In the last week Coolfer has run across a couple of new ways mobile phones are used to connect with bands. Neither have anything to do with over-the-air downloads or anything terribly fancy. Both use good ol' text messaging.

WiredSet allowed Austin City Limits attendees to send a text to receive an email with set lists from every band that performed at four of the festival's stages. It was a free service from ACL and iTunes (normal carrier charges applied). Information is at the iTunes ACL page.

Also, I discovered Mozes through this post at the Sacramento Bee's 21Q blog. Mozes, currently in beta, enables fans to connect to bands with their mobile phones. The band sets up an account at Mozes and chooses a keyword. Then the band tells fans to text their band keyword to 66937 (MOZES) to receive a SMS response and other information online.

I like both of these text offers. They're easy, inexpensive and they're possible with any text-enabled phone.