Ask RIZ

Hello ArtistsHouse community!

I’m excited to announce that RIZ will be sitting down with me to do a video interview for ArtistsHouseMusic.org.

RIZ is an emerging artist and songwriter. He is currently independent, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking his career into his own hands and making some very big things happen. For example, in addition to writing and performing his own material, RIZ also writes for other artists. To that end, he has written for (or is currently writing for) some of the biggest artists on the planet: Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, Kat Deluna, Ryan Cabrera, and more. He is also associated with Akon’s label, Konvict Muzik, as a writer. It’s not a publishing deal, but when the label needs songs for projects it is working on, RIZ is one of the writers those projects are dispersed to. Finally, he has ignited a major online buzz using Facebook, where one of his groups, Petition To Get RIZ Featured on MTV “Buzzworthy”, now has over 400,000 members (yes, you read that number correctly!).

From a business model perspective, RIZ has been making himself available to write hooks for aspiring artists for a $1,000 flat fee, thereby giving these new artists access to the same quality hooks that the majors get (something that sets him apart from most writers with similar track records).

Suffice to say, there is a lot that can be learned from RIZ and his success story… and I want the ArtistsHouse community and RIZ’s fans to get involved!

I would love to hear any questions you have for RIZ that you would like me to consider asking him. These questions can be about songwriting, his use of social media, the steps a songwriter must take to launch their career without the backing of a major music publisher, how the current climate in the industry is affecting artists and songwriters, or anything else you think would make sense to ask RIZ.

Post your questions as a comment to this entry OR send them to: katie.ahm(at)gmail(dot)com (make sure you put the dot between “katie” and “ahm”)

We’re still working out the details regarding when we’ll be able to record the video, but I’d like to start preparing the questions now so I’m ready to go when RIZ is available.

I look forward to hearing your questions! I will try to ask as many of them as possible.

On a concluding note, here is how you can learn more about RIZ and connect with him online:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rizofficial
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RizMusic
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/rizonline
Facebook (Fan Page): http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIZ/31917650024

His self-titled album, “Riz”, is available on iTunes now.