Founded in 1997 by Hal Leonard, Sheet Music Direct has been the world's first eCommerce website to offer downloadable sheet music. Today Sheet Music Direct is the world's leading website for digital sheet music, guitar tablature, and backing tracks, offering more than 1.6 million arrangements from the world's top publishers including Hal Leonard, Boosey & Hawkes, Schott Music, Eric Whitacre, Hope Publishing, Rubank, Vitamin String Quartet, Kendor Music, Barbershop Harmony Society, and many others. It was the first sheet music website to offer PDF downloads of official publisher print editions, interactive sheet music via the powerful Noteflight Viewer, and an all-access sheet music subscription service, PASS. Sheet Music Direct is an official, authorized, and licensed service; every sale generates a royalty for the relevant publishers and songwriters.