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Admit it... If you are one of the countless throngs of people who has purchased or downloaded a ringtone for your cell phone, you probably already know that there is a certain amount of vanity involved. "What's that?" you say. "What does vanity have to do with how I choose to alert myself when a call is coming in?" Please...who do you think you're fooling?

Country music, like any musical format, has had its fair share of controversies over the years. In recent times, there have been a number of so called traditional country music artists who have made disparaging comments in regard to the current state of country music. Complaints of the sellout mentality have been rampant since country started enjoying true mainstream popularity in the 90's, but reached a fever pitch at the turn of the century when artists such as Shania Twain and Faith Hill bared their midriffs and crossed over to the pop charts thanks to smooth production

Some may debate whether Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash" or the beginning of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" was the first music to unequivocally be associated with Halloween, while other's may insist that nothing truly scary made an impact on the national consciousness until the Starland Vocal Band released "Afternoon Delight".

Digital shorts available through sites such as http://video.ez-tracks.com/ and www.youtube.com are increasing in popularity as more and more internet users are seeking out homemade, music and other types of video files for entertainment.

Whether it's Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" playing to the baby boomer generation on behalf of General Motors or Mountain's "Mississippi Queen" helping to set the tone for a steamy Budweiser commercial, corporations are turning to well known rock anthems to help push their ad campaigns.