Verizon Wireless will release the "Calling All Bands" winner's song on V
CAST Music -- marking the first time an unsigned band will release its first
single on a wireless phone. The winner will also work with Verizon Wireless
to produce a music video that will be released on V CAST, plus a ring tone and
ring back tone of the winning song that will be available for purchase by
Verizon Wireless customers. He performs throughout New York City and his music can
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Contact: Maura Wozniak /VH1
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The top five
entries to receive the most votes will become finalists; Verizon Wireless and
MySpace will select the winner from the finalists and the winner will be
announced on MySpace on March 29.
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Bronx Resident Franco Anthony in the Running to Be the First to Launch Their Career on V CAST Music

V CAST Music runs on Verizon Wireless ' broadband network, the most robust,
award-winning wireless broadband network in the nation, available to about 150
million people from coast to coast.verizonwireless.com's members. Crossfade was discovered through this process, and
brought to showcase for Sony Music Label Group President/CEO Don Ienner , who
obviously was intrigued by the research, heard the hits with his own ears, and
offered the band a deal on the spot. "This is proof that they have a way for unsigned bands to prove
they not only deserve a deal, but can compete against the big bands. Without them,
we never would have gotten where we are today".

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perform with the Marine Park Area Band -- student musicians from
PS 222, PS 207 and Marine Park Middle School -- all VH1 Save The
Music schools.

Students from the Third Street Music School Settlement , which
provides quality music and arts education programs to primarily
Lower East Side school children.

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The lucky winning
band will have the opportunity to have their song, music video, ring tone and
ring back tone released on Verizon Wireless -- the nation's leading wireless
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Promosquad HitPredictor and Crossfade: Music Industry's Secret Weapon Strikes Gold

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The latest proof that the HitPredictor model works comes in the form of
the band Crossfade, a group that promosquad HitPredictor discovered,
researched , and signed to Columbia Records. The group's first single "Cold"
is now rapidly climbing the Mainstream Top 40 radio charts after hitting #2 at
Alternative, #1 at active rock, and gaining status as the most played single
of the year nationwide at that format. Artists whose songs show hit potential are then A+R'd
more thoroughly and then considered for signing", according to promosquad
HitPredictor 's Doug Ford.com
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Highlights for VH1 Save The Music's "Family Day" include:

WHO: Peter Cincotti, the critically acclaimed singer and pianist, will
perform songs from his new CD "On The Moon.
The fact is that there are countless examples of many labels that have
literally changed their minds on which song to release to radio based on
HitPredictor results, and have scored with some of their biggest hits ever as
a result of following the opinions of promosquad. "Getting actual music fans'
opinions of music prior to release has now become a valuable part of the
process" Guy Zapoleon says he hopes HitPredictor research results will
"continue to encourage radio programmers to take more chances and stick with
songs for longer periods of time .
"We have worked this record for over a year and a half, and it continues
to perform", says Columbia Records Group Executive VP Stu Bergen.com operates a "Get Famous" program, which accepts unsigned
releases from its members.

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, Solo artist Franco Anthony, of the
Bronx , is one step closer to having the opportunity of a lifetime -- the
chance to be the first unsigned recording artist to launch his career on a
wireless phone. MySpace, with more than one million registered
bands, helps Verizon Wireless bring authentic bands to the mobile world,
further extending the music experience on customers' communication devices
they use most every day -- their wireless phones .com's HitPredictor and the undying
support of that company to finally close our deal.

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WHERE: The American Museum of Natural History
Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
Central Park West at 79th Street

WHEN: Sunday, April 10, 2005
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Customers need a V CAST-enabled phone and
a subscription to the V CAST VPak, which is $15.00 monthly access, added to
their Verizon Wireless calling plan to access V CAST Music and music videos on
their phones.com. For more information , visit
http://www..

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Franco Anthony was selected by Verizon Wireless and MySpace
as one of the 15 semi-finalists in the "Calling All Bands" contest from more
than 4,000 bands that entered from across music genres. Customers interested in managing their music from their PCs in
the V CAST Music Online Store can do so without a V CAST VPak.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 51.m.

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He has produced four tracks for R+B
singer Mark McLaughlin and recently opened for John Legend at a Hot 97
sponsored production. Their self titled debut release was
just certified with Gold status by the RIAA.

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BRONX, N. He is a self-taught musician who plays every instrument
on each of his songs and has a deep appreciation for a wide variety of music,
including soul, rock, R+B and hip-hop.com/music.com /multimedia.

Many major and independent record companies, artists, and artist managers now
utilize promosquad HitPredictor's music research as a regular and essential
part of their rollout of new music. HitPredictor's results are incredibly
accurate, and are used to guide labels in picking which singles to release to
radio, and even on which artists to sign to record deals.

"It is a very
competitive field, and labels spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to make
and break their music," says Rick Bisceglia.

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NEW YORK, As record labels struggle to pull out of
one of the worst slumps in their history by better relating to consumers and
by cost-effectively releasing their strongest product, one company has quietly
turned to the fans' opinions for the ultimate solution ..

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3 million customers.
From March 13 through March 22, the MySpace community of friends and fans
can listen to Franco Anthony and all the semifinalists and vote online for
their favorite band at http://www.99 if purchased from the PC or $1.and is succeeding
in guiding labels and artists in choosing their strongest music and biggest
hits.

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V CAST Music
V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless lets customers play music on their
wireless phones from well-known and independent artists -- the same device
they have come to rely upon for entertainment, information and mobile
communication.
V CAST Music is available through Verizon Wireless' 2,000 Communications
Stores and Circuit City locations and online at
http://www.3 million voice and data customers.
Lead by music industry veterans Rick Bisceglia, Guy Zapoleon, and Doug
Ford, Promosquad HitPredictor over the past 2 years has become the undisputed
#1 brand of predictive music research in the nation, with charts featured in
Billboard magazine, the Billboard Radio Monitor, and Entertainment Weekly. "Standouts are placed into the HitPredictor system
for predictive testing."
Crossfade's Ed Sloan agrees, "Promosquad HitPredictor was there from day one,
and was the primary reason we were brought to Columbia records.

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Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD). NEW YORK, Critically acclaimed singer and pianist
Peter Cincotti, New York's own Third Street Music Settlement Society and an
instrument "petting zoo" are all part of VH1 Save The Music Foundation's
first-ever "Family Day" in New York City at the American Museum of Natural
History's Milstein Hall of Ocean Life on Sunday, April 10.

WHAT: An instrument "petting zoo" provided by Korg Sountree and Sam Ash
will give children hands-on experience with a variety of musical
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and downloaded over the air onto a V CAST Music phone.verizonwireless.verizonwireless.

For more information, please visit http://www.

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Franco Anthony, a singer, songwriter and producer, started playing drums
when he was eight years old and performing in local bands and writing his own
music in junior high.com /thefam2. To preview and request broadcast-quality
video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log
on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www. The company is promosquad HitPredictor, and it performs online
predictive music research with a huge nationwide database of music fans on the
"Hit" potential of new songs before they are released to the radio and retail. "The radio
research on the song "Cold" has been amazing; exactly as promosquad
HitPredictor 's system predicted it would be.

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"Family Day" is a highlight of "Save The Music Week" in New York City from
April 4-11, which promotes the benefits of music education and increases
awareness about the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's efforts to restore music
education programs in public schools in New York and across the country.com

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The V CAST Music Store will contain a million songs by spring
and lets customers browse, preview, download and play high-quality digital
music from their phones or in the Verizon Wireless V CAST Music Online Store. Find more information on the Web
at http://www.crossfadeonline.

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myspace.com/callingallbands.
V CAST Music songs cost $0.

VH1 Save The Music Foundation Celebrates 'Family Day' at the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday April 10

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