New-ish Ringtones

I forgot to mention this before the crash last week, and forgot further when I posted earlier today:

I made two new ringtones last weekend;

August Rush - Something Inside [thus completing the August Rush trifecta of awesome songs from that movie]
Coldplay - Viva La Vida (iTunes Mix) [pretty much the audio from the ubiquitous iTunes ad]

The Coldplay ringtone has in just 8 days already snagged over 2,000 downloads, so the masses would recommend that one, and all the ones I've made in the past are still available. Link is below and in the sidebar.

VivaLaMainstream's ringtones on Myxer

Back later this weekend, and expect a special announcement on Monday (astute readers might have already found the subject of the announcement).

==TJ==

Stuff From All Over

New speculation around the previously blogged-about NIN song "Discipline" suggests it might be the first single from the forthcoming sequel to 2007's Year Zero. It would make some level of sense, based on the overall mood of the song and it would give meaning to the cryptic "two weeks!" blog. But for Year Zero II to come out this close to Ghosts seems a bit defeating; unless "Discipline" explodes in the coming weeks, I think people will be tired of NIN and the Year Zero sequel will be a tad overkill-ish. That's probably just me though.

Side note: Thanks to everyone who's gone and looked at my ringtones on Myxertones in the last week. I've only been active on the site for a week, but already the 14 ringtones I've made have rung up 260 downloads. Hope you enjoy 'em, and I'm happy to indulge any requests.

Matt over at Addicted to Vinyl pointed me in the direction of this little doozy from Chris Cornell from the 1998 film version of Great Expectations. Reason #4,623 why I love the man.

Chris Cornell - Sunshower

Back later.

==TJ==

VLM ventures into the realm of Ringtones

Thanks to some help from friends, I found a place where I can create ringtones that I can send to my phone without all the hassle that usually comes with doing so. I've already mentioned what a racket legal ringtone purchases are ($2.50 per clip for me, when I can buy the whole %$&#ing song for $0.99). Myxertones works with just about every carrier, and allows you to make ringtones from MP3 files on your computer with relative ease. Sending them costs about as much as a picture message ($1.99 for me...your phone needs to be able to send picture messages) and Myxertones Terms of Use policy appears to be a formality, since searching nearly any band will get you what you want. I've linked to my artist page, again a formality so people can see the ringtones I created.

I don't know how long this will last, since it is still possible that Myxertones will shut me down, but it's been kinda fun for the last few days, so enjoy the ones I've already made, and if you have a request, let me know.

VivaLaMainstream on Myxertones

Till then, enjoy some beautiful weather (especially for those on the east coast), and have a free MP3 to celebrate the joyous sunshine.

Collective Soul - Hollywood [iTunes]

==TJ==

*Insert Witty Music Related Title Here*

Went on a bit of a ringtone buying rampage last night that might carry on into today. For the record, $2.50 for a 30 second clip of a song on my phone is ridiculous. No wonder ringtones have been so profitable. Anyway, if you were to call my phone right now, I would hear one of the following songs:

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
Sixx:A.M. - Life is Beautiful
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

Today happens to have two birthdays of note; The first is that of my mother. I doubt my mother reads this thing, but either way, Happy Birthday Mom! The other is that of Foo Fighter's leader Dave Grohl, who turns 40 today. In honor of this, I was going to upload my 10 favorite Foo Fighter songs, but the internet here on campus is being slow, so I can only give you my three faves off the new album.

The Pretender
Long Road to Ruin
Cheer Up Boys, Your Makeup is Running

Get all kinds of Foo Fighters stuff on iTunes here

Back tomorrow...maybe. Going back to school is not good for daily blogging.

==TJ==