Ryan Leslie
Singer, songwriter, rapper and entrepreneur. Releasing a new song every month.
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
Yo, Ryan Leslie here. I'm an entrepreneur, investor, rapper/singer/songwriter, and producer. I'm also the CEO of Disruptive Multimedia (DMM). At DMM we are helping creators turn anonymous social followers into real people with powerful activations. Our first product, SuperPhone, turns social media activations into precision data and direct communication by allowing fans to text a SuperPhone number to engage with a personality. Feel free to text me and let me know what you think, 915-600-6978 or check out superphone.io to get your own number.
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Lejla Bajgoric
@lejlahunts · Intern, Product Hunt
Ryan, hi!
The "Addiction" joint still gets tons of replays at my house. What are the odds of another future collab w Cassie? Follow up, any artist you're dying to have a chance to work with?
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
@lejlahunts I'm always up for a collab established artist or otherwise.
Emilio Santana
@emiliotv · Front End Web @RedTape X
@ryanleslie What is your stance on SMS marketing or do you feel social media marketing is here to stay?
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
@emiliotv my whole platform (http://dmm.fm) is built on the power of SMS as a personal, direct communication channel. Though social is great as the top of the funnel, my new works are being supported and delivered via SMS.
darby
@drawby · creative director, RedTape
@ryanleslie @emiliotv https://www.dmm.fm/
(its 2015, when will browsers add the "www." for you? lol )
Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
Ryan - Welcome.
What detailed advice would you give to the 25 year old version of yourself.
P.S. My favorite lyric of yours is perhaps the @delk line...
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
@eriktorenberg I would tell him to stay grounded, meet as many people as possible, nurture relationships - they are the most valuable resource.
Melissa Joy Kong
@melissajoykong · Content, Product Hunt
Hey Ryan! Great to have you here. You inspire many, and so I'm curious...
Who do *you* most look up to in the music business—and why?
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
@melissajoykong 'Ye and Jay are my benchmarks.
Melissa Joy Kong
@melissajoykong · Content, Product Hunt
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the concept behind your MZRT project (http://www.mzrt.life/).
Can you talk about the process of creating and releasing one song per month "until the day you retire from the game"?
(1) What inspired such a bold and invigorating project?
(2) Are you building habits/routine to help you create so consistently, or are you constantly in creative mode (and one song per month is actually a drop in the idea bucket for you)? What advice do you have for other creatives who want to produce/publish their art more consistently?
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
@melissajoykong creating constantly comes second nature so I recommend simply producing and posting as much as possible with consistent quality that reflects your standards
Dash
@krysdash · Creative Consultant
@ryanleslie What are the requirements for someone to be able to use the Superphone platform? i.e. Is there a minimum follower count required?
darby
@drawby · creative director, RedTape
What can artists learn about building community/fanbase from tech communities like Product Hunt?
Emilio Santana
@emiliotv · Front End Web @RedTape X
@ryanleslie noticed you have some competitors outside of music that are killing your SEO. Whats your plan to fix that (blond panda)?
Andrew Ettinger
@andrewett · Product Marketing, Twitter (ex-PH)
If you and @bhorowitz are in a room, what song are you playing to try to impress him? Orrrrr....do you play a wildcard and perhaps throw on something he may not be so familiar with.
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Ryan Leslie
@ryanleslie · Ryan Leslie
@andrewmettinger me, Nas & 'Ye on the same track since we are always at his crib at the same time - he's definitely going to build a studio just for those moments.