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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FreeHand
Systems’ MusicPad Pro® Now Available from Musician’s
Friend.
World’s
Largest Direct Response Musical Instrument Retailer Begins Selling
FreeHand Systems’ Products.
LOS
ALTOS, Calif. – May 16, 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®, are now available for sale online
from Musician’s Friend (www.musiciansfriend.com).
In addition Musician’s Friend, the worlds largest musical
instrument and accessories retailer, will offer FreeHand Systems’
products direct to consumers through the many catalogues that are
mailed to musicians across the US and Canada. FreeHand Systems is
the elite digital music company whose revolutionary technology is
shaping the future of the distribution and performance of sheet
music.
“Adding
Musician’s Friend as a new retail partner provides for major
sales growth opportunities as they are a trusted source for musicians
everywhere to buy instruments and accessories,” said Kim Lorz,
CEO of FreeHand Systems. “We expect Musician’s Friend’s
direct mail and online distribution to be a major source of our
products reaching consumers.”
Rob
Welch, Accessory Buyer for Musician’s Friend said, “We
are very pleased and excited to be offering this unique and problem-solving
product to our customers.” Musician’s Friend is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Guitar Center, the leading US retailer of guitars,
amplifiers, keyboards, percussion instruments and pro-audio and
recording equipment.
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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