FreeHand Systems Signs Digital Sheet Music Distribution Deal with BMG Music Publishing; New Relationship Will Add Thousands of New Pop Music Titles

Business Wire, May 23, 2006

LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- FreeHand Systems, Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc. (OTC:FSYI), owner of the leading online digital sheet music website, freehandmusic.com, has announced a licensing agreement with BMG Music Publishing. Under this new long-term agreement, FreeHand Systems and its digital sheet music business gains digital distribution rights to songs published by BMG Music Publishing, the world's third largest Music Publisher. FreeHand Systems is the elite digital music company whose revolutionary technology -- the MusicPad Pro(R) -- is shaping the future of the distribution and performance of sheet music.

Songs covered under this agreement have already been added to the library of songs available online through the company's music website, www.freehandmusic.com. New songs are being added daily. In addition, FreeHand's eMusicExpress digital sheet music distribution website allows music stores to download and print sheet music on demand, without the need to add to inventory.

Kim Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems, said, "We are excited that we will now be able to provide our customers the Pop, Rock, R&B, Country, Latin and contemporary Christian songs that this new agreement allows us to distribute. BMG's catalogue includes many songs that have been at the top of the music charts and we look forward to offering these songs online."

"We are thrilled to partner with BMG Music Publishing, home to one of the greatest Pop catalogues and songs recorded by Maroon5, Nelly, Faith Hill, Barry Manilow, The Who, Coldplay and Ben Folds," added Bruce Donnelly, FreeHand's Chief Music Officer.

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 tablet, the MusicPad Pro(R) 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.

With offices in 24 countries around the world, BMG Music Publishing (www.bmgmusicsearch.com) is the world's third largest independent Music Publisher and the third largest among all Music Publishers. With over one million copyrights in its diverse catalogue, BMG Music Publishing represents music in every genre from some of the world's hottest songwriters including Coldplay, Nelly, Justin Timberlake, Maroon5, R. Kelly, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Christina Aguilera, Shania Twain, Chingy, Korn, Joss Stone and Keane. BMG Music Publishing is a unit of Bertelsman AG, one of the world's largest media companies.