FreeHand Systems MusicPad Pro® Used by All Symphony Musicians at California State University Long Beach Concert; The University Symphony Performed Three Symphonic Works Using the Latest in Digital Sheet Music Technology

Business Wire, May 4, 2006

LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- FreeHand Systems, Inc. ("FreeHand"), wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc. (OTC:FSYI), the elite digital music company whose revolutionary technology is shaping the future of the distribution and performance of sheet music announced that its product, the MusicPad Pro(R) was successfully used by The University Symphony Orchestra of California State University Long Beach. The concert, on April 28, 2006 was the first where all the musicians of a symphony orchestra performed using this new technology.

"We are excited to be the first university in the United States to perform using this amazing technology," said Richard Rintoul, Conductor and Director of Orchestral Activities at CSULB. He added, "in addition to all musicians performing using the MusicPad Pro, we conducted the three works using the beta version of the MusicPad Maestro (TM), FreeHand's conductors unit." Mr. Rintoul and two student conductors, Scott Arakawa and Scott Vanden Berg, conducted works by Wagner, Saint-Saens and Tchaikovsky.

FreeHand Systems is revolutionizing the sheet music performance market and the MusicPad Pro, the MusicPad Maestro(TM), along with the company's digital sheet music website (freehandmusic.com) provide both a new method of distribution and a new method of performance. The implementation of the product in a full symphonic concert environment is a part of FreeHand's product marketing plan and helps confirm the validity of the concept of digital sheet music.

The entire conductor's score for all three pieces was on the MusicPad Maestro, eliminating the need for paper flying around on the podium. Each individual orchestra musician had his or her specific part on the MusicPad Pro, providing a solution to the practical problems of providing printed paper music to over 50 musicians.

FreeHand CEO, Kim Lorz added, "The implementation of our products at this CSULB concert is another confirmation that our product solves many problems musicians have been having for years. We've had smaller ensembles and bands use our product but seeing it in use by a full symphony orchestra is the beginning of the finalization of our vision for the future of sheet music."

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(R) Plus. The pad provides innovative technology to the music industry for displaying and publishing digitally delivered sheet music.