We were lucky to catch up with MZ RYME recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, MZ thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Naming anything – including a business – is so hard. Right? What’s the story behind how you came up with the name of your brand?
For about a couple of months while COVID was becoming rampant in the world, I was always in the studio working on new music and new ideas to help innovate myself into the artist/businessman I wanted to become. I got the name “Radical Müzik Entertainment” by my stage name. R.Y.M.E. is an acronym which is “Radical Young Menance”. At first I didn’t like the name at first but, I just kept hearing it and kept writing it down as if it was my slogan. So I just rolled with it and based my company around providing music production and songwriting. It’s not a record label, it’s a service to artists around the world.
MZ, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
My name is Jonathan Thompson. I live in Canton, GA. I have been doing music for about 10 years. I started writing song lyrics at 12 years old and music production at 17 years old. I got interested in the music industry by my father playing some old cassette tapes in his car everyday he would pick me up from school or going anywhere on the road. I found a passion as I started listening to Biggie Smalls, Nas, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, and more.
My business “Radical Müzik Entertainment”, is a music production/songwriting company where we provide the best services for artists, companies, etc. who need help with a song for their album, website, or anything that has to do with music. I will be able to sign artists, producers, and songwriters to great deals where they can own their masters and I get a certain percentage off on their music. I think what sets me apart from other companies is that I’m not a record label or a publishing company. I’m a business man that provide services where I don’t have to sign artists to 360 deals. I’m only working to provide services that benefit clients to the best experience and make sure they leave with a greater experience than any other company in the world.
We’d love to hear about you met your business partner.
I met my silent business partner when we were in college. It was my freshman year and we lived in the same dormitory and so we were both studying business for our time as undergraduate students. At a time, I was thinking about giving up on music and building my business up to work a job for the rest of my life. He saw a lot of potential in me that I did not see and he would ask me everyday he saw me “When am I going to back into the studio & work on more music”. I would always ignore that question but he kept asking me everyday until, COVID-19 pandemic hit & we were both in two different states. He asked me, “what are you going to do now since this pandemic is here, are you going to make something of yourself or slack off”. I decided to put my effort into doing more music & building up my company where it not as successful as I want it to be but, we are getting there with one step of the way.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
I think one lesson I had to unlearn during my time building up my business is to not copy the same marketing strategy you see your competition doing. You have to be different and bring a catch that will attract your customers eyes.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://mzryme2.bandzoogle.com/home
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radicalmuzikent/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radicalmuzikent
- Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/jonathan-thompson-722979184
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/radicalmuzikent?s=21&t=ui3PaArV0_nwSYqzFfX9xw
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCGOX0USiwPISTGUiRqPjw0Q
- Other: Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2yVnR15fbiFpz3pVUZoX7U?si=Jqhu-c3LT6ikbCosARMwPw Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mz-ryme/1403967908