Best Music Biz Weekly Podcasts (2025)

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Executive Derek Shulman Talks About A&R During the 1980s, Shares Stories About His Many Signings 48:29

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Giant Steps is a must-read for fans of prog, rock, hip-hop, and more Episode 654: In Giant Steps, Derek Shulman chronicles a truly incredible life and career in music—first as the leader of the progressive-rock pioneers Gentle Giant, then as the record-label executive responsible for cultivating and signing the likes of Bon Jovi, Dream Theater, […]…

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Ep 220 Build a Travel Business That Runs Itself Through Strategic Operations and Systems with Courtnie Nichols (Prep for Wave Week 2024 Replay) 45:05

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week :) https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 You're running a business, not a hobby, and it's time your operations reflect that mindset. I'm bri…

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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... 32:46

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Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week’s action-packed episode of The Price of Music: a bunch of extremely interesting music biz questions are answered by our intrepid duo... Stu’s Big Number is 30,000 and relates to the number of AI-generated songs… but why so many songs and where are they going? Why are Radiohead’s …

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Ep 219 How to Reverse Engineer Your Travel Business Sales Goals for Maximum Profit (Prep for Wave Week 2024 Replay) 53:45

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week :) https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 You know that feeling when you're doing all the marketing stuff but your business still feels messy…

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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? 31:37

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Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week’s The Price of Music: an urgent-ish delve into the news that Morrissey has announced he wants to sell his ownership of The Smiths’ songs… including a suggestion from Steve and Stu about how Johnny Marr might buy the songs off Morrissey via a gmail address that Morrissey put onlin…

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Ep 218 Travel Advisor Success Stories at Different Business Stages and Revenue Levels with Judi Lombardi, Leah Iudice, and Stephen Scott (Prep for Wave Week 2024 Replay) 50:43

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week :) https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Get ready for some real talk about building a travel business that actually makes money! I brought …

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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.Th 35:17

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Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week’s The Price of Music: Steve takes over Big Number duties to reveal how many weeks ‘ABBA Gold’ has been in the UK’s album chart The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Light’ hits 5bn Spotify streams – but what is he raising $1bn for? Why has Spotify reintroduced messaging inside its app, and woul…

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Spotify is Rolling Direct Messages Between Users. Awesome, Another DM Platform for Us to Get Spammed 33:41

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Please let us know if this is a feature in Spotify that you want, need, desire. Episode 653: So Spotify is rolling direct messages between users. Awesome, another DM platform for us to get spammed. Please let us know if this is a feature in Spotify that you want, need, desire. Episode inspired by: • Will you, too, like me, also not use it? […]…

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Ep 217 How Travel Advisors Can Find and Partner with Tour Operators with Mitch Bach 48:17

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week :) https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Looking for tour operators who aren't just another name on the major booking platforms? I'm breakin…

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You Should Always Be Seeking Out New Fans, But Don’t Ignore Your Superfans While Doing It. 24:05

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As you seek out new fans be careful that you don’t take your superfans for granted and ignore them. Episode 652: Using KISS and Jay and Mike’s own diehard fandom as an example, as you seek out new fans be careful that you don’t take your superfans for granted and ignore them. KISS recently announced […]…

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Ep 216 How I Pitch Topics for Speaking Opportunities as a Travel Business Owner 34:15

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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?” 35:25

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If you want an easy guide to the music biz and how it all works – here we are! In this week's The Price of Music: Stuart’s Big Number involves Coldplay, a lot of sold-out Wembley stadium gigs, and the band raising money for grass roots venues Has Steve actually “gone deaf for a living?” Chinese streaming platforms have a “Super VIP” subscription th…

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Musicians, Rock Is NOT Dead! This is the BEST Time to Be in the Music Business! 41:20

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You can record and release your music!! Episode 651: Gene Simmons and Glenn Hughes each recently said the music industry is dead, Gene going so far as to say fans have killed the business. Wrong! This is now the best time ever to be in the music industry. The gatekeepers from decades ago that decided […]…

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Ep 215 How to Build a Multi-Channel Marketing Ecosystem for Your Travel Business 30:50

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week :) https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 You can't just pick one marketing strategy and call it a day, especially if you want to build a rea…

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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 gig 30:57

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Steve and Stu have questions – so many questions. Fortunately they also have answers! In this episode: Stuart's Big Number is 217.5 million... and what does it have to do with a B-side by US indie rock icons Pavement? Steve wants to know which albums have the songs sequenced in the "wrong" order? (And which Blur album does he have a controversial t…

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Does Jay Open a Can of Worms? How Does a Major Recording Artist Not Understand Streaming? 28:10

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If this is your career you NEED to understand your recording contracts! Episode 650: Jay brings up a topic and might open a can of worms for some people… but how does a major, international recording have so little understanding of how the money flows with regards to streaming? Education, education, education! If this is […]…

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Ep 214 How the Music Industry Can Teach Travel Agents to Build Their Business 34:33

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week :) https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Get ready to rock your travel business because I'm spilling what Netflix's "Building the Band" high…

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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"... 34:58

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This week, Steve and Stuart find out that they both went to see Oasis last week, but try not to spend the whole show talking about it; and instead get stuck into all this: Beyoncé’s tour is the most successful country tour of all time; Steve and Stu both go to watch Oasis - but what did they think?; Stu’s Big Number: Spotify wants One. Billion. Sub…

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Ep 213 How to Sell More Ocean Cruises with Korrine Johnson (4/4) 45:03

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Save your spot for Prep for Wave Week! https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/prep-for-wave-week Welcome to the fourth and final episode of this year's Summer Selling Series! I'm sitting down with c…

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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? 35:52

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Steve and Stuart rummage through the TPOM inbox and pull out some brand new listeners' questions to answer (send yours into us here: [email protected]) – Does the money from a stream get split evenly? Do artists get paid if a festival is cancelled? How do music-making AIs get trained? What is Spotify's Discovery Mode? PLUS: they go o…

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Musicians, Some Common Things That Can Help you Towards Success & Things Guaranteed to Fail 21:49

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Things that we guarantee will hurt your career. Episode 649: Jay takes the lead in this episode. We start off discussing some common things you can do that will help lead you towards success and we end we some things that will guarantee failure. We have always said if someone tells you they can guarantee […]…

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Ep 212 How to Sell More Trips to Spain and Portugal with Kathy Heuermann (3/4) 44:26

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Welcome to the third episode of this year's Summer Selling Series! Looking to demystify Spain and Portugal for your travel clients? I'm chatting with Kathy from Titanium Tours, who's sharing insider …

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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? 36:37

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In this week's show, Steve and Stuart get to grips with government legislation and bands turning down big bucks: Stu’s Big Number: after some gentle ribbing from Steve on last week's (small) Big Number, Stu returns with a whopper: 2.5 trillion - but what is it? Will Drake face Kendrick Lamar in the witness box? Steve takes a 13-point "personality t…

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Before You Enter That Contest to Be Songwriter or Artist of the Year, Do Your Due Diligence 26:47

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There seem to be so many contests out there going after musicians. But… are they legit? Episode 648: Jay has been getting offers quite frequently to enter many different contest… songwriter of the year, rock band of the year, website of the year, marketing campaign of the year and more! Almost everyone one asks for […]…

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Ep 211 How to Sell More Trips to Japan with Sophia Hatchitt (2/4) 32:41

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Welcome to the second episode of this year's Summer Selling Series! Today I'm chatting with Sophia from Komasa Collection about why Japan should be on every travel advisor's radar - and trust me, the…

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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 art 31:58

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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 ban…

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Ep 210 How to Sell More Trips to Switzerland with Grace Camoglu (1/4) 41:33

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Welcome to the first episode of this year's Summer Selling Series! Looking to sell more Switzerland but feeling intimidated by this gorgeous Alpine destination? I'm chatting with Grace, an American e…

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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? 43:14

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Steve and Stuart are back in the new and - oh yes - improved The Price of Music! In this episode: The Velvet Sundown are a fully-AI-generated band that have over a million listeners on Spotify – is this a tipping point – and should human artists worry? Oasis are back – so how much money did each show make (and how much of it is VAT? The band Deerho…

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AI Band with AI Songs Taking Over Streaming Services, Don’t Panic. 27:03

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It’s not the end of your career as a musician. Episode 647: We have commented that so much of the music business is a game of whack-a-mole. People looking to take advantage of the system before someone shuts down the “hole” they are taking advantage of. Well, AI is and streaming services is just the […]…

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Ep 209 How to Build Your Travel Business Sales Funnel 44:55

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Get the Lead Generation Calculator: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/calculator After taking some unexpected time off for health reasons, I'm back and ready to help you stop throwing sp…

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The Price of Music: your essential weekly music biz explainer – with Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge. (Trailer) 0:58

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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…

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The Challenge of Wearing Multiple Hats, Being a Band Manager While Being a Touring Musician 47:49

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In addition to touring and recording full-time for the past 25 years, Paul Koehler is also a full-time artist manager. Episode 646: Paul Koehler, drummer for the iconic emo hardcore band Silverstein and music industry entrepreneur joins to discuss the challenges faced when you are a manager and a touring musician. In addition to touring […]…

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Gary Shea of New England & Alcatrazz Shares Business Lessons from His New Book 55:02

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Bassist Gary Shea has led a long career performing in 17 countries and recording music around the world. Episode 645: An outstanding account of the music business, A riveting story of determination and focus, Musical teenage dream come true, Against all odds musical ups and downs, Defying logic following your heart, Climbing the musical ladder […]…

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Ep 208 Stop Waiting for Travel Clients to Find You 33:02

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Change your money mindset with Chellie's book *affiliate link*: https://amzn.to/3HSwSt0 Are you struggling to find travel clients and feeling like your business has hit a slow patch? I'm diving into …

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Bandcamp Separates Itself from the Pack of Streaming Services By Being All About Community 48:40

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Bandcamp offers a sustainable path for independent musicians to thrive. Episode 644: J. Edward Keyes, the editorial director of https://bandcamp.com/, one of the most artist-friendly platforms in the industry. With over 20 years of experience writing for outlets like Rolling Stone, SPIN, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly, and The Village Voice, J. Ed…

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Ep 207 How I'm Changing My Social Media Strategy 41:24

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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get access to over 2000 cruise video clips: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Check out FyndTravel: https://www.fyndtravel.com/ Social media has not been my BFF for a while, and I think I'm finally starting to pick up on some patterns that actually work. So it's experiment tim…

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Ep 206 4 Exercises to Beat the Travel Agency Dumps 27:55

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“We Will Take Your Band To The Next Level.” – What Does That Even Mean? 23:38

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Can anyone legitimately take your career to another level? Episode 642: I am sure all of us have heard the pitch… “We will take your band to the next level.” What does that even mean? Should you be concerned if someone says that to you? What are the levels in your music career? Can anyone […]By The Music Biz Weekly