming!

  • What did Steve chat about with Damon Albarn in the 100 Club last week (and what drink did he order?)

  • Steve has some exclusive hints about the forthcoming John Niven-penned Britpop musical!

  • More on the UK’s Mercury Music prize - and the growing gap between the pop-single megastars at the top and the more niche album-oriented artists at the bottom.

  • What are the benefits of Neil Young being grumpy (or bold and individualist, depending on your perspective)?

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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See you next week!

Steve and Stuart

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