Podcast · 63 episodes
The Price of Music, page 3
by Music Ally · English
The Price of Music: your essential weekly music biz explainer – with Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Become a Price of Music Superfan and get extra content every week – at patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic Follow Stuart on X - @stuartdredge Follow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpod For sponsorship email - joe@musically.com The Price of Music is a Music Ally production: https://musically.com/ joe@musically.com
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How difficult is it to put on a music festival these days, anyway?How difficult it is to put on UK independent music festivals now, what changed after COVID, how cancellations compare to “normal,” and what government support is needed—especially around licensing…16 Oct 2025 · 52 min · 22 chapters
Coldplay's first single is now worth *how much*? The best new band Steve's seen in months; An AI vs human band dust up; A splendidly indignant speech from RAYE; and Steve & Stu vs ‘Baby Shark’The episode of The Price of Music covers: Coldplay’s rare self-financed “Safety” EP selling for £4,750 on Discogs (about 3x the reported £1,500 pressing cost for 500 CDs); an AI “band” Bleeding Verse…9 Oct 2025 · 36 min · 13 chapters
Steve reflects on working as a music journalist in the 1990s – and has lots to say on music journalism today; Spotify deletes 75 million "spam songs"; and why is TikTok so important to music?Steve Lemack and Stuart Dredge discuss (1) Spotify’s crackdown on AI/spam uploads, including removing 75 million tracks; (2) the US TikTok sale plan to avoid a ban and what it could mean for music…1 Oct 2025 · 42 min · 13 chapters
Massive Attack pull music from Spotify in protest; Ticketmaster sued by US government; Lizzo thinks that music videos are dead; More album-filing dilemmas; & people are listening to "My Humps" again?The episode covers music industry economics and politics. Key topics: YouTube’s claim it paid out $100B in four years; “No Music for Genocide” where 400+ artists want their music removed from Israeli…24 Sep 2025 · 40 min · 13 chapters
*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...The episode of Price of Music covers: (1) how many fully AI-generated songs are uploaded to streaming and whether anyone listens; (2) why Radiohead fans are angry about ticketing despite anti-tout…17 Sep 2025 · 33 min · 13 chapters
Morrissey, Mazzy Star, and, erm, Bonnie Tyler: selling The Smiths’ songs, and the truth on music streaming royalties – do artists REALLY get such a bad deal?UK live-music spending stats; Morrissey putting his Smiths business interests up for sale; how music streaming royalties can mean some legacy artists earn more than in the CD/vinyl era, but outcomes…10 Sep 2025 · 32 min · 12 chapters
The Weeknd’s big streaming milestone; ABBA Gold’s long chart run; Ready for friends to slide into your Spotify DMs?; Apple Music Radio expands; and Radiohead’s ‘Let Down’ gets a TikTok boost.ThMusic-industry weekly roundup covering ABBA Gold’s record chart longevity, The Weeknd’s Spotify milestone and reported financing plans, Spotify’s return of in-app messaging, Apple Music Radio’s…3 Sep 2025 · 35 min · 10 chapters
Coldplay's never-ending world tour keeps selling tickets; K-Pop Demon Hunters!; What on earth is "speculative ticketing"?; Bandcamp's $3.5m Friday; and has Steve actually “gone deaf for a living?”Coldplay’s Wembley ticket sales and Music Venue Trust donations; speculative ticketing and StubHub’s IPO filing; Bandcamp Friday results and upcoming “Bandcamp Clubs”; Tencent Music’s China streaming…20 Aug 2025 · 35 min · 16 chapters
Spotify's prices go up again; Which album's songs are in the wrong order?; Napster are being sued (is it 1999 again?); How easy is it to get a #1 album?; Steve's tip for getting into a sold-out gigThe episode of The Price of Music covers: Spotify raising subscription prices in parts of Europe/Asia (about €1, small increases; investors liked it, share price up ~5%); Sony suing Napster for…13 Aug 2025 · 31 min · 8 chapters
Beyoncé sells $400m+ of tickets; How much money is Oasis making from merch?; Spotify wants a billion subscribers; Hayley Williams surprise-releases songs; and Cardi B’s "full-on cheese experience"...Oasis’ Wembley reunion tour merch boom (Adidas official range, “Live 25”); Spotify’s push toward 1 billion subscribers; Tomorrowland’s 74M TikTok livestream audience and what that means for festival…6 Aug 2025 · 35 min · 12 chapters
Steve and Stu answer your questions! Does the money from a stream get split evenly? Do bands get paid if a festival is cancelled? How do music-making AIs work? What is Spotify's Discovery Mode?Steve Lemack and Stuart Dredge answer listener questions about UK streaming reforms, AI music training, festival cancellations, royalty splits, and Spotify promotion.30 Jul 2025 · 36 min · 14 chapters
Will Drake face Kendrick in the witness box?; Los Campesinos! turn down a $60,000 ad deal – but why?; Steve takes a music superfan test; ... and what connects Taylor Swift & Five Finger Death Punch?Music industry finance and policy—streaming scale vs revenue, a Drake/Universal defamation case tied to Kendrick Lamar, UK government streaming remuneration principles, a political boycott of a Los…23 Jul 2025 · 37 min · 14 chapters
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 artStreaming-era money, songwriter income, Spotify’s Turkey investigation, Netflix’s fictional K-pop bands, and Ozzy Osbourne’s chimp art charity auction.17 Jul 2025 · 32 min · 10 chapters
Oasis are back; The AI-generated band with a million listeners; Indies vs Universal Music spat gets grumpy; and who owns your songs if your label goes bust?The episode covers (1) the rise of “The Velvet Sundown,” a fully AI-generated band that reached 1.1M Spotify listeners, and the implications for trust, streaming detection, and music authorship; (2)…9 Jul 2025 · 43 min · 9 chapters
The Price of Music: your essential weekly music biz explainer – with Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge. (Trailer)A weekly music business explainer podcast trailer from Music Ally, hosted by Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge.2 Jul 2025 · 1 min