In short
A weekly music business explainer podcast trailer from Music Ally, hosted by Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge. It promises to cover major music industry stories from the past seven days, focusing on where money goes and how the industry works.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are named in this trailer; it says future episodes will interview key music biz people including artists, A&R scouts, managers, and “moguls.”
Key claims
The show will demystify record deals, streaming royalties, ticket prices, and technology, providing headline figures and “hot topics,” plus answering listener questions.
Notable examples
Record deals, streaming royalties, ticket pricing, and technology.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:03Stuart Dredge:Welcome to the new Improved Price of Music podcast brought to you by Music Ally with me, Steve Lamacq and him, Stuart Dredge. Each week we'll be exploring some of the big music stories of the past seven days, finding out where the money's going and attempting to explain how the industry works. We'll bring you the headline figures, the hot topics of the week and discussing what it all means for us as music fans. Whether it's record deals or streaming royalties, ticket prices or technology, we'll be helping to demystify what goes on behind the scenes and what makes the music industry tick.
0:37Steve Lamacq:We'll also be answering your questions and interviewing key music biz people, from artists to A &R scouts, from managers to moguls.
0:45Stuart Dredge:The Price of Music, your essential weekly music biz explainer.
0:56See you next time.
From the publisher
The Price of Music is returning on Wednesday 9th July 2025– and each week we’ll be exploring some of the big music stories of the past seven days. Steve and Stuart will be finding out where the money’s going and attempting to explain how the industry works.
We'll bring you the headline figures, the hot topics of the week; and discussing what it all means for us as music fans.
So whether it's record deals or streaming royalties; ticket prices or technology, we’ll be helping to demystify what goes on behind the scenes and what makes the music industry tick.
We will also be answering your questions and interviewing key music biz people, from artists to A&R scouts; from managers to moguls.