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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FreeHand
Systems Begins Selling FreeHand Systems’ MusicPad Pro®
at Guitar Center stores.
Leading
Musical Instrument Retailer Launches Sales Online and at Five In-store
Clinics.
LOS
ALTOS, Calif. – September 13, 2006 –FreeHand Systems,
Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International,
Inc. (OTC:FSYI), announced today that its products, including its
flagship product, the MusicPad Pro®, will be introduced over
the next month at five Guitar Center (AMEX:GTRC) in-store clinics
in New York, California and Nevada. In addition consumers can now
purchase the products online at Guitar Center’s website www.guitarcenter.com.
FreeHand Systems is the elite digital music company whose revolutionary
technology is shaping the future of the distribution and performance
of sheet music.
FreeHand
Systems will conduct clinics launching the product, featuring musicians
who use the MusicPad Pro as well as a detailed demonstration of
the product. The clinics scheduled are as follows:
- September
13, 7PM, Guitar
Center San Jose, Featuring Mike Garson
- September
16, 2PM, Guitar
Center Las Vegas, Featuring Mike Garson
- September
19, 7PM, Guitar
Center Hollywood, Featuring Mike Garson
- September
30, 2PM, Guitar
Center Manhattan, Featuring Jordan Rudess
- October
16, 7PM, Guitar
Center Sherman Oaks, Featuring Mike Garson
“We
look forward to expanding into all 184 Guitar Center stores following
a successful initial launch in these five stores,” said Kim
Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems. “FreeHand is committed to distributing
our products nationwide and adding Guitar Center to our retailer
network helps us achieve our sales goals for this year.”
FreeHand
Systems, Inc. (www.freehandsystems.com), 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 performance and education tablet, the MusicPad
Pro® Plus, which has an MSRP of $1199. 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 85,000 titles for digital download to print or transfer
to the MusicPad Pro, which can range from $1.95 for a simple one-page
lead sheet to over $50 for a full performing score and parts.
Guitar
Center, Inc (AMEX:GTCR) is the leading United States retailer of
guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio
and recording equipment, operating 184 Guitar Center stores across
the United States. In addition, its Music & Arts Center division
operates 92 stores specializing in band instruments for sale and
rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and
students. Guitar Center also operates the largest direct response
retailer of musical instruments in the United States, Musician's
Friend, Inc., which sells through its catalog and website, www.musiciansfriend.com.
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. |
