MZRT by Ryan Leslie

@ryanleslie Wrote about you here: https://geeky.io/2015/07/07/futu... A few questions: First of all, how are you liking Gumroad? Are you partnered with them, or are you just using their standard functionality? Is this music exclusive to this site, or is it available elsewhere? What inspired you to create this? What plans/feature ideas do you have for the future?

@freshfey absolutely. Informing artists on the value of data they've lived/survived without for their entire careers is a tall order.

@freshfey yes - as long my premium subscribers get the content first, we'll distribute to Spotify and anywhere else music is consumed. Discovery is super valuable as an incentive to come see the show live!

@djskee whattup Skee!!!!!!!! Is that even a battle?? Choice and competition are great for users because they drive innovation and product refinement. I personally use Soundcloud the most - instant, user friendly uploads and easy to share/receive the newest newest content in real time as people create.

@ryanleslie Are you aware that SoundCloud recently changed their Terms of Service to enforce a policy that no track is played more than a total of 24 hours in length on an external site. They want users to come to SoundCloud.com instead of listening to embeded music or music streamed in app via their API.

@schnelle we'll likely adjust the number of users (opening more $1 sub opps so yes - even you can get that heat every month). The top tiers are based on access so they will remain super limited. Only 5 fit on the plane with me and my people!

@schnelle the phone is the greatest. That's the glue for the entire ecosystem - a SuperPhone that tells me who's bought and who's not. This facilitates greater attention/acknowledgement for the top supporters - which I can gauge on any metric, twitter mentions, IG likes, fb comments, and of course $$. This also builds a list of mobile numbers - the real measure of audience ownership at Disruptive Multimedia.

@rrhoover for now, SMS from a 10-digit number is the most direct way to bypass the clutter of social and cut directly into the message stream that's reserved for family and friends. My supporters in many ways consider me a friend simply because I acknowledge and show my appreciation for them. I mean, imagine logging in and seeing a new single for $99.99 on iTunes. My group exchanges that monetary value in return for access. Real access. Retro is the future. Better than VR is Real Reality. Pick up the phone and it's me on the other end!!!!!! Hahahaha!

@rrhoover Thanks for sharing that list from @thinker. Latest app I'm building is partially SMS-based and I've been looking for a slew to play around with.

@ryanleslie @rrhoover SMS is a funny one - its also the same medium that in many parts of the world esp Asia is heavily spammed. It's not simply a direct route to someone especially as a service-provider-originated message - in most cases unless you're having a personal conversation or its your bank - the SMS is just rolled over by the user. Ryan - I think the fact its your real number, and that someone can pick up and speak to you and that your a celeb means a world of difference (and also that they know they are limited in audience) and brings a supporter or fan 10 steps closer. Fab idea although scaling would become difficult? SMS as a user-originated-transaction is awesome as its ultimately the best fall back for no-connectivity or absence of connectivity. Someone needs to build a better fall-back library and service that lets you move between data and SMS so that apps can stay alive.

@jarrettabello Hip Hop culture has to come with the heat in terms of ideas that can add value beyond the music!!!!!! The beauty of the SuperPhone is that you could use it today to have a better view on the people who support you even now. You could add that layer of technology to your contacts and rank them in terms of time spent with you, number of messages, number of meals they's covered - all of that is important knowledge when you want to show your appreciation appropriately - which then leads to a better relationship!