MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying Episode 11 - 19 of 19 in total of MDLSKL with the tag “musictech”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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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S1E2: Copyright VS Creativity
September 30th, 2019 | Season 1 | 29 mins 58 secs
copyright, creativity, dj premier, dr dre, hip hop, joyner lucas, kanye west, metro boomin, music, musictech, producer, production, rick ruben, royalties, scott storch, startups, super producer, tech, timbaland, tully
This week, we unpack the effects of copyright on creativity, the relevance of the super producer, Kanye West and general industry buzz.
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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.