MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 10 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “royalties”.
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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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S4E2: The Impact of NFTs on the Music Industry
April 27th, 2021 | Season 4 | 32 mins 56 secs
apple, artist, content, creator, crypto, finance, monetisation, music, nft, revenue, royalties, spotify, streaming, token
This week, we discuss NFTs and their potential impact on the music industry. We explore their origins, current market activity and give our predictions on what the future could hold.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.