About this episode

This episode discusses recent developments in the music industry, including ticket pricing fines, AI's impact on artists, and environmental activism among musicians.

Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. This week, Stu and Joe get ready for their summer holidays and punt a beachball at this week's music biz news: How much has controversial secondary-ticketing firm StubHub has just been fined in the UK for illegal ‘drip pricing’ ? (Also, what is that?) The news seems bit AI- heavy this week, but it's actually all about artists : → 31 groups representing artists and managers have written an open letter about AI music… but it’s not AI companies who it’s addressed to … → AI-music company Suno is giving some money to musicians at last! But there are some strings attached… → Meanwhile, streaming service Tidal isn’t giving ANY money to wholly AI-generated music, according to its new policies on this area. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? → James Blake has been making friends in the world of music journalism. Hasn’t he? Oh. → And talking of good causes, more than 200 artists have signed an open letter calling for a Fossil Fuel Treaty . So who’s signing, and what exactly do they want? (and there is some new advice on how we as music fans can reduce the impact our streaming has on the planet .) AND FINALLY… → Recommendations of classic…

People in this episode

Hosts: Stu, Joe

Topics covered

• ticket pricing
• AI in music
• artist compensation
• music journalism
• environmental activism

Keywords

• StubHub
• AI music
• Suno
• James Blake
• Fossil Fuel Treaty
• Tidal
• music journalism
• artist compensation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StubHub UK, Suno, Tidal, Fossil Fuel Treaty

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