Spicing things up.... digi-prompt #030.

Do you all remember the popular #nokia tone. The one that goes tururu, tururu,,tun tun tun! especially when you just switch on the phone and a display of two arms connecting in a handshake comes up the screen. For some reason, I disliked that monotonous ring with all my heart.

When I started getting into phones, my first device was the famous Nokia 3310 model. As excited as I was about having the phone, I was not too excited about its ringtone and so I did my thing. I changed the ringtone to something else and muted the power on and off tone too. I didn't want to be a part of the hundred plus people with the same ringtone who get confused ransacking their bags and pockets for their phones whenever that tururu, tururu,tun,tun,tun! is heard…..geez.

I like to spice up things with my ringtone. As a fun person, you better believe that my ringtone would be fun to listen to. One time while at a youth meeting and having serious deliberations, phones were supposed to be on meeting mode but in a rush, I forgot to initiate meeting mode on my phone. Then a call came in and my beautiful tune diffused throughout the hall. You guys needed to have seen "serious minded" people dancing to the tune of my song.

I stood up to go take the call outside since I could tell from the caller ID that it was from home, meaning something was up but those "serious minded" people begged me to allow the ringtone to keep on playing. Apparently they were having a good time vibing and lip synching to the song of my ringtone, at the expense of an actual call. Did I oblige them? Yes, of course I did. I was a sensation at that time and I had to bask in that glory even if it was for a few seconds before I actually stepped out to take the call.

After my phone call, I came back to my seat to join in the meeting and that was when the bombardment started.

*”Becky, who sang that song?

Do you have it on your phone? I will collect it later via Bluetooth okay”

These and some more were what I encountered because I left my phone ringtone on. I wasn't embarrassed, instead I was feeling fly. After a silent acknowledgement to give them the song later, we all concentrated on the meeting agenda (this happened many years ago before Xender).

That trait of spicing up my ringtone is still ever present till date. I come across a song that catches my fancy, with good danceable beats (*who cares about the lyrics) and I download it to make use of it as my ringtone.

I usually don't have a strict regimen for this. Sometimes it takes two weeks and other times it could be monthly. Sometimes, the change of ringtone is also dependent on my mood. I had once changed my happy ringtone to cry me a river because I was sad but that only lasted for 24 hours and I was back to my happy fun ringtone.

Sometimes, I use movie and cartoon soundtracks too as ringtones. I do especially for my daughter. She is so into music. I could go on and on but I'm sure you guys caught the gist. Whatever song is fun and comes my way is good as a ringtone for me.

Here's a snippet into my ringtone directory 😁