MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 4 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “album”.
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S4E3: The Creativity Conundrum
July 25th, 2022 | Season 4 | 25 mins 38 secs
album, apple, content, creator, eminem, kendrick, mgk, music, record labels, royalties, russ, song, soundcloud, spotify, tidal, tiktok, track, umg, warner
This week, we discuss creative freedom in the music industry, and how labels are still significantly impacting the creative direction of album and song releases in 2022. Whether established or not, we unpack why artists do and don't work with labels, despite the opportunities for self-ownership in the modern streaming era.
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S3E4: In Defense of Spotify
October 11th, 2020 | Season 3 | 37 mins 7 secs
album, apple, billboard, charts, deezer, labels, music, new, podcast, ranking, release, revenue, royalties, songs, spotify, strategy, streaming, tech, tiktok, youtube
This week, we discuss the controversial comments of Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, suggesting that the secret to success in the digital era is not higher payout rates, but more output from musicians - "You can't record music once every three to four years and think that's going to be enough".
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S2E7: Release & Monetisation Strategies
May 3rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 32 mins 35 secs
album, blink 182, china, concerts, content, content creation, coronavirus, covers, covid-19, creation, creativity, dababy, drake, eu, experiment, fintech, fortnite, g-eazy, happiness, happy, ian diorr, mgk, mixtape, music, musictech, new, old, pandemic, samples, song, spotify, tech, travis scott, twitch, uk, usa, youtube
As the world continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic, we explore the industry-wide implications of COVID-19 on release and monetisation strategies.
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S1E1: The Minimum Viable Album
September 30th, 2019 | Season 1 | 38 mins 38 secs
album, creativity, detox, dr dre, eminem, finance, hip hop, labels, leaks, lil wayne, mixtapes, music, music rights, musictech, producer, production, royalties, startups, streaming era, super producer, tech, venture capital, vezt
This week, we unpack the concept of the 'minimum viable album', disruption in the royalty space and general industry buzz.