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MakeMusic's Monthly SmartMusic Subscription Report- October 2009

MINNEAPOLIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - MakeMusic, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMUS) today announced monthly subscription results for SmartMusic, the music learning software for band, orchestra and voice. SmartMusic subscriptions as of October month-end numbered 128,012, representing a net gain of 5,435 from the previous month and a 25% increase over the prior year.

SmartMusic GradebookTM, the web-based student grading and records management system included with SmartMusic, showed that 1,533 teachers have issued assignments, a 29% increase over October of last year. Gradebook teachers, those having issued assignments to 50 or more students, totaled 691 at the end of October. This is comparable to 443 Gradebook teachers at the end of October of last year.

Finally, the number of SmartMusic educator accounts was 9,157 compared to 9,003 at the end of September, an increase of 154 accounts.

SmartMusic monthly site license totals are shown in the SmartMusic metrics table below, which has been reformatted from prior months.

SmartMusic Metrics:

Total
Subscriptions

Educator
Accounts

Educators
who've
issued
assignments

Gradebook
Teachers

Site
Licenses

Oct-09 128,012 9,157 1,533 691 275
Sep-09 122,577 9,003 1,178 453 236
Aug-09 116,268 8,783 481 83 209
Jul-09 111,561 8,572 158 6 186
Jun-09 111,059 8,616 1,994 874 203
May-09 110,940 8,718 1,964 874 203
Apr-09 110,661 8,993 1,926 856 208
Mar-09 110,318 9,091 1,874 829 208
Feb-09 109,491 9,083 1,789 776 202
Jan-09 108,773 9,140 1,630 695 202
Dec-08 106,584 9,185 1,436 601 203
Nov-08 104,907 9,153 1,353 549 198
Oct-08 102,363 9,135 1,188 443 192

"Gradebook Teachers" and "Educators who've issued assignments" are annual statistics that restart on July 1 of each year reflecting the start of the school-year cycle.

Follow SmartMusic activities from our Community page which offers access to the SmartMusic Newsletter, Forum, Blog, and links to SmartMusic presence on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and more.

About MakeMusic, Inc.

MakeMusic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, is a world leader in music technology whose mission is to develop and market solutions that transform how music is composed, taught, learned and performed. For more than 20 years, Finale has been the industry standard in music notation software. It has transformed the process by which composers, arrangers, musicians, teachers, students and publishers create, edit, audition, print and publish musical scores. Additionally, MakeMusic is the creator of SmartMusic, the complete practice tool for band, orchestra and voice and SmartMusic GradebookTM, the web-based student grading and records management system. Further information about the company can be found at www.makemusic.com.

MakeMusic, Inc.
Karen VanDerBosch, 952-906-3690
Chief Financial Officer
kvanderbosch@makemusic.com

Tags: Business wire, minnesota, Education and schools, High Tech, Software

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