The great thing about JamLegend is our platform evens the playing field for unsigned bands to showcase their music and find new fans. Take Say Okay from Hamburg, Germay: they formed in 2009 and are yet unsigned (hopefully not for long!), but their upbeat pop-punk single "Girl" already has over 50,000 plays. Brimming with positive energy, it's not that difficult to fall in love with this band. In their short lifespan, Say Okay have gained a following in Germany with their infectious songwriting and intense live performances that make the audience and the ceiling sweat. Now, they're out to conquer the hearts of fans around the world via JamLegend.
We talked to Say Okay vocalist Anselm about how the band came to add their music to the game. A night of Guitar Hero and beer led to a passing mention of JamLegend by one of the band's friends. Anselm went to work next day and decided to check out the site: "I wanted to take a look. I was at work and got really into it..until I got busted. The consequences: I was in trouble and had to do some bad extra work AND we loaded up two songs at JamLegend right at that evening." Soon, the entire Say Okay lineup was hooked on the game--it turns out, the best player in the band ended up being the drummer, Andre.One thing led to another and Say Okay decided to run a contest with their fans. The best JamLegend player out of the fans will play against Andre, the best player in the band. If Mike, the fan player, won then he will play guitar with Say Okay on stage whey they perform their JamLegend hit "Girl." If Andre won, Mike will have to dance naked on stage while the band played "Girl." It's a high stakes gamble with serious consequences. How did it turn out? Better than you can imagine: Mike beat Andre, so he showed up on stage to play guitar on "Girl" at a Say Okay show....only wearing socks and his guitar!!We love how Say Okay used JamLegend to promote their music and interact with their fans, and we wish them all the best in taking their music to a wider audience. Perhaps soon, they'll have more fun stories of things that happened as they toured around the world? As for the little matter of Anselm getting busted by his boss at work, worry not. He told us, "By now I told my boss, what exactly I was doing, when he busted me. Today he has a higher score on our song 'Girl' than I do." All's well that ends well? We think so!
For more info on Say Okay, check out their MySpace or Facebook page. If you haven't checked out "Girl" you can play the song below!
