MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 3 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “russ”.
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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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S3E6: Wrapped 2020
December 18th, 2020 | Season 3 | 34 mins 1 sec
b-side, charts, concerts, data, eminem, halsey, justin bieber, live shows, mgk, mtbmb, music, musictech, podcasts, russ, sales, spotify, streams, tech, wrapped
This week, we put the spotlight on MDLSKL's year in review, unpacking the data behind our listening habits and what has made 2020 a year to remember (or forget). We explore active trends, our predictions and what we're expecting for 2021 and beyond.
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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.