| BugBand release |
MINIMUSIC(TM) RELEASES BUGBAND(TM) EDUCATIONAL MUSIC SOFTWARE FOR PALM OS PLATFORM(TM)
Educational, Musical, and Fun!
| BugBand release |
BugBand is animated and musical. It is an educational program for the Palm OS(r) platform that appeals to both children and adults. Anyone who wants to learn to read music will benefit from this software, and have fun doing it. Users can be drilled on both the treble and bass clef, sharp and flat notes, and piano and guitar. Notes can even be written in with Palm's Graffiti(r) alphabet to teach the letter names of notes (and teaches you to write Graffiti characters fast!).
"Handheld computers have been reserved for the business world long enough," says Chad Mealey, president of miniMusic. "BugBand is reaching new users for the Palm handhelds: children, students, and musicians. Education should be a part of everyone's lives. Now you can take a powerful educational tool, put it in your pocket, and take it everywhere you go. Maybe learning music will become more accessible for everybody. "
T h e n e w s o f t w a r e w i l l r u n o n a n y P a l m P o w e r e d H a n d h e l d o r c o m p a t i b l e r u n n i n g P a l m O S 2 . 0 or high e r , includin g h a n d h e l d c o m p u t e r s f r o m P a l m , H a n d s p r i n g , I B M , T R G , Q u a l c o m m , a n d S o n y . B u g B a n d c a n p l a y notes o n t h e b u i l t - i n s p e a k e r , o r a n y attached electronic music instrument using the industry standard MIDI protocol.
Pricing, Availability, Distribution, and Support
The miniMusic BugBand 1.0 software becomes available for $11.95 U.S. on September 8th, 2000. At this time the software will only be available on the internet, but will soon be available through other channels, including retail. A free demo is currently available for download from the miniMusic web-site at http://www.minimusic.com and from other Palm software distributors such as PalmGear H.Q., Smaller.com and Handango.
About miniMusic
miniMusic was founded in 1999 by Chad Mealey, the designer of the miniMusic software. Operating from San Francisco, miniMusic's goal is to provide portable music tools for composition, education, performance, and entertainment so that musical ideas can be explored anywhere and anytime, giving individuals the freedom of musical expression on their own terms. Chad studied music composition at San Francisco State University and Mesa College in San Diego, California. His computer background includes work at the Salk Institute, The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Biosphere 2 in Arizona.
For more information please visit the miniMusic website at http://www.minimusic.com
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