http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/ Engadget Comments for Cingular convinces bands to release songs as ringtones before singles http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/
Purchasing crappy quality songs (ringtones or 128kbps AAC) at all is the truly inexplicable thing...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/
"Oh dawg, I love that song!"

This positive reenforcement also causes such individuals to refuse to put their phone on vibrate at a movie, concert, ANYWHERE. They associate themselves with a genre of music or even an artist.

here's why this isn't a very good idea, IMNSHO:

If you release a song as a ringtone after it is unfathomably popular, regardless of it's quality (see: Baja Men - Who Let the Dogs Out) -- people want it because if they have such a hit playing, they will draw attention and perhaps gain respect credibility, etc.

If you release a song no one knows yet (I haven't heard it on my ClearChannel station... so I don't know it) -- you're probably not too likely to get the same reaction.

but that's just my $0.02 (that won't be put towards a ringtone... ever)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/
The phone rings, it's a song that isn't even out yet, and the person thinks to themselves "Man am I awesome or what? I've got this song and these sorry suckers around me don't. They don't even know what song it is! Those mainstream losers! I'M SO MUCH COOLER THAN YOU!"

and they get all that self-satisfaction for a mere $2.50.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/
Thumbs Down.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/12/cingular-convinces-bands-to-release-songs-as-ringtones-before/
My name is Jennifer Roberts and I founded Roberts Integrity Music, a company that promotes great music of diverse genre and produces GREAT original songs of diverse genre that we are interested in releasing as ring tones. As a result,I would like to be contacted by one of Engadget ringtone personnel
to find out how to get started.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide ENGADGET information about Roberts Integrity Music. Do contact me at Roberts Integrity Music at jennifrero@hotmail.com or (416) 445-8572 or (416) 650-1483.

Progressively pursuing;

Ms. Jennifer Roberts
Roberts Integrity Music
CEO/Media Promotions Coordinator
Singer/Songwriter

" Making Great Things Happen "]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AM