« Reply #137 on: April 17, 2020, 02:12:21 AM »
I'm in my mid-late 50s and finally got my first cell phone. I'm not an "early adopter" who always has the newest of... anything, really. Looking through all the options on my phone I see where I can upload a ringtone. One of my friends has been doing that for years, but I found out I can make my own instead of downloading them like my friend did. I can record up to 40 seconds and was thinking about using the beginning of Pink Floyd's Time, or where the tubular bells start on Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells album. The whole album is just the song Tubular Bells divided into Part 1 and Part 2. He recorded 14 tracks or however many it took of him playing every instrument on the album by himself, and laid them down one after another until all the instruments were playing at the same time. This was really sophisticated work for a 19-year old back in 1973 when they only had 4-track recorders to work with. It's hard to believe how well these 2 47-year old albums stood up over the years. The tubular bells come into play about 22:50-22:55, and it's the finale of Part 1. If I make one of these my ringtone, I'll see if I can use it for my alarm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYX52BP2Sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXvtDm820zI
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