Ring Tones Duet

I’m not really liking my new cell phone. My old phone was not a flip phone, so when I pulled it out of my pocket, the display and keypad were right there—I didn’t have to flip it open to see who was calling, what time it was, or to start dialing. The keypad numbers were all raised rubber buttons, so I could dial by feel, without having to even look at the phone.

My new phone must be flipped open to see the menu and to dial. It’s also slick, physically, so handling it with one hand is not easy. And the buttons are flat on the keypad, so I can’t feel them to dial without looking at it. It looks cool and all, but for handling, my old clunker was better.

The only feature I have come to like with my new phone is the ability to record sounds and use them as ring tones. I can have a different sound/ring for every contact in my phone book. So far, though, I’m only using one ring for all calls: my two young sons saying, “ring ring, ring ring.” It’s really cool, to me. It’s probably annoying to anyone else hearing it.

It took me half a dozen tries to get the boys to do it right. I explained what I was doing, showed them how I was going to do it, and even did a couple tests with them before actually recording anything.

I wanted them both to say “ring ring” together, but ended up going with the oldest saying it first followed by the youngest repeating it.

The first few tries to record the sound came out like this:

(Before comma is 6 year old, after comma is 2 year old.)

“ng ring, . . . . . . . . . . . ring ring.”

“ring ring, what is dat?”

“RING RING, hehehe WING WING.”

“Say it now?, say now?”

Child voice talent. How do directors work with them?

Bullgrit
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