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!

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See you next week!

Steve and Stuart