As a music producer, I'm always striving to better my craft. I've been working on music for around 4 years now and I've heard some of the best music from the best producers, but one thing is usually lacking when I listen to most of them: Consistency. When I came across Ryan Leslie I found in him a producer that could create hit after hit after hit. I still listen to his music as if it were for the first time. Now, I'm sure everyone has an artist's music that they feel the same way about, and for me, that's Ryan Leslie. But his music isn't the only thing that really amazes me, its his dedication to his fans. He's one of the most open people I've ever come across. He stays connected with his fans, meets up with em, calls em, all that stuff. That's hard to find nowadays because to chill with most artists you'd need to win a corny 'Spend a Day With blah blah blah' contest. But enough about that, I wanna talk about the main reason why I support Ryan Leslie with such vigor: his studio session videos. Often when producers make videos of their studio sessions they only have a small amount of the good stuff they make (or they have a lot, but their music sucks.), but in the case of R-Les, since all his stuff sounds golden to me, every video is a lesson learned. He shows a large portion of his process, and those videos are pretty valuable to me because they've helped me work on my own process. I keep most of the studio videos on my phone because I like to watch em from time to time while I'm chillin. But anyways, as a producer, I have a lot of respect for an artist/producer that can connect with their fans while providing valuable information to help them out as well.Here's a video of a studio session where he's working on a song called 'I Know What You Like' by Joy Leslie:
I've still got more to say about Ryan Leslie lol, but that'll come later. Just think of it as a progressing story as I continue to learn from him. And don't forget to cop his self-titled album, its in stores and on iTunes right now.
