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Part game, part free music site, TheNextBigSound is surely one of the slickest new music sites we've seen.
As demoed at the TECHcocktail event in Chicago last week, the concept is simple and ingenious: listen to free music from unsigned bands, and "sign" your favorites to your own virtual record label. When your signed artists become hits on the site, you score points.
Simple...ingenious...and very addictive.
Once you're done building a music empire, don't forget to check out the hundreds of other free music sites we've covered recently:
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