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Mobile Phone Ring Tones

In early 2001 Jean Hasse began writing melodies for the mobile phone, treating it as a kind of musical instrument. Composing in the traditional way with pencil/paper and then transferring the melodies to the computer, she works within the range of technical constraints as set by the "instrument". Her first set of ring tones were distributed by the Internet company iobox, where customers downloaded the music to their phones. It began as a Valentine’s Day promotion and grew to a collection of over 30 titles. Other Internet companies have since taken a number of pieces onto their sites. Norman Worrall has also composed melodies that Hasse arranged for mobile phone use.

Hasse's original music has attracted considerable media coverage. Her most ambitious mobile phone project was a 3-minute miniature suite written for ten mobile phones, "Can you hear me?", commissioned by iobox. Performed by students from London’s Royal Academy of Music, the first half of the piece was broadcast in April 2002 on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.

New Commissions
Companies can extend their corporate identity to having a logo-type ring tone for staff mobile phones and/or the company's website. Advertising themes for radio and television can also be composed, which can additionally be linked to a ring tone.

New Ring Tones
New Mobile Music is a catalogue of more than a dozen mono ring tones available world-wide from Visible Music for mobile phones. These are new original pieces, not arrangements of existing music, composed specifically for mobile phones, with a variety of titles and moods. Content providers and portals can sample the pieces, then license them for inclusion on their own sites. Current titles include: Can’t Stop, Cool Camel, Going Crazy, Ouch, Remember, See Ya Later, Spinning, Thinking of You, Wait for me, Wiggle, Wizard, and many others. For more details send an email via the contact page.

Send a ring tone to your phone, world-wide

To purchase a Visible Music Unique Ring Tone and download to your phone, visit the special VM web page of the mobile media company, Mobtastic

VM Ringtones

Some of the titles available include the following (click on to hear a sample):

Desert Sun

Loving You

Spice

Wiggle

Without You

For more information, please email via the contact page.