MakeMusic! Announces Release of Finale SongWriter; Affordable Music Notation Product Targets Songwriters - Brings Their Songs to Life

Business Wire, May 5, 2005

MINNEAPOLIS -- MakeMusic!(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:MMUS) announced today the release of Finale SongWriter(TM), the latest addition to its family of innovative music notation software. Finale SongWriter allows users to quickly and easily compose and arrange music, hear their work and print premium-quality sheet music.

Created for songwriters of all levels, including those who may be new to notation software, Finale SongWriter offers a large array of powerful but easy-to-use features. Notes can be entered via a computer keyboard, a MIDI keyboard, or by importing MIDI files. Users can effortlessly add key and time signatures, lyrics, chords, guitar fingerboards, markings and musical instructions.

Additionally, Finale SongWriter can automatically generate two- and three-voice harmonies and drum grooves. The software also allows the user to create and edit guitar and bass tablature, save MIDI files and create MP3 files. Musicians can experiment with over 129 professional instrument sounds (a free professional software synthesizer is included). Songs sound like they're being performed by live musicians thanks to "Human Playback(TM)". All of these features come at an affordable price of $49.95.

"Songwriters need to experiment," stated Anne Donnelly, Director of Marketing. "They need to try different melodies, harmonies and rhythms. SongWriter encourages this experimentation and allows users to hear their music and the changes they make to it. When it sounds great, they can create an MP3 to save to CD or e-mail to their friends. And of course they can print it out with the same quality as the world's best publishers."

Finale SongWriter is available for Windows(R) and Macintosh(R) computers. To learn more, go to www.finalemusic.com.

About MakeMusic! Inc.

MakeMusic!(R) Inc. is a world leader in music-education technology whose mission is to enhance and transform the experience of making, teaching and learning music. Among its leading products are Finale(R), the world's best-selling music notation software, and SmartMusic(R), the complete music practice system that features Intelligent Accompaniment(R) and the world's largest interactive accompaniment library. MakeMusic! maintains its corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company can be reached at www.makemusic.com.