September 4, 2007
The Ringtone Society and The Rise of Ringtone Art
The Ringtone Society, a platform initiated in the Netherlands by Muzieklab for the artistic development of the ringtone, has been invited by the Grand Canyon Music Festival to take part in the festival's 2007 Native American Composers Apprentice Project for a unique new ringtone initiative in Arizona.
The objectives of The Ringtone Society are to stimulate "The Art of Ringtonism", and the investigation of the possibilities for the mobile phone as a medium for music production and distribution.
According to Theo Andriessen, initiator of The Ringtone Society, the public is fed up with terribly produced ringtones that overflow the market. "It is time for an artistic offensive. The ringtone offers a new creative challenge for musicians and composers and a chance to be heard by a new public at several different locations."
The Ringtone Society has already collected more than 500 unique ringtones, poetry tones and videotones worldwide and has been a featured presenter at the popfestival Lowlands in Holland and the Melbourne International Art Festival in Australia.
Plans are underway to make The Ringtone Society a regular collaborator with GCMF and NACAP.
All ringtones recorded during this project can be downloaded free-of-charge at: ringtonesociety.com.
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