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'Next Big Sound' Tracks Music Fans' Online Activites

by Caleb Johnson on August 10, 2009 at 08:39 AM


For any musician or band, the Internet has become the ultimate marketing tool. However, it's often been difficult to determine exactly how music fans were using the Web. Now, a new Web-based application hopes to change that.

Next Big Sound tracks loads of data--page views, track plays, comments--from resources like iTunes, Facebook and Twitter. Then, it compiles these stats into helpful little graphs so musicians can get a better handle on where the fans are going and what they're doing, according to ReadWriteStart. Next Big Sound also provides daily and weekly updates via e-mail and RSS feeds. Best of all, you can use the site free of charge.

As ReadWriteStart points out, there's a glaring omission to the data the site tracks--no Youtube. Also, the site only tracks data for each artist, not individual songs. However, Next Big Sound should be a wonderful resource for artists' looking to cash in on the Internet music boom. [From ReadWriteStart]

Tags: application, band, business, music, popular, top, tracking, web

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