MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 4 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “artists”.
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S4E1: The Square-Tidal Deal
March 16th, 2021 | Season 4 | 32 mins 28 secs
apple, artists, content, creator, finance, jay-z, m&a, music, royalties, soundcloud, spotify, square, streaming, tidal, twitter
This week, we unpack Square's $297m acquisition of Jay-Z's TlDAL and what this means for the future of the music industry. We explore the rationale behind the deal and why this is one of the most exciting industry developments in recent years.
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S2E6: Music Consumption - The Coronavirus Effect
April 13th, 2020 | Season 2 | 35 mins 10 secs
artists, catalogue, china, classic, concert, cooking, coronavirus, covid-19, depression, europe, events, happiness, happy, health, mental health, music, music videos, musictech, new, old, pandemic, performance, playlists, safety, soundcloud, spotify, tech, uk, us, workout, youtube
As we continue to self-isolate, this week we explore how COVID-19 has affected music consumption patterns and streaming trends over this time.
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S2E5: COVID-19 Edition
March 29th, 2020 | Season 2 | 23 mins 7 secs
artists, china, concerts, coronavirus, covid-19, depression, europe, events, happiness, happy, health, insurance, jesse reyez, joyner lucas, mental health, music, musictech, pandemic, safety, soundcloud, spotify, tech, uk, us, weeknd, youtube
As the world sits in lockdown, this week we explore new music to help us get through this time. Furthermore, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the industry and the implications it may have on its future.
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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.