MDLSKL

S2E4: Music IP - An Attractive Asset Class?

March 8th, 2020 | Season 2 | 37 mins 59 secs

alternative assets, alternatives, artists, assets, catalogue, coachella, coronavirus, covid-19, dcf, ftse, fund, hipgnosis, income, insider trading, intellectual property, invest, investment, ip, model, music, music ip, musictech, old school, pglang, return, rights, royalties, russ, s&p, songs, soundcloud, spotify, stock market, stocks, sxsw, tech, uk, us, valuation, yield, youtube

With the onset of COVID-19, world stock markets suffered their worst week since the 2008 financial crises. On the contrary, music is a uniquely positioned asset class with very little correlation to the stock market. This week, we put the spotlight on investing in music IP as an alternative asset class.

S2E3: A Tale of Two Justins

February 23rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 40 mins 13 secs

20/20, bieber, black eyed peas, changes, commentary, funk, futuresex/lovesounds, gen z, hailey baldwin, hailey bieber, hiphop, itunes, jessica biel, justified, justin bieber, justin timberlake, lil dicky, man of the woods, michael jackson, millenials, missy elliot, music, musictech, neptunes, pharrell, podcast, poo bear, pop, post malone, prince, purpose, r&b, rick rubin, scooter braun, spotify, tech, timbaland, timberlake, usher, will.i.am

Fourteen-years ago, 25-year old Justin Timberlake unleashed his career-defining 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' - An album desperately ahead of its time. At 25-years old, Justin Bieber released 'Changes', the follow-up to his 2015 comeback album 'Purpose'. This week, we contrast and compare the career evolution of Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber.

S2E2: The Voice of Gen Z

February 2nd, 2020 | Season 2 | 41 mins 39 secs

alternative, alternative pop, awards, bad guy, billie, billie eilish, commentary, eilish, electro pop, eminem, finneas, gen z, grammys, halsey, indie pop, interscope, lady gaga, lil wayne, madonna, music, musictech, ocean eyes, podcast, pop, soundcloud, tech, tiktok

This week, we put the spotlight on Grammys "big four" marquee award sensation - Billie Eilish. At just 18-years old, Billie Eilish is redefining teen-pop stardom, while making history along the way. We discuss the career evolution of none other than Billie Eilish.

S2E1: Music to Be Murdered By

January 26th, 2020 | Season 2 | 47 mins 22 secs

50 cent, anderson.paak, bobby creekwater, ca$his, commentary, d12, darkness, dr dre, ed sheeran, eminem, encore, farewell, godzilla, halsey, interscope, jimmy iovine, joe budden, juice wrld, kamikaze, lock it up, lord jamar, mac miller, marshall mathers, marshall mathers lp, mgk, mmlp2, murder, music, music to be murdered by, musictech, obie trice, podcast, recovery, relapse, revival, royce da 5’9”, skylar grey, slaughterhouse, slim shady, slim shady lp, stat quo, tech, tes, the eminem show, young m.a

This week, we put the spotlight on the best-selling artist of the 21st century - Eminem. With the surprise release of his 11th studio album, and 10th consecutive No. 1, the controversial 'Music to Be Murdered By' is the most streamed album ever in one day. We discuss the career evolution of Marshall Mathers himself aka Eminem.

S1E10: Our Crystal Ball - 2020 and Beyond!

December 31st, 2019 | Season 1 | 24 mins 56 secs

2020, awards, charts, data, future, jayz, media, music, musictech, piracy, podcasts, royalties, sales, social, spotify, streaming, tech, tiktok, timbaland, tour, trends

This week, we put the spotlight on 2020. We explore active trends, our predictions and what we're expecting to see in the decade that lies ahead. We apologise for the poor audio quality.

S1E9: Wrapped 2019

December 15th, 2019 | Season 1 | 21 mins 56 secs

awards, billie eilish, bts, charts, data, dr dre, eminem, game, halsey, jayz, kanye, minutes, music, musictech, podcasts, reggaeton, sales, spotify, streams, tech, weeknd, wrapped

This week, we put the spotlight on MDLSKL's year in review, unpacking the data behind our listening habits. Furthermore, we discuss the strategic intent of modern day release cycles, and the effect on back catalogue sales. We apologise for the poor audio quality.

S1E8: Lyrics & Law

December 1st, 2019 | Season 1 | 34 mins 53 secs

6ix 9ine, american music awards, art, artist, billboard, camila cabello, case, charts, court, court case, dr dre, eminem, grammy, griselda, halsey, hiphop, jail, jury, jusad priest, law, legal, lyrics, mtv, music, musictech, nwa, ozzy osbourne, post malone, prison, rap, rock, soundcloud, taylor swift, tech, tekashi, the game, travis scott, us, ynw melly, youtube

This week, we put the spotlight on the controversial use of song lyrics as evidence. From rock & roll to rap, we discuss what it really means to separate the art from the artist.

S1E7: Expectations VS Reality

November 17th, 2019 | Season 1 | 37 mins 23 secs

apple music, billboard, camp flog gnaw, chance the rapper, charts, concerts, country, dj khaled, drake, eminem, hiphop, itunes, kanye west, kendrick lamar, migos, music, musictech, nf, nicki minaj, rankings, sales, schoolboy q, soundcloud, spotify, streams, tde, tech, tickets, tiktok, tyler the creator, youtube

This week, we put the spotlight on popular opinion and how this translates into sales numbers. We discuss the relevance of chart positions in the modern streaming era, sales strategies and the artist disputes that arise on the back of these.

S1E6: Rhythm + Flow

November 3rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 35 mins 22 secs

aftermath, cardi b, chance the rapper, d smoke, gangstarr, hiphop, idol, jon connor, kendrick lamar, music, music competition, musictech, netflix, rhythm&flow, sir, snoop dogg, sounwave, t.i, tde, tech, the voice, x factor

This week, we put the spotlight on Netflix's hip-hop competition show, Rhythm + Flow. We discuss music competition shows, and their role in launching the careers of past, present and future music artists.

S1E5: China's Streaming Revolution: Paying VS Pirating

October 20th, 2019 | Season 1 | 41 mins 29 secs

analytics, baidu, bennythebutcher, china, click farms, conway, copyright, data, digital, facebook, gangstarr, hiphop, instagram, ipo, music, musictech, netflix, piracy, post malone, rhythm&flow, ringtones, royalties, spotify, streaming, sza, tech, tencent, tencent music, the game, tunecore, vas, wechat, westsidegunn, yelawolf

This week, we put the spotlight on China's piracy-stricken music industry. From its origins to the rise of the game-changing Tencent Music (NYSE: TME).

S1E4: The Dawn of Online Piracy

October 13th, 2019 | Season 1 | 41 mins 13 secs

audiogalaxy, blubster, copyright, dell glover, fraud, irc, kazaa, limewire, metallica, music, musictech, napster, p2p, piracy, rabid neurosis, royalties, stream-ripping, streaming, tech, winamp, winmx

This week, we unpack the origin story of digital music piracy in the 2000s, new-age piracy and fraud in the streaming era and general industry buzz.

S1E3: Death of the Record Store

October 4th, 2019 | Season 1 | 37 mins 32 secs

a&r, ai, apple music, brand partnerships, cassette, cd, concert, data-driven, experience, hmv, independent artists, live music, live nation, ml, music, musictech, record labels, record store, shazam, signings, spotify, startup, streaming, tech, tower records, umg, vc, venture, vinyl, virgin megastore, wmg

This week, we unpack what led to the death of the record store and how it can be saved, the case for data-driven A&R and general industry buzz.

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