You’re Signed!
Ever wanted to be a record mogul? The Next Big Sound is a new music orientated site that allows you to help shape the future of unsigned acts. At its heart it is a promotional site for artists and bands, much like how MySpace is used now by musicians. The twist is that your popularity is rated not by the number of friends you have, but by the number of moguls (registered users) who’ve signed you onto their label. This difference is more than just semantics though. See, on a sites such as MySpace, registered users can add an unlimited amount of friends, on The Next Big Sound you may only add 10 bands to your label. This restriction means that your level of commitment in declaring that a band is good enough to be signed is not taken lightly. The artificial scarcity of signings assures that recommendations aren’t wasted like so many throw-away friend requests. Read more about the whole scheme on their About page.
