Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. And in this week’s episode of The Price of Music, Steve and Stu grapple with:

• Stu's Big Number is 11.5 million – but what does it have to do with Billie Eilish and a room full of billionaires?

• One AI-music company is working on a new service with the world’s biggest major label... so will be be able to create our own sound-a-like tracks?

• How Spotify is coming under fire in the US over controversial ICE ads running on its service.

• For the first time in 35 years, there are no rap tracks in the US Top 40 singles chart. So what's happened?

• A new tech startup in the UK wants to help musicians ‘poison’ their own recordings - how is that a good thing?

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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:

• Steve went to see his favourite new band Little Grandad again. But how much should emerging artists charge for tickets?

• And how long should a band’s set be, does a three-hour stadium set make your heart sink, and what its your ideal set length?

• Why are so many people treating the lyrics from the new Lily Allen album as if they are literally true?

• What are Steve’s (frank) thoughts on Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”?

• Which albums are hanging around in the charts for years – and how many weeks has ABBA Gold been in there?

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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