(Mbig/ www.Mbig.Com)- On launching MBIG.COM www.mbig.com , Mr. Kalikow notes, 'Mobile devices are destined to eclipse the personal computer in the distribution and promotion of music and entertainment content. One reason the U.S. has lagged behind much of the international community in this area is our complex copyright clearance procedure. MBIG has been established to tackle this problem.'
A 'fixture' in the music industry for over thirty years, Mr. Kalikow is Editor & Publisher of 'New On The Charts'(www.notc.com), the music business information service he established in 1976, used by every major record company and music publisher in the U.S., with additional executive subscribers in some twenty countries internationally. To learn more about New On The Charts see https://www.notc.com/about.cfm
MBIG.COM simplifies music licensing for U.S. ringtones
Complicated licensing requirements in the United States, unlike other countries, often require numerous licenses be obtained to sell a single ringtone. This can mean hundreds of dollars in legal fees or hours of in-house research and correspondence…. Now MBIG.COM www.mbig.com simplifies everything with a flat fee per song license structure.
Extensive Music Publisher and Record Company contact information online
• Weekly information update
To compliment its licensing services, MBIG also provides extensive music publisher and record company contact information for every new song reaching the Top 100 Pop, Top 50 Country or Top 50 Urban music trade charts every week.
• Monthly picks
With the assistance of the staff at 'New On The Charts,' MBIG also lists approximately ten songs each month that have not yet charted, but have potential, complete with contact information.
• Back catalog database
The site also includes an extensive search engine, that allows users to search every record to have charted since the year 2000, by title, artist or label for music publishing and record company contact information.
BONUS Realtone Music Library
In addition to the extensive ringtone services, MBIG will license realtones on behalf of its clients. To compliment this service, the MBIG REALTONE MUSIC LIBRARY includes thousands of titles of original masters controlled by MBIG, including classic film and TV themes, Broadway songs, Oldies and numerous other music genres.
Years of International Music Business Experience and Contacts
Over the past thirty years Mr. Kalikow has traveled extensively as a moderator, panelist, and exhibitor at such major music industry events as MIDEM, PopKomm, South By Southwest, CMJ, Canadian Music Week, etc. A pioneer in programming the personal computer in the 80's to produce his newsletter, Leonard was then on the cutting edge of the dot com revolution in the 90's with the first music business search engine, The Music Business Internet Guide (1996). Now he sees a new revolution on the horizon: 'Ringtones are just the beginning. The end game for MBIG is to provide a link between the Mobile community and entertainment content providers. For years my business has been in creating internal music business connections. Helping songwriters reach artists, record companies find producers, artists find managers, and so on… In recent years those links were then extended to film, TV and advertising. Now it's time to add mobile and telecom companies to the mix. As the world goes w! ireless, I'd like MBIG to be part of the information infrastructure supporting the amazing possibilities opened in this process.'
Mr. Kalikow is the Founder and Publisher of New On The Charts [NOTC www.notc.com. Originally established in 1976, NOTC is a subscription only music business information service used by every major U.S. record company and music publisher, as well as numerous other music related businesses worldwide. NOTC circulation is limited to music industry professionals only. The online - print publication provides confidential address, phone, fax, e-mail, leads and contacts unavailable through any other source. However, you must be able to document either national or international professional credentials to subscribe. This means songwriters must have at least one song recorded and commercially released nationally; Managers must represent at least one artist with national or international sales; Record companies must have national distribution, etc. Mr. Kalikow personally approves each new subscription to maintain Industry confidence and the extremely high quality of information. According to Mr. Kalikow, MBIG is a 'natural extension of the services I have offered to the Music Industry.'
