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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FreeHand
Systems’ eMusicExpress In-Store Download-To-Print Sheet Music
Service Now Available In Over 750 Retail Locations Worldwide.
Added
Retailers in Canada, Germany and Iceland Brings Number of Retail
Stores to 400.
LOS
ALTOS, Calif. – June 9, 2006 –FreeHand Systems, Inc.,
wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc.
(OTC: FSYI), has reached another major milestone with its In-Store
Download-To-Print service, eMusicExpress. The company is thrilled
to announce the addition of its 400th retailer. The service is now
available at over 750 retail locations around the world. FreeHand
Systems is the elite digital music company whose revolutionary technology—the
MusicPad Pro®—is shaping the future of the distribution
and performance of sheet music. eMusicExpress is FreeHand’s
service that offers music retailers access to over 75,000 digital
sheet music titles available immediately without the need to stock
paper sheet music.
New
retailers have been added around the world including Long &
McQuade, the largest music retailer in Canada. Regional music retailers
offering their customers access to FreeHand’s download-to-print
sheet music service include Brook Mays, Pender’s West Music,
Mills Music, Tom Lee Canada and Willis Music.
Kim
Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems said, “The growth of our eMusicExpress
service continues at a monthly rate of 25% and acceptance by the
music retailers has been a part of our plan to lead the industry
in a transition from paper sheet music to digital. Our MusicPad
along with our digital sheet music is changing the way musicians
and educators access and perform music today.”
FreeHand
Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Freehand Systems International,
Inc. (FSYI), is the global leader in digital sheet music publishing
and is the manufacturer of the first digital music tablet, the MusicPad
Pro® Plus. The pad provides innovative technology to the music
industry for displaying and publishing digitally delivered sheet
music. The company's digital
sheet music website (www.freehandmusic.com)
offers over 75,000 titles for digital download and transfer to the
MusicPad Pro.
Investor
Contact:
650-941-0742 (Investor Relations)
investorrelations@freehandsystems.com
Media
Contact: Clyde Beswick, VP Marketing
FreeHand Systems, Inc.
95 First Street, Suite 200
Los Altos, CA 94022
310.275.9269
cbeswick@freehandsystems.com
Note
to editors: For additional information visit FreeHand System’s
website, www.freehandsystems.com. FreeHand Systems, Inc., MusicPad
Pro®, MusicPad Pro® Plus, MusicPad Maestro™ are trademarks
of FreeHand Systems, Inc.
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This
press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning
of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), including statements regarding potential
sales, the success of the company's business, as well as statements
that include the word "believe" or similar expressions.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of FreeHand Systems International, Inc.
to differ materially from those implied or expressed by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, among others, the risk factors
included in FreeHand Systems International, Inc.'s Annual Report
and any subsequent reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange
Act. This press release speaks as of the date first set forth above
and FreeHand System International, Inc. assumes no responsibility
to update the information included herein for events occurring after
the date hereof. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated due to factors such as the lack of capital, timely development
of products, inability to deliver products when ordered, inability
of potential customers to pay for ordered products, and political
and economic risks inherent in international trade.
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