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To: Joe Copia who wrote (17744)	7/14/1999 8:19:00 AM
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MIDI news. Tuesday July 13, 8:31 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Customized Products Launched by Midisoft Corporation Worship Studio First Community of Interest Release ISSAQUAH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1999--Midisoft Corporation (OTC BB:MIDI) music technology pioneer and a recognized leader of innovative applications for the control and use of music and sound on personal computers and the Internet, today announced that they have released Midisoft® Worship Studio(TM), the newest version of the Company's flagship Midisoft Studio® product line. This represents the first targeted market of specific communities of interest that Midisoft has identified as having defined requirements for music. Worship Studio is initially being sold at nationwide retailers Mars Music Inc., and Sam Ash Music Inc. The Company is applying its over thirteen years of expertise in helping musicians create music using a personal computer to bring solutions to these common interest communities. Along with the millions of aspiring and practicing musicians, there are many other users of music. These consumers have unique requirements in addition to those enthusiasts who enjoy playing, learning and experiencing music. Designed specifically for the church music market, Midisoft's revolutionary interface and powerful technology distinguish Worship Studio as the leading software product to serve this community's specific needs. The product allows for unlimited MIDI tracks, eight digital audio tracks, digital audio editing and publisher-quality printed output with percussion notation and guitar chord symbols and Midisoft added 1,000 traditional hymns and new features to create Midisoft Worship Studio. Dan Santos, Director of Sales and Marketing of Midisoft stated, ''The release of Worship Studio represents Midisoft's new strategic focus to identify markets with specific requirements, needing special products. For example, every week 168,000 churches buy or produce sheet music for their choirs, worship teams and bands. This market alone uses more than 3,000,000 pieces of printed music every Sunday. As a result of focus group research, Midisoft custom tailored a program to fulfill this demand.'' Santos continued, ''In the future, we plan to release other products tailored to the specific requirements of additional communities of interest that would also benefit from a more tailored Midisoft Studio.'' Terry Tarsiuk, Worship Leader at Christian Faith Center in Seattle, Wash. said, ''Worship Studio is so easy to use that I can now delegate more work to volunteers and assistants, thereby allowing me more time to manage and expand the creativity of our music ministry.'' Paul Barber of 1st Church of the Nazarene in Lewiston, Idaho said, ''We really appreciate the great service that Midisoft is providing our community in manufacturing Worship Studio. This software is just what we were looking for and will save us countless hours of time in using it.'' Midisoft Corporation is the music technology pioneer and a recognized leader of sound applications for use on personal computers and the Internet. The company develops and sells music creation software for musicians to compose, edit and record music and print engraver quality sheet music. It develops and markets sound management products for users to conveniently access Internet content, sound controls and media files directly from their desktops. Midisoft's products help make the wealth of web-based content available and accessible for the enjoyment of increasing numbers of consumers who join the Internet daily. Based in Issaquah, Washington, the Company develops award-winning consumer and business products that are sold at retail and licensed to third-party manufacturers, destination websites and content portals. For further information on the company, please visit the Midisoft website at www.midisoft.com, or Dan Santos, Director of Sales and Marketing at 425/313-3452 or dans@midisoft.com. Midisoft is a registered trademark of Midisoft Corporation. All other names mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies. All statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the Company's plans will be realized, that revenues will increase or that the Company's operations will improve. Reference is made to Midisoft's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended Dec. 31, 1998 and to the Company's other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of such risks and uncertainties and other factors that may have a material effect on the Company's business. Contact: The Investor Relations Group Dian Griesel, Ph.D./Juan Dominguez, 212/736-2650 TheProTeam@aol.com OR Midisoft Marsha Murry, 425/313-3412 marsham@midisoft.com