A method (900) and system in the form of a telephone (100) for defining and playing on the radio telephone a user defined audible alert or ring tone enables creative selection of portions of digital music files. The method (900) includes receiving (905) an incoming communication signal for communicating with a user of a radio telephone (100). Next, the method (900) provides for identifying (910) a pre-selected music file, the music file being pre-selected by the user from a plurality of music files stored on the telephone (100) to provide the audible alert in response to the receiving. The audible alert is the played (915) in which the audible alert comprises a pre-defined portion of the pre-selected music file thereby informing the user to the incoming communication signal, the portion of the music file being defined by a first stop point in the music file.