FreeHand Systems Finalizes Agreement to Offer Digital Sheet Music in China

FreeHand Systems Finalizes Agreement to Offer Digital Sheet Music in China

September 25, 2006

Contract With People's Music Publishing House Makes FreeHand the First Company to Sell Western Sheet Music in China Via the Internet

    LOS ALTOS, Calif., Sept. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
FreeHand Systems, Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand
Systems International, Inc. (OTC: FSYI), announced today
that it had entered into an agreement with the People's
Music Publishing House, Beijing, China, to distribute its
digital sheet music in China.  FreeHand will begin by
offering titles from its classical music catalog (currently
over 50,000 titles) via download in music stores and will
develop a Chinese language website for direct consumer
purchase.  FreeHand Systems is the elite digital music
company whose revolutionary technology is shaping the
future of the distribution and performance of sheet music.


    "As the 4th largest economy in the world, China
offers FreeHand major opportunities to sell digital sheet
music," said Kim Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems. 
"FreeHand is already distributing its MusicPad Pro(R)
in China through Tom Lee Music.  Now, this new relationship
reinforces our leading role in providing access to digital
sheet music to this growing market where almost every
family owns a musical instrument.  We see major growth
potential in this market for not just classical, but also
folk, jazz, blues and Western pop music."

    Wu Bin, Editor in Chief, People's Music Publishing
House, stated, "I am pleased and proud that PMPH will
be working with FreeHand on this project. We are very
excited to begin to provide more excellent music, both
Western and Chinese, for our music lovers.  We are looking
forward to working with FreeHand and establishing our
partnership, so that the over 220 million music students in
China will have access to digital distribution from their
local music store and directly via the new Chinese language
website."
    
    People's Music Publishing House is the leading
professional music publisher in China with an over 70-year
history of successfully publishing Chinese and foreign
books on music, music scores, textbooks, reference books
and audio visual products to the growing Chinese musician
market.  It's uniquely designed and well-edited music
textbooks have been welcome in primary and secondary
schools all over China.  PMPH's annual sales, at about $1
billion have been growing at over 10% per year.  

    FreeHand Systems, Inc. ( http://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(R) 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 (
http://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 complete set of score and
performance parts.

    For more information, please contact:

     FreeHand Systems, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

SOURCE  FreeHand Systems, Inc.