HAL LEONARD TO BE EXCLUSIVE MUSIC CHANNEL DISTRIBUTOR
OF SINGING COACH SOFTWARE
Category-Creating ‘Learn-to-Sing’ Software from Carry-a-Tune Technologies
Continues to Add New Distribution with Launch in Musical Instrument Stores

TAMPA, Fla., March 2, 2005 – Singing CoachTM, the unique new ‘learn-to-sing’software from Carry-a-Tune Technologies, will now be available to musical instrument retail stores nationwide through an exclusive distribution agreement with Hal Leonard Corporation, the world's largest music print publisher and the leading music channel
distributor.

Singing Coach and Singing Coach UnlimitedTM use specialized computer-aided pitch tracking to teach people how to sing in tune and on tempo. The products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated on-screen vocal coaching to teach people at all levels to sing, whether or not they can read music. These first-of-their-kind
products take the fun of karaoke and add real-time visual feedback of the singer’s pitch and rhythm to enable adults and children alike to improve their singing.

“We are proud to bring this innovative new product to an untapped market,” said Doug Lady, vice president of sales for Hal Leonard. “Singing Coach will appeal equally to serious singers, because it's such a fantastic diagnostic tool, and to casual users looking to have a good time making music. Our retailers are excited about stocking these CDROMs.”

“Singing Coach has quickly become the popular choice for people like me who want to learn to sing on pitch and in tune and to enjoy singing,” said company founder and President Carlo Franzblau, who developed the software. “The singing voice is really a musical instrument, so it is only appropriate that the product be available at locations where people go to buy music and instruments. By working with Hal Leonard we are making the software available to an even larger slice of the American public who love to
sing.”

Singing Coach and Singing Coach Unlimited are both powered by Carry-a-TuneTM technology. The software tracks their pitch as people sing and displays it as a pitch-tracking line on the screen, superimposed above either a ‘sheet music’ or ‘graphic’ view of the song. This system allows the singer to actually see what they are singing in real time.

The Singing Coach learn-to-sing system has as its fundamental goal making it easy for anyone – even the so-called hopelessly ‘tone deaf’ – to learn to control their pitch and rhythm and thereby learn to sing in tune. Simple to install and easy for singers ages 8 to 108 to use, Singing Coach works on PCs running Windows XP, ME and 2000. Users get a high-fidelity headset with built-in microphone plus a selection of practice songs and free song downloads from the Carry-a-Tune Technologies online song library of 200-plus selections ranging from hits to standards.

Singing Coach Unlimited also includes a ‘compose mode,’ in which users can enter any song from sheet music by simply pointing and clicking, or compose their own original songs. Singing Coach Unlimited also includes an ‘import MIDI’ feature that allows users to import standard MIDI files with embedded lyrics. More than 10,000 songs are available for purchase from Carry-a-Tune Technologies’ online music store. The ‘compose mode,’ coupled with the import MIDI feature, truly makes the product ‘unlimited.’

The suggested retail price for Singing Coach is $49.95; Singing Coach Unlimited’s suggested price is $99.95. In addition to musical instrument dealers, Singing Coach and Singing Coach Unlimited are available at retail in CompUSA, Media Play, Fry’s Electronics and J&R Music stores, as well as online at Amazon.com and the company’s web site (www.carryatune.com), via toll-free number 888-378-5050 and in educational and specialty catalogs.

About Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard products are sold in more than 65 countries throughout the world through a large network of distributors. Domestically, the company markets its product to more than 7,500 music stores in the United States and Canada through a team of 45 sales representatives. Hal Leonard products are also sold through mass merchants and in bookstores, variety stores, toy stores, television shopping networks, department stores, electronics stores, record stores, and many other locations, as well as on the Internet. The company currently operates seven websites for musicians, including
www.HalLeonard.com, www.SheetMusicDirect.us, www.YamahaMusicSoft.com and www.FenderPlayersClub.com.
Hal Leonard is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

About Carry-A-Tune Technologies
Carry-a-Tune Technologies (www.carryatune.com), Tampa, Fla., is the developer and marketer of a unique new family of software products that use specialized computeraided pitch tracking to teach people how to sing in tune and on tempo. The company’s initial two consumer products are Singing CoachTM and Singing Coach UnlimitedTM. These products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated onscreen vocal coaching to teach people at all levels to sing better, whether or not they can read music. These first-of-their-kind products take the fun of karaoke and add real-time
visual feedback of the singer’s pitch and rhythm to enable adults and children alike to sing better and enjoy singing.

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Singing Coach, Singing Coach Unlimited, Carry-a-Tune software and Carry-a-Tune technology are
trademarks of Carry-a-Tune Technologies. All other trade names are the property of their respective
owners.