MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying 8 items of MDLSKL with the tag "soundcloud".
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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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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.
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S2E2: The Voice of Gen Z
February 2nd, 2020 | Season 2 | 41 mins 39 secs
alternative, alternative pop, awards, bad guy, billie, billie eilish, commentary, eilish, electro pop, eminem, finneas, gen z, grammys, halsey, indie pop, interscope, lady gaga, lil wayne, madonna, music, musictech, ocean eyes, podcast, pop, soundcloud, tech, tiktok
This week, we put the spotlight on Grammys "big four" marquee award sensation - Billie Eilish. At just 18-years old, Billie Eilish is redefining teen-pop stardom, while making history along the way. We discuss the career evolution of none other than Billie Eilish.
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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.