Have you ever been stuck sitting in the mall food court with nothing but Panic! At The Disco and My Chemical Romance ring tones emanating every two seconds from the 13- year-olds sitting at the table across from you and wondered how great it would be if you could just throw your favorite Gothenburg style death metal band at them, but can’t because they aren’t signed to a major label, and, hence do not have ring tones? Thanks to myxer.com, independent artists now have their own method for creating and selling ring tones in a free, easy to use manner.

The Myxer website essentially works with two subsets: Myxer Tags and Myxer Codes. Myxer Tags allows bands to sell or share their songs as ring tones straight from their MySpace or band website. Myxer Codes allows bands to send text message shout outs and sells ring tones during a live performance.

For the past several years, mobile companies lacked both the time and will to create ring tones for anyone but platinum-selling major label artists, but now Myxer has thrown in an option for independent artists to help level the playing field. Several artists have already begun using Myxer, especially Skid Row, to distribute their ring tones without the involvement of major mobile or record companies.

Bands benefit from Myxer by showing selfsufficient marketing skills to promoters, managers and labels, or, in the the opposite manner, it can be used as a tool to stay independent of major labels while still enjoying access to one of the benefits. For more information on buying ring tones or selling your band’s, visit myxertones.com.