Fun with Ringtones, part 4

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The story so far. I am assigning different notification ringtones to different people. The goal is for me to recognize the tune and therefore know exactly who is trying to reach me. It might be because the song always made me think of them, or because the singer seems to be saying their name. (See my previous LJ post about that.) Or their name is in the title, or the artist has a similar name. Once in a while the person has picked the tune themself.

Most of these tracks are songs from our music collection. Once in a while I use a Youtube clip, using listentoyoutube.com to turn it into an mp3 file.

For a lot of these ringtones, I'm using the instrumental intro followed by the first line or two of the song. For others, I either have the instrumental intro by itself, or I go straight into the lyrics or chorus, or I make two ringtones, one for each. I'll have to see which I like better in practice.

I've been created my ringtones as .mp3 files, usually using mp3cut.net. If you want to turn them into .m4r files, the format iphones use, that's something that mp3cut.net will do for you! -- But the Apple format is limited to 30 second snips. In practice, that's fine for text messages. A telephone call or alarm clock ringtone is going to repeat anyway, so there's no reason to make it too short.

I found another handy online MP3 editing gizmo: www.mp3louder.com. So if it's too hard to hear the phone making the noise, I can increase the volume on it.

To get the ringtones onto my Android phone, I download them to my laptop and then copy them over via Bluetooth. I haven't figured out how to get sound files from the internet directly onto my phone yet. Some investigation into “Zedge” and other ringtone websites may yield the answer.

If you're interested in any of these, I can get you the URL. I just didn't feel up to adding all of them here.

Ringtones assigned and in progress. People who have texted me or called me in the last month or so, and where I'm at on assigning a special ringtone to them. (I've listed them alphabetically by first name, because in many cases I'm trying to match up a song to their first name.)

Assigned to people
Adam Tilghman -Vic Mizzy, “Addams Family theme.”
Alec Orrock -The Wurzels, “I am a cider drinker.”
Alison Santander -Tomita, “Hora Staccato”
Allison Meyer -Ghost in the Shell, "Rise."
Andrew Vo -SpongeBob, "Drunken Sailor."
Anson Cu -foreign language version of "Final Countdown."
Anthony Walker -Billy Joel, “Moving Out (Anthony's Song)”
Ariella Goldberg -Big Daddy, “Eye of the Tiger."
Ashley Lanning. -Ashley MacIsaac, “Sleepy Maggie”
Blanca Lindsey -Steel Drums of Trinidad, "Una Paloma Blanca"
Brianna Wu -Magazine 60, "Don Quichotte."
Caroline Smeby -Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, "Midnight in Moscow."
Carolyn Ayton -The Beatles, “Carol.”
Cathy Beckstead -The Nails, "88 lines about 44 women." Simon and Garfunkel, "America."
Cathy+Christian -Gerry Rafferty, “Struck in the Middle with You”
Cody Bashaar -Commander Cody, “Hot Rod Lincoln”
Colleen Crosby -Tribe Called Quest, “I Left my Wallet in El Segundo.”
Christopher Castro -Twin Peaks theme, “Fire Walk With Me.”
Christian B. McGuire -Night Ranger, "Sister Christian"
Dae Leigh -David Bowie, "Day In Day Out."
Dana Ginsberg -Ghostbusters, "There is no Dana, only Zuul."
Del Gonzalez -Three Suns, "Delicado"
Dora Morgan -Basia, “Time and Tide.”
Dorothy Bullard -Jean-Michel Jarre, "Magnetic Fields Part 5."
Dustin Parker -Ray Parker Jr., "Ghostbusters."
Ella Bowen -Ella Mae Morse, "Cow Cow Boogie."
Edward Hooper -Eddy Grant, “Electric Avenue.”
Emerald Ivy -Fleetwood Mac, “Emerald Eyes”
Eric Zuckerman -Eric Johnson, “Cliffs of Dover.”
Eylat -The “It's a lot, it's a lot, it's a lot” intro from Depeche Mode, “Master and Servant.”
"Felix" Molzahn -"Felix the Cat."
Floyd Broadnax -Pink Floyd, "Money" and Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, "Can You Picture That?"
Gwendolyn Newton -Esquivel, “Malagueña”
Janet from RV Awards-Janet Jackson, “Rhythm Nation”
Jasmine Perkins -Aladdin soundtrack, "Whole new world."
John Ramirez -Spike Jones, "John & Marcia"
Joyce Lloyd -The Beatles, "Too Much Monkey Business."
Julia Doolittle -Eurythmics, “Julia” (1984 soundtrack)
Kandis Caringer -Candy Dulfer, “Lily was Here.”
Miko Estacio -Los Lobos, "Kiko and the Lavender Moon."
Karl Lembke -Karl Zéro, “El Bodeguero”
Kassie Olson -Kenny Loggins, "Danger Zone."
Kim Bergdahl -Kim Wilde, "Kids in America."
Kim Rose -Kim Carnes, "Crazy in the Night."
Kurt Kohlhase -Queen, “Bicycle Race.”
Kristin Looney -Looney Tunes theme, "The Merry-Go-Round Breaks Down."
Lee Almodovar -Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls of Fire”
Leigh Ann Hildebrand - Cyndi Lauper, "Girls just want to have fun."
Lia Drelleshak -Roy Orbison, "Leah."
Lindsay Tallman -Lindsey Buckingham, "Holiday Road."
Lynn V Baden - Silly Wizard, “Queen of Argyll.”
Marcia Franklin -Spike Jones, "John & Marcia"
Marcia Minsky -Beatles, “Sexy Sadie.”
Maria Rodriguez -Sound of Music, “How do you solve a problem like Maria”
Mark Allen -Sheila E., “Belle of St. Mark”
Martin Young -Pogues, “Turkish Song of the Damned”
Matthew Lewis -Beach Boys, “Kokomo”
Michelle Pincus -Chet Atkins, “Michelle.”
Monica Riche -Lou Bega, "Mambo Number Five."
Nicolas Rodriguez -Nick Gilder, "Hot Child in the City" and Nick Lowe, "Cruel to be Kind."
Nicholi Cash -Boney M, "Rasputin."
Omar -Ottmar Liebert, “Barcelona Nights.”
Paige Willey -Sweet, “Little Willy.”
Pat Larson -Capercaillie, “Gaelic Reels.”
Patrick Saul -Rupert Holmes, “Escape.”
Robert Strange -Missing Persons, "Destination Unknown"
Roger Rose -Roger Miller, "King of the Road."
Selina Phanara -I have a simple "Meow" for her
Shawn Crosby-Evil Genius Orchestra, “Imperial March.”
Steve Roberts -Robert Hazard, "Escalator of Life."
Tadao Tomomatsu -Hot Butter, "Mah nah mah nah."
Tilly Garcia -"X Files theme"
Tilly Williams -Ani Di Franco & Jackie Chan, “Unforgettable”
Wes Bartel -Village People, "Go Wes" (West)
Wil Baden -Wil Wheaton, “Doink doink doink doink.”
(name redacted) -Michael Jackson, “Leave me Alone.”
(name redacted) -The Tubes, “What do you want from life.”
(name redacted) -Allan Sherman, "Harvey and Sheila."

In progress
Ariel R. -no idea.
Arlene Busby -no idea
Bert Boden -no idea.
Dash Gayhart -no idea.
Jason Y. -nothing picked yet
Kevin Walker -Not expecting to need one
Kriska Parda -no idea
Laura Majerus -no idea. If she orders ribbons from me again, I'll worry then.
Lisa Bernier -no idea. If she orders ribbons from me again, I'll worry then.
Marguerite Riku Hartman -I know what I want, haven't cut the ringtone yet. Jimmy Buffett
Maria+Lynn -in progress.
Matt Hellman -no idea
Rebecca Livengood -no idea
Shane Richard -no idea
Tim Le -no idea
Trina Moor -I know what I want, haven't cut the ringtone yet. Ondrej Havelka, "Kalamazoo"
Val & Ron Ontell - no idea
Vanessa R. F. Gonzales -no idea
Victor Bugg -I know what I want, haven't cut the ringtone yet. Dire Straits, "The Bug"

Miscellaneous. Notifications for companies or other things that aren't specific people.
AAA. -no idea. "Rescue Me?"
Ace Rent-a-car. Not sure, probably Beach Boys or Jan & Dean. Or "Drive My Car"
Anaheim Library -no idea. Book of Love? Everyday I write the book? Paperback writer?
Dentist's office -Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (The Muppet Movie), “Can you picture that.”
Employer -no idea. "Working in a Coal Mine" or "Five O'clock World?"
Metro-PCS -Pete Shelley, "Telephone Operator."
Midnight alarm -Cusco, “Land of the Midnight Sun.”
Morning alarms -The Beatles, "Good Morning Good Morning."
PODS -no idea.
Textra bot -nothing picked yet.
Therapist appointments -Fun Boy Three, “The Lunatics have Taken over the Asylum”
UPS -“Living in a Box”
Yorba Linda Library -Elvis Costello, "Everyday I write the book"

note to self: need 042, 044, 081, 116, 181, 195