Las Vegas, NV, November 8, 2001 - Virtual Studio Systems, Inc., creators of Windows-based software for amateur and professional songwriters and home recording artists, has upped the ante for affordable songwriting software by including guitar chord charting and song arrangement features into its current Lyricist version 2 release. The software has been enhanced to support three (3) separate views of the song: a Lyrics View presents the lyrics in their own rich-text window; a Chord View supports guitar chord graphs above the lyrics; and a free-form Arrangement View enables users to create arrangements and chord progressions for any song section. Combined with such version one features as a rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and spell checker, plus the ability to organize songs into album categories and email songs automatically, Lyricist v2 gives songwriters and poets a centralized secure archive for their creative endeavors and provides them with all the essential tools of the trade for writing, polishing, and archiving lyrics.

"Lyricist v2 is the next step toward providing all the tools a songwriter could ever want, while keeping it affordable, fun, and easy to use," says VSS product manager Edward Imbriano. "We have surveyed our user base and found that most customers use Lyricist several times a week. We attribute this to the program’s fast learning curve and ease of use. Lyricist has been popular with songwriters since day one; but now, with the addition of our powerful Chord Charting feature and a list price of $49.95, we feel we have created the most complete, affordable songwriting package available today that is truly worthy of its billing as "the songwriter’s best friend." We’re very excited about Lyricist v2, and we think the songwriting community will be too."

Virtual Studio Systems, Inc. (VSS) is a privately held Corporation, founded in September 1999 and became a NAMM member in November 2000. The company’s goal is to bring the finest software solutions to problems encountered by musicians, songwriters, and home and project studio engineers. For more information about TrackNotes and VSS, contact the company via email to info@virtualstudiosystems.com, or visit their website at http://www.virtualstudiosystems.com, or call 888.732.1176.