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First launched in 1999, Epitonic is a source for independent music across multiple genres from both signed and unsigned artists. Featuring free and legal MP3 downloads, radio streams, and many full album streams, at its peak it amassed content from more than 400 independent labels and represented a diverse array of artists helping them to further awareness and stimulate tour and album revenue. ==History== The roots of the site took place in San Francisco in 1998. Original co-founders Aaron Newton, Scott Bilby, and Justin Sinkovich created the site utilizing Newton and Bilby's Web and technology background and Sinkovich's music industry experience. The three co-founders wanted a name that properly reflected their idea. They also wanted a name related to San Francisco, the epicenter, as well as music, or sound, or tone, tonic. They settled on the combination of two words: epi-tonic, the center of sound. Epitonic.com was born.〔(Resurrecting The Center of Sound ) ''Epitonic'', Retrieved August 1, 2011.〕 Epitonic was one of the first free mp3 download sites, and the first one to focus on independent music. Epitonic provided an online space where users could easily find new songs from up-and-coming artists. The site also allowed users to download tracks free of charge, or create a 'black box' of their favorites and stream them through their web-browsers resulting in a streaming radio platform. Epitonic was an iconic part of the music industry as it found its digital roots in the 90's and hosted tracks from indie artists like Animal Collective, Built to Spill, Burd Early, Dismemberment Plan, as well as mellow, melodic instrumental bands such as Pele, Dianogah, and Six Parts Seven. Electronic music was also one of the most popular genres on the site, representing artists such as Bent Halos, Delerium, Carl Cox, and BT. Like many of the big websites of the '90s and early '00s, Epitonic raised a lot of money and spent it just as quickly. When the dot-com bubble burst found itself in trouble. In 2003 the site was acquired by Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures and ran alongside Palm's other brands including Rykodisc, Manga, ''RES'', and Sputnik 7. In 2004 Palm shut the doors on Epitonic.com to focus on other brands. In 2006 Palm partnered with a company called Echospin and attempted to relaunch the site with no success. Another company, Audiotube purchased the rights to Epitonic and also failed to restart the site. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epitonic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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