Net4Music and Music 123 Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide Sheet Music and Instruments Online

Business Wire, Feb 29, 2000

Business & Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 29, 2000

Net4Music (www.net4music.com), the premier portal for musicians, and Music123.com (www.music123.com), the online leader in musical instruments, today announced a comprehensive partnership to provide the world's music community streamlined access to the largest catalog of digitized downloadable sheet music and musical instruments online. The agreement will also include several cross-marketing efforts and additional partnership opportunities with music retailers and music publishers in both the United States and Europe.

"This partnership represents a great opportunity for musicians, composers, and educators to obtain comprehensive, customized service for their specific musical needs whether it be locating a unique instrument or a specific musical arrangement," said Francois Duliege, CEO of Net4Music. "Net4Music is excited to be working with such an established online retailer as Music123.com"

With this new partnership, both sites will possess a link in which visitors will be able to access proprietary products and services offered by both companies. Net4Music currently possesses the largest catalog of digitized downloadable sheet music in existence amounting to 40,000 titles and growing at a rate of 10,000 additional titles per month. The site also features a detailed Musicians Directory enabling musicians, educators, and organizations to communicate and benefit from each other's expertise in a global online community.

Music123.com is one of the Internet's leading retailer for musical instruments and related products. It offers a full line of the top brands of instruments, sound equipment, accessories, software and printed sheet music; a selection that currently totals more than 100,000 SKUs. In recognition of the high level of service it provides customers through its sales staff of professional musicians, top manufacturers, including Yamaha, Fender, and Gibson, have chosen Music123.com as one of their select e-commerce dealers.

"Our partnership with Net4Music gives us a great opportunity to provide a more complete service to our customers by offering downloadable sheet music," said Steve Zapf, CEO of Music123.com. "Our mutual drive for innovative technology, superior customer service, and love of music, makes our partnership a perfect match. We look forward to the opportunities of our partnership and we will enthusiastically pursue the possibilities of the future."

ABOUT NET4MUSIC

Net4Music is a company for musicians, by musicians. Using Internet technology, Net4Music has revolutionized the distribution of sheet music by licensing the digital distribution rights to the world's largest catalog of titles from all music genres and offering secure downloads of this sheet music. Net4Music's innovative services empower the music end user by providing musicians and composers with immediate access to one of the largest collections of musical scores along with unparalleled copyright protection for music publishing. Through Net4Music's web site, musicians can reference and download sheet music for faster, easier and safer distribution than was previously possible. With its cutting-edge services and growing number of strategic partnerships, Net4Music is fast becoming the premier online portal for musicians.

ABOUT MUSIC123.COM

Music123.com is a leading online retailer of musical instruments that is participating in the transformation of the musical instrument retail market. It sells a full-line of the top brands of musical instruments and related products to musicians all over the United States and, in many cases, the world. Product offerings include Amplifiers, Guitar & Bass, Percussion, Keyboard & Computer Studio, Recording, DJ/Pro Audio, Brass, Woodwinds, Stringed Instruments, Accessories, Software and Printed Sheet Music. Music123.com also has the Internet's leading school music retail division, focused on serving the specialized needs of schools, teachers, and students across the country. It has consistently been recognized for the quality of its site, its sales staff of professional musicians, and its dedication to customer service by both industry publications and top manufacturers.