MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying items 11-18 of 18 in total of MDLSKL with the tag "spotify".
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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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S2E3: A Tale of Two Justins
February 23rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 40 mins 13 secs
20/20, bieber, black eyed peas, changes, commentary, funk, futuresex/lovesounds, gen z, hailey baldwin, hailey bieber, hiphop, itunes, jessica biel, justified, justin bieber, justin timberlake, lil dicky, man of the woods, michael jackson, millenials, missy elliot, music, musictech, neptunes, pharrell, podcast, poo bear, pop, post malone, prince, purpose, r&b, rick rubin, scooter braun, spotify, tech, timbaland, timberlake, usher, will.i.am
Fourteen-years ago, 25-year old Justin Timberlake unleashed his career-defining 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' - An album desperately ahead of its time. At 25-years old, Justin Bieber released 'Changes', the follow-up to his 2015 comeback album 'Purpose'. This week, we contrast and compare the career evolution of Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber.
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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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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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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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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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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.