Well, it’s that time of year again – Next Big Nashville 2010 is underway. The Curb center at Belmont is an enormous room for the bevy of daily panels and speakers ready to share their knowledge.. so large that you can come and go without disturbing the pro’s on stage or anyone else in the audience; the ideal setup. Tonight’s band lineups are sparse but the next few days will, hopefully, prove to be the premium mash of national and local acts that the festival has been striving for over the past few years. Not that you do anyway but don’t expect too many updates here on the site throughout the week as I’ll surely be nursing a hefty hangover every morning when I should be writing.

Next Big Nashville (henceforth to be referred to as “Next By”) is right around the corner and if you weren’t aware, they’ve launched their official iPhone app. You can download it for free, right here. Aside from having handy venue information to use for your cab drivers in any inebriated state it also allows you to store your schedule so you don’t forget where you are supposed to be at any given time. Of course, you could always just visit weownthistown.net on your mobile device and see our list of recommended shows but it never hurts to have options.