Because I know you’ve always wanted your very own remote controlled fart machine…
Larry the Cable Guy has a contest going where you can actually win one (along with a $250 gift card for Home Depot). I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but all you have to do is tell him what you want for Christmas, and if he likes what you’re wishing for, then a fully automated battery powered on-demand-cheese-cutter will be yours for the taking.
And here’s the first code which he sent only to his SayNow fans.
You might have to scour the streets to find the other codes…and I won’t be posting anymore here so you should call his number to get updates if you want to meet him. (or if you want to win any of the other cool prizes)
So…I can’t say I know what’s going on here, but it would appear that John Locke of Lost is telling Charlie to call Lost Ocean and ask them who stole his shoes. I don’t know where he expects him to find a phone, but oh well. Lucky you, you’re not on that god forsaken island and probably do have a phone…in which case, you should give Lost Ocean a call!
They’re a talented new band from Bakersfield, CA and if you’re nice, they’ll probably call ya back.
We have conclusive evidence that they do in fact call some of their fans. Hence, we like them :-)
Last night I went to an interesting panel on the future of the music industry and Tim Westergren (founder of the Music Genome Project and Pandora) said something that I thought was pretty compelling. Given the shifting landscape of the music industry, he believes that an artist’s relationship with their fans is going to be the most important thing in their career going forward.
If you don’t have a good relationship with your fans, he said, they’re simply going to rip you off and download your music for free instead of buying it.
As an artist, you’re a needle in a much bigger haystack these days and needless to say, distinguishing yourself is more important than ever!
Edison Glass is one of our favorite bands on SayNow. They’ve got a smaller audience than a lot of the major label artists who’ve signed up with us, but we think this band is going places….not just because they’re really talented musicians, but also because they’re genuinely reaching out and connecting with their audience.
Recently, they’ve been trying our Connect Live feature and it sounds like they’re having fun with it!
Talib Kweli’s new album Eardrum hit stores yesterday and his SayNow number actually made it on the front sticker! (yes, it’s teeny, we know…but we’re still psyched!)
The number is part of his “Say Something, Be Heard” campaign and you can listen to what some of his fans have been saying below.
Whenever we get a huge influx of callers at once, we try to figure out what triggered all of them, so a couple days ago, when we noticed a lot of people calling for MIMS, we poked around and found out that he’d posted a MySpace bulletin with his number. Looks like Mr. This Is Why I’m Hot wants his fans to know he’s listening. He got a 10% increase in subscribers in one day. We hope he really is listening!
Just spotted this on Cassidy’s MySpace page. Cassidy is looking for new talent and asking fans to call and hit him with their hottest 16 bars. The best freestylers win a call back and a chance to record with him - he’s using his SayNow number to hold auditions over the phone. Listen up below
Cassidy got his start by appearing on mix tapes and doing freestyle battles so it’s pretty cool that he’s doing this!
Styles of Beyond is a super talented group from LA and you’ve probably heard their song “Second to None” if you recently saw the Transformers movie. (All of us at the office went to see it the day it came out cause we’re geeky like that.)
Check out these sweet promo pieces they’re giving out on their Projekt Revolution tour. They’ve got their number on them…and they’re promising a good time :-)
I think they need to send me tickets to their show. (That’s right, I have no shame…if you see this guys, hook me up, I want tix!)
Recently, Vanae (who helps recruit and support a lot of our artists and fans) noticed a spike in new subscribers for the band Edison Glass and was wondering why. So she checked out their MySpace page and saw that they just put up a profile pic that includes their SayNow number (which means it shows up everytime they send a MySpace message or bulletin). Given that a person’s profile pic is the first thing people look at when they land on a profile page, that was pretty smart!
We’ve been really busy here at SayNow and picked up A LOT of new artists in the last month which we’ll be featuring here shortly. One of them Papa Roach has been signing up a lot of new subscribers to their SayNow channel by making their SayNow welcome greeting the first thing you hear on their MySpace page.
Our Artist Relations Guru Loren Groves came up with the idea a while back to help Tila Tequila with her SayNow channel and it got her over 25,000 new subscribers in about 2 months. So if you’re a new on SayNow, and you’re looking for a way to quickly let your fans know about your number, apparently this works.
BET is quickly becoming one of our favorite TV channels! Last week Crime Mob was in the house and did a rendition of “Rock Yo Hips.” Of course we also think it’s pretty cool that they told their fans to call their SayNow number!
…because she might be tempted to give R.Kelly a call. That’s right, R.Kelly actually put his SayNow number in his new his video (and he’s tellin’ all the ladies to call “if your man ain’t hittin you right”).
So…I can’t say I know what’s going on here, but it would appear that 
