<p><strong>Your easy weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. </strong><em>Become a </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/12218634/join">⁠<em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</em><em><strong>Superfan of the podcast for free – and enjoy the exclusive weekly Lock-in bonus section!</strong></em><em>⁠</em>⁠</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This week... </strong></p><p>→ Stu&#39;s Big Figure is... £50,000 – and it&#39;s been donated by that good egg Sam Fender... but to whom?</p><p>→ Music’s latest bitter lawsuit is <a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/23/fka-twigs-sues-the-twigs-as-trademark-infringement-dispute-escalates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Twigs versus Twigs</a>. (That’s FKA Twigs versus indie band The Twigs, BTW.) So who really owns the name - and can people really lay claim to band names?</p><p>→ Superstar producer Timbaland has collaborated with everyone from Jay-Z to Madonna, but his latest musical partner is not so... real.</p><p>→ Grab your stetsons: we have a listener question from Pete Feldon, who wants to know if country music is really the fastest growing genre in the UK?</p><p>→ A new website called <a href="https://thehiddenjams.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Hidden Jams</a>  to help people discover the obscurities in bands’ catalogues (... so what would you recommend?)</p><p>→ AI-generated songs have appeared on some people&#39;s Spotify profiles. Now the streaming service is <a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/24/spotify-cracks-down-on-fake-releases-with-artist-profile-protection-feature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">doing something about it</a>…</p><p>→ Last week, we reported that BTS had 300 million people watching their concert on Netflix... well, let’s just say that was <a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/25/300m-viewers-for-bts-comeback-gig-netflix-says-it-was-18-4m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a little exaggerated</a>…</p><p><strong>And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/12218634/join" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠<strong>Patreon Superfans</strong>⁠⁠</a><strong>, Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar – and Steve&#39;s getting the first round in – as they discuss this week&#39;s bonus material:</strong></p><p>→ Talking of Patreon superfans, guess who’s joined us on Patreon this month? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/30/ai-lectures-old-west-folk-heroes-and-mark-twain-what-is-bob-dylan-up-to-joining-patreon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">It’s only Bob Dylan</a>…</p><p>→ Steve&#39;s been on the road again to the 6Music Festival and elsewhere... and why was he DJing to a mostly-empty room? </p><p>→ A new website called Slop Tracker claims to show you how much money AI tracks are “draining away” from human artists. So how much is slop worth?</p><p>→ Steve and Stu dig into some of the rankings on The Hidden Jams looking for deep cuts... and some of them are not exactly an overlooked (obscure b-side ‘Mr Brightside’ is <a href="https://thehiddenjams.org/artists/the-killers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">number two on The Killers’ table</a>, for instance...)</p><p>===================================</p><p><strong>As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular</strong> – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!</p><p>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>[email protected]</strong></a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a></p><p>See you next week!</p><p>Steve and Stuart</p><p>======</p><p>TPOM online: <a href="http://tpom.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">http://tpom.uk/</a></p><p>Support The Price of Music on Patreon:</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠</a></p><p>Follow Steve on X - @steve_lamacq</p><p>Follow Stuart on X - @stuartdredge</p><p>Follow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpod</p><p>For sponsorship opportunities, please email - <a href="mailto:⁠⁠[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠[email protected]</a></p>