Online music community Slicethepie, where music fans are invited to review music from unsigned bands, and to then invest in the bands they most highly rate, has launched a new Facebook application which will allow users to keep track of the bands they have most highly rated, and to prove their skills, or otherwise, in tipping artists that later take off.
Launching the new Facebook app, Slicethepie founder David Courtier-Dutton told reporters: "The vast majority of Slicethepie users already have a Facebook profile and this gives us a unique opportunity to allow users to build their own scouting leagues. Not only is it great fun, but this competitive aspect will further increase the quality of the reviews and benefit the thousands of artists on the site whilst making the [Slicethepie.com] process even more efficient at identifying tomorrow's music superstars."
So far six bands have raised finance through Slicethepie to enable them to go into the studio and put down new recordings - Gilkicker, The Alps, The Skies, Katrina Bello, Scars On 45 and Miranda Barber. Two more are reportedly close to having the funds to start recording - Gola Ola and Tommy Ludgate.