YouTube user MetroGnome has done something that’s rather impressive. He’s taken a classic, tired, and admittedly annoying iPhone ringtone and built a catchy, three-minute song out of it.
You’ve probably set plenty of songs as your ringtone before, but have you ever turned a ringtone into an actual song? Furthermore, are you ready to use the ringtone remix as your new ringtone? (He provides a free download, so that’s a very easy thing to do).
Kudos for working in a couple of other (and more recent) iPhone sounds–including the most jarring alarm tone in history as well as a little bit from Siri.
Color me impressed. Well, first color me in body glow paint. Then color me impressed.
Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz did a reddit AMA on Monday in which he talked about many topics related to the show, including the next chapter and never-nudes.
One question, which got 1,096 points, was: “I want to download/buy the song “Getaway” by Mark Cherry to use it as a ringtone, how can I have it?”
“We are really working on it, actually!” responded Hurwitz. “It’s tricky because 20th doesn’t really have a record label, which a lot of the other studios do, so they don’t have a mechanism in place, but all of David’s music is so great and I really want to get it out there.”
For those The Beatles fans who don’t know how to make their own ringtones or just want to spend more money on their favorite band, The Beatles are now offering ringtones based on their songs exclusively through iTunes.
The ringtones all last 30-seconds and come from 27 of the bands number one hits. Those hits include “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Help!,” “Let It Be,” “Come Together” and other hits.
The ringtones are priced at $1.29 each. While it may seem like a little steep for just a ringtone, you can rest easy knowing that your ringtones will be of much higher quality than any The Beatles ringtone your friend makes with their shoddy ringtone creator.
In all seriousness, why would you want to pay $1.29 for 30 seconds of a song when the full song is at the same price? I’m not here to question the band’s motives, but doesn’t this just seem like the people who handle The Beatles’ estate suddenly realizing that ringtones exist?
A ploy like this could have worked five years ago, but it’s so easy to make your own ringtones now that a marketing move like this makes little sense.
If you choose to buy the ringtones, more power to you. I’m just going to suggest you google “ringtone creator” and just save yourself some time and money.
It might be one of the most recognizable melodies of our modern age: the default Nokia ringtone. The tune, which has stayed nearly the same for the last 15 years or so, has left its stamp on our culture. And now, Nokia wants to change it up a little bit.
The mobile powerhouse has launched the Nokia Tune Remake contest. Contestants began submitting their compositions yesterday, and people will be able to submit as many compositions as they wish until October 5th.
On October 5th, ten finalists will be selected. Five of those finalists will be chosen by an official panel of judges, comprised of “some of the most respected names in the audio branding industry.” The other five finalists will be selected based on “likes” and “shares.” The winner from those 10 entries will be selected by the judges.
According to Nokia, they are “looking for a tune that is fresh, expressive, original, and creative yet distinctively a Nokia Tune.” Contestants are asked to use “elements of the popular original,” but warns that this is “not simply a remix contest.” This is a reworking of the famous melody, but it must show quite a bit of creative character. Entries are limited to 30 seconds each.
The winner of the contest will receive $10,000 and five runner-ups will get $1,000 each. The winning ringtone will come standard on Nokia devices and the runner-up tones will be available for download.
Right now, a sort of futuristic take on the tone called “Progressive Nokia” is in the lead with 1409 likes and 572 shares – but of course this is only day 2 of the competition.
Here’s the original tune, just for reference –
And here’s the original tune as played by an ensemble, just for fun –
