A big part of our culture is music and the art of discovering new, underground artists. Back in the day, we would discover these hidden gems via mixtapes, staying up late at night to listen to the radio play one of their songs or maybe at a party where a DJ would open up a set with some new and fresh music. Fast forward to today and the ways to discover music have grown exponentially. Next Big Sound (NBS) will show you which artists are gaining popular buzz on all of the main social networks before they hit the mainstream. This site is a treasure for musicians, record labels and fans alike.

Next Big Sound provides a centralized place to monitor all the behavior and activity happening for artists both online and off and NBS tracks more data for more bands online than anyone else in the world. Specificlly for the music professionals, NBS allows professionals to see social media data, traffic to an artists.com (Google Analytics integration), iTunes/sales data, radio numbers and P2P data all in one place.

Combined with actionable recommendations and advanced geographic data, the platform is presented in a way that decision makers in the industry can understand how best to use their resources. This option is called NBS Premier and is packed with some eye-opening features. In addition to the features above, Premier pulls in blog & news mentions, chart appearances, live performances and all other events relevant to the artist as well as showing you a global view of your fanbase. It lets users drill down to the individual consumer level and to further understand who your fans are you can even click through to their actual profile page. This level of engagement is focused on record executives, publicists, booking agents or A&R reps. Prices range from $10 per artist/per month to $65 per artist/per month depending on the feature set you prefer. There is a generous 14-day free trial period to determine if the service meets your needs.

For the music fans and stat junkies, there is plenty of free options within NBS to keep you busy. You can sign up to receive stats on your favorite artist on a weekly basis. Fans can also check back on a weekly basis to monitor the charts portion of the website and see what new artist is getting ready to explode onto the scene weeks before everyone else discovers them. This one feature alone makes this website worthy of a bookmark and a consistent weekly check in.

Music heads, record executives and music industry professionals, take a peek at Next Big Sound and let us know your thoughts. Everyday music fans, check the Charts section and let us know if you discover any new hot musicians. I am thinking you will find more than one. A mainstream part of our culture is music and the art of discovering new, underground artists. Back in the day, we would discover these hidden gems via mixtapes, staying up late at night to listen to the radio play one of their songs or maybe at a party where a DJ would open up a set with some new and fresh music. Fast forward to today and the ways to discover music have grown exponentially. Next Big Sound (NBS) will show you which artists are gaining popular buzz on all of the main social networks before they hit the mainstream. This site is a treasure for musicians, record labels and fans alike.

Next Big Sound provides a centralized place to monitor all the behavior and activity happening for artists both online and off and NBS tracks more data for more bands online than anyone else in the world. Specificlly for the music professionals, NBS allows professionals to see social media data, traffic to an artists .com (Google Analytics integration), iTunes/sales data, radio numbers and P2P data all in one place. Combined with actionable recommendations and advanced geographic data the platform is presented in a way that decision makers in the industry can understand how best to use their resources. This option is called NBS Premier and is packed with some eye-opening features. In addition to the features above, Premier pulls in blog & news mentions, chart appearances, live performances and all other events relevant to the artist as well as showing you a global view of your fanbase. It lets you drill down to the individual consumer level and to further understand who your fans are you can even click through to their actual profile page. This level of engagement is focused on the record executive, Publicist, booking agents or A&R reps. Prices range from $10 per artist/per month to $65 per artist/per month depending on the feature set you prefer. There is a generous 14-day free trial period to determine if the service meets your needs.

For the music fans and stat junkies, there is plenty of free options within NBS to keep you busy. You can sign up to receive stats on your favorite artist on a weekly basis. Fans can also check back on a weekly basis to monitor the charts portion of the website and see what new artist is getting ready to explode onto the scene weeks before everyone else discovers them. This one feature alone makes this website worthy of a bookmark and a consistent weekly check in.

Music heads, record executives and music industry professionals, take a peek at Next Big Sound and let us know your thoughts. Everyday music fans, check the Charts section and let us know if you discover any new hot musicians. I am thinking you will find more than one.

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