subscribers like iPhone owners due to the expensive data plans that have “significantly higher [average revenue per user] and lower churn than postpaid subscriber average.”Sharetones now makes ringtones for the Songbird Music Player -
Now, Songbird users can make and share unlimited ringtones with Sharetones by DJ Nitrogen. Sharetones matches the music in a user’s Songbird music library with “ringtone recipes” made by other users of DJ Nitrogen products giving instant access to a vast and growing database of ringtones. Just a couple clicks sends the ringtone to a user’s mobile phone via sms.
If we don’t already have the ringtone you want, right click on any song in your music library to create your own with our audio editor. Once you create a ringtone its recipe is shared with all Songbird users so anyone with the same song can also enjoy your ringtone.
FREE during beta to all Songbird users. Enjoy!
As you’ve likely read, a Federal jury found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, guilty of illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $1.9 million, That’s $80,000 each for 24 songs.
User’s of DJ Nitrogen’s Sharetones don’t need to worry about the legality of sharing ringtones. That’s because with Sharetones users only share the metadata what we call the “recipe” - for songs they already own. The simple ideas can save you a lot of money.
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It’s been a very busy few months at DJ Nitrogen - sorry we’ve been rather quite on the blog - but we’re happy to present the newest addition to our lineup of custom ringtone products - Sharetones. What is a Sharetone? It’s a ringtone you share. Share-tone. Hmmm… that was simple enough. But isn’t sharing content illegal? Not with DJ Nitrogen’s patent-pending platform. Sharetones makes it simple (and legal) for users to create, consume and collaborate on custom ringtones from the music they own. We align ringtone “mash-ups” with user “match-ups” - that is: users can only see ringtones for songs already in their collections.The more songs you own, the more ringtone recipes you have access to. Over 50,000 different ringtone recipess (Sharetones) are sharing through the DJ Nitrogen Sharetones platform right now.
To celebrate Sharetones, we’re offering free ringtones. Whether you use an iPhone or any MP3-compatible phone, try Sharetones now and get free ringtones with no further obligation.
Try Sharetones now at: http://www.djnitrogen.com/sharetones.html
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'Reactionary' Ringtones Spark Arrests In Tibet -
Interesting story from NPR about the power of ringtones in Tibet.
All Things Considered, February 25, 2009 · Police in Tibet have swept markets in recent months looking for banned music. Chinese state media report that police have arrested several suspects for allegedly downloading to their cell phones music that the government considers “reactionary.”
Woeser, who goes by only one name like many Tibetans, is one of Tibet’s most outspoken authors. Recently, the Beijing-based writer has been blogging about the hidden world of reactionary ringtones, subversive songs and dissident downloads.
(The full story is at the link above.)
This is either good news for music fans - many of whom discover new music by sharing it - or just another tact to punish those fans who share too much. The RIAA will now focus on getting ISPs to threaten choking offenders’ bandwidth or even terminating access for those users sharing music. Since a lot of users would rather give up their right arm before losing broadband access this seems like a strong hammer.
A few interesting views on the subject:
From The Wall Street Journal 12/19/08
The Grammy Nominations Hit Prime Time -
Clearly there are just not enough music awards shows. But at least this one was reasonably entertaining and rather short. Good review on Yahoo Music.
The top-selling phones in the U.S. in the third quarter -
The iPhone was the top selling handset in the third quarter, followed by the Motorola Razr and Blackberry Curve.
The Razr held the top spot for the previous 12 quarters.
Of course, all are compatible with DJ Nitrogen’s Ringtone Lab.
iPhone 3G Raking It In For AT&T, Too -
AT&T posted their 3Q earnings earlier today. Not surprisingly, they reported strong gains from their wireless devision this quarter. AT&T saw 2.4 million iPhone 3G activations this quarter, with 40% of which were new to AT&T. As you can imagine, the company greatly values smartphone subscribers like iPhone owners due to the expensive data plans that have “significantly higher [average revenue per user] and lower churn than postpaid subscriber average.”
Rest of story is at iPhoneAlley.com
“Oh No You Didn’t” from the Mercenaries 2: World In Flames game/commercial was the top ringtone among users of the DJ Nitrogen Ringtone Lab last week. Here’s the link to the track from the Pandemic Studios site: http://www.pandemicstudios.com/mercenaries/downloads.php.
With the DJ Nitrogen Ringtone Lab, you can listen to all the “Oh No You Didn’t” ringtones made by Ringtone Lab users, or you can make your own.
Some of you have heard that DJ Nitrogen is giving away free evaluation copies of our very cool Ringtone Lab for the iPhone. But you have to know where to look - or be a reader of this blog because it’s rather hidden at DJ Nitrogen. Click here for Free iPhone Ringtones and download the Ringtone Lab. This free version only works with the iPhone and it won’t be free forever, so get it now and sync all the free iPhone ringtones you’d like. Consider it a perk for owning a very cool phone. It’s fast, easy, and as we said, free. Don’t bother with all that “Here’s how to get free ringtones using iTunes” stuff. You know, like “Go to the “Options” tab, then find the “Start Time” and “Stop Time” check boxes to set your length… Right-click on your “ringtone length” song and choose “Convert Selection to AAC” plus four or five other steps.
Skip all those steps - just get the Ringtone Lab for the iPhone while it’s still free.
Panel of judges imposes truce between music producers and digital sellers -
The Copyright Royalty Board ruled to keep royalties on CDs, downloads, online streaming services and ringtones broadly unchanged, imposing a “truce” between music labels, songwriters and digital music services such as Apple’s iTunes store.
Apple Threatens to Close iTunes Store Over Possible Royalty Hikes - Mac Rumors -
Unlikely they’ll do so but it makes for a juicy threat.
Turn Down That Metallica Ringtone! -
Of course we know Metallica is too loud and “Death Magnetic” the dynamic range of a jackhammer, but it’s not just Metallica. Lot’s of music tries to be louder now and the result is less dynamic range. While dynamic range might not be particularly important for your ringtone, it does make a difference in the musical experience.
(Great article from the Wall street Journal, complete with interactive graphics.)
While Congress debates the $700 billion question, MySpace and T-Mobile/Google spent this week rolling out their latest, each seeking to create a new standard.
MySpace aligns with the major labels and launches the new MySpace Music with downloads from Amazon.com (without leaving MySpace Music), an uncertain number of songs (but lots of them to be sure) and an infinite number of playlists (of up to 100 songs each). Infinity times 100 is a lot of major label playlists and opportunities to buy from Amazon. Overall, the service looks very attractive. Searching and streaming songs was quite easy and I’m not yet craving anything from the Dollar Menu. Game changer? We’ll see.
Meanwhile, T-Mobile and Google announced that the HTC G1, the first Android phone, is expected to ship October 22nd. Touch screen plus a keyboard, lots of features and the Android Market - a more open version of the iPhone Apps Store. Coolest feature? Quite possibly it’s Compass Mode, which could forever change the way we scope out new rendezvous locations. Game changer? The beginning of it.