I finally got my hands on a new Apple iPhone 4 to replace the years-old one I dropped and broke a month ago. I decided to add some sonic bling to it by creating new ringtones on my Roland Jupiter 8 Synthesizer. There are two file typse below: iPhone/M4r for the iPhone and MP3s for many other devices.

There are four free ringtones below and subscribers to the mailing list get access to six more. As always, right-click to download:

• Jupiter 8 – Arpeggiator 2 (very Hungry like the Wolf-ish) – iPhone/m4r | MP3
• Jupiter 8 – Arpeggiator 3 – iPhone/m4r | MP3
• Jupiter 8 – Kalimba (my personal fav.) – iPhone/m4r | MP3
• Jupiter 8 – Shimmer (oh so 80s) – iPhone/m4r | MP3

We’ve got our first content winner from the drawing: Jimbo, whose life can be gleaned at his long-running blog http://jimbo.info. Jim often comes to our shows and loves to support/mock (smock?) us by howling like a teeny-bopper so he’s more than earned the Subway LE CD we’ll be sending him out. :)

Tell your friends to join for a chance at the free drawing and to receive a free song gifted from iTunes.

Looking to do something interesting for the band in the way of a video I’ve purchased an old Super 8 Film camera on EBay. The guy I work with swears by them and claims they give a great grungy, mysterious look that should suit the Mesmers perfectly. I’ll try it out this weekend and shoot a quick film of the dogs playing in the water.

Anyone out there used one of these before?

I was joking the other day about buying a banner so folks wouldn’t mistake our name. Hmm. I guess I was asking for it. It seems the ad in Metro Weekly bills us as the “Messmers”.

“It sounds like steam escaping!”
- Buddy Bizzare in Blazing Saddles