SayNow.com - Speak to the People

Love mail is somewhat of a falling genre: now that everyone can have a blog or fan site, the whole prospect of getting in touch with the musicians, entertainers and performers you love seems to become more and more unlikely, but thanks to SayNow.com you can get in touch with your favorite artists just by calling them. Here’s how the service works: bands, singers and other artists get a phone number to which fans call to hear them delivering a short message, and they can leave a voice mail, to which artists respond by calling back; users get alerted via SMS when a new broadcast by their favorite performers is out. Using SayNow.com is completely free, as you only need to pay for the phone call you made and the SMS your received to alert you of a new message (you can change this option to phone ring or email and save the cost of the text message). It’s obviously an enticing alternative to MySpace band profiles and official band’s sites, because it allows artists and fans to stay in touch on a regular basis and in a personal way (so much more than videocasts or blog posts), plus entertainers can also include short advertising messages before their broadcasts, which in turn will allow them to make some extra bucks. SayNow.com is big with Hip Hop, R&B, pop and some indie artists who care to keep in touch with their fans, and also works as a social network, as when you call in to hear your favorite artist’s recording, you can also listen to voice mails left by other users, and reply to them as well.