Topspin Launches “End-To-End” Solution For Bands
The name of the game when it comes to the music industry in 2012 has undoubtedly been the relationship between artist and fan — from the rise of crowdfunding to the preponderance of “Web-born” artists like Psy flooding the scene. As we forge ahead into 2013, tech companies are tasked with figuring out how to best facilitate that connection — and to help artists take advantage of it to the fullest. During Billboard’s FutureSound conference in San Francisco this week, marketing and retail platform Topspin announced its next effort in the direct-to-fan business: what CEO Ian Rogers calls “an end-to-end solution.”

The super handy organizational took for musicians, Artist Growth, has scored the
It can be difficult for musicians to keep their lives in order whilst juggling a budding (or even barely budding) career, their inevitable “day job” and all those groupies. Well, a new platform launched this week that aims to keep even the most ADD-addled of drummers on track: Artist Growth.