The winning band or songwriter will have the opportunity to
have their song, music video, ring tone and ring back tone released on Verizon
Wireless.
Songs cost $0.

Just a few of the unique exhibits and entertainment include:

-- See working stone carving studios and painting demonstrations
-- Have dinner with original artwork hanging above you and meet the
artist who created it
-- Book stores, bakeries, bars and boutiques turn into galleries
-- Families can dance and drum in an interactive percussion activity with
One World Drummers
-- Groove to traditional Cuban charanga, or rock, jazz, motown and r&b on
the Main Street and California and Santa Clara Street Stages
-- Dance to eclectic beats and art exhibits at the California Street
plaza by the beach
Live music and performances at various locations in the Downtown Cultural
District will have you dancing down the sidewalk while you are looking at
art. CD Baby's
Digital Distribution program has deals with all major digital outlets such as
Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster , Sony Connect, and many others,
making CD Baby one of the leaders in the aggregation of digital content .cdbaby.

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myspace.
V CAST Music runs on Verizon Wireless' broadband network, the most robust,
award-winning wireless broadband network in the nation, available to 150
million people from coast to coast.verizonwireless.3 million voice and data customers. Find more information on the Web at
http: //www.
http://www.

Bill Laswell is a radical musical innovator.

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five entries receiving the most votes will become finalists; Verizon Wireless
will select the winner who will be announced on MySpace March 29.
Hitchhiker is both the nickname and musical brainchild of Antwane Smith of
Capitol Heights, Maryland, a new father who served in the US Army in Bosnia
and Kosovo.verizonwireless ."
CD Baby artists and bands will receive free spins on American Idol
Underground online music network with the option to upgrade to a full account
which will make them eligible to win prizes and demo recording packages and
will entitle them to the spin guarantees associated with paid accounts .

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V CAST Music is available through Verizon Wireless' 2,000 Communications
Stores and Circuit City locations and online at
http://www.
For 10 years the City of Ventura, CA has
presented seasonal ArtWalks in the Spring, Summer and Fall.org.

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Customers
interested in managing their music from their PCs need Windows Media Player
10; a free download of the player is available online in the V CAST Music
store.

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com/callingallbands.00 monthly access, added to their Verizon Wireless calling
plan to access V CAST Music and music videos on their phones. For more information, visit
http: //www.
Fluid Audio will build the largest network of emerging artists and fans by
partnering with some of the world's most recognized entertainment brands
including American Idol (http://www.

About FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas (FLW, Americas) is the US
licensing arm of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and
producers of program brands in the world, with leading prime time drama,
serial drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming in over
40 territories.

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The site, which is an American Idol branded online music
player, will launch in October with music in rotation in 13 music genres,
including pop , rock, rap, R+B, country, electronica, jazz, classical, world,
folk, faith-based, classical, spoken word and comedy.

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Hip-Hop 'Hitchhiker' From Capitol Heights MD in the Running to Launch Music by Cell Phone on V CAST Music

V CAST Music
V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless lets customers play music from well-
known and independent artists on their wireless phones -- the same devices
they have come to rely on for mobile entertainment, information and
communication. 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.6 million
CDs to customers worldwide and paid over $16 million to musicians.com.

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Hitchhiker began his music career at age 14, but he describes his musical
education and his nickname starting around age seven when his parents'
separated. The program Verizon Wireless is
running on MySpace helped Verizon Wireless introduce up and coming bands to
the mobile world, further extending the music experience on customers'
communication devices they use most every day -- their wireless phones .myspace.99 if purchased from the PC or $1.

For
more information, visit http://www.

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From March 13 through March 22, the MySpace network of more than 60
million users can listen to Hitchhiker and all the semifinalists and vote
online for their favorite at http://www. The winner will also collaborate with Verizon
Wireless and a MySpace Independent Filmmaker to produce a music video that
will be released on V CAST and the Calling all Bands Community on MySpace,
plus a ring tone and ring back tone of the winning song that will be available
for purchase by Verizon Wireless customers.com/multimedia.

PRESS RELEASE Summer ArtWalk 2005 on August 20 to Showcase 150 Ventura County Artists and 20 Performances in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District

Over 150
Ventura County artists will display artwork at 86 downtown locations,
including art galleries, working studios and various fun and funky
"gallery-for-a-day" venues.com) with a diverse range of music content for the launch
of the Web site. This
arrangement also will make CD Baby a preferred online CD retailer for American
Idol Underground."
Along with initial entry onto the American Idol Underground play list, CD
Baby artists will be promoted on the site during the first few months after
the launch.

About CD Baby
CD Baby is an online seller and distributor for independent recording
artists and labels.

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, Local Hip Hop band Hitchhiker is one
step closer to being the first unsigned songwriter to launch a musical career
on a wireless phone."
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. Void outside the U.com.

Fluid Audio Networks Partners With CD Baby in Content Deal for American Idol Underground

idolunderground.

About Fluid Audio Networks
Fluid Audio Networks (http://www.fluidaudio.

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"I love all kinds of
music -- jazz , reggae, pop, rock, Latin -- everything.
Customers need a V CAST-enabled phone and a subscription to the V CAST
VPak, which is $15. Art and music lovers will not want to miss this unique self-guided
walking tour that brings together area artists, studios, galleries,
downtown merchants and visitors of all ages in a celebration of visual and
performing art.
"The partnership with CD Baby will ensure that on the day we launch, our
online radio player will feature music from some of the world 's best
independent artists.com

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verizonwireless.us by clicking on the "Press Room" link . Highly Anticipated Website Will Launch With Music From CD Baby in 13 Genres

LOS ANGELES , Los Angeles-based Internet company
Fluid Audio Networks and online independent music retailer CD Baby announced
today a partnership to stock American Idol Underground
(http://www.com) is a Los Angeles-based Internet
company which develops entertainment focused self-publishing applications .

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S. FLW, Americas exploits FremantleMedia's many strong brands
including the award winning, American Idol, the world's longest running game
show The Price Is Right, the ever-popular Family Feud, and other classic game
shows across multiple off-screen platforms including merchandising campaigns,
interactive and wireless support, home entertainment and music publishing.

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Hitchhiker was selected by Verizon Wireless and MySpace
to be one of the 15 semifinalists in the "Calling All Bands" contest
(http://www. I'm trying to relay a
positive message so people can both listen and find something that might help
them to grow. Smith's own website is
http://www.

The ArtWalk spans the city's entire Cultural District -- more than ten city
blocks of Historic Downtown Ventura plus Ventura Avenue -- and celebrates
Ventura County's vibrant professional community of artists.ca. Today CD Baby has sold over 1.fremantlemedia.

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He
describes his song "Summer Feeling," as "emotional and passionate; soulful
with a touch of the unpredictable.hikervision.99 if purchased and downloaded
over the air onto a V CAST Music phone. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZVOD).
American Idol Underground is a service of Fluid Audio Networks licensed by
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas.

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com.

For the full line up of exhibits, entertainment and a map of the area go to
www.

About American Idol
Five-time Emmy Award-nominee AMERICAN IDOL was created by Simon Fuller of
19TV and developed by FremantleMedia.

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* No purchase necessary.

Main Street from 3-5 pm.ci.
"CD Baby has spent seven years helping some great unknown musicians become
world-famous," said Derek Sivers , founder and president of CD Baby.

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LAUREL, Md.
Listen to Hitchhiker's music and more and vote for your favorite new
artist at http://www.

All ArtWalk exhibits, activities and entertainment are free. The site serves as a
forum for music fans to discover new music, upload their own music , vote on
which songs get more airplay and participate in online contests.idolunderground.

His work might reductively be termed ambient-centered, but it spans genres, and defies easy descriptions.

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myspace .
"All those years of traveling between cities to visit parents and family
exposed me to all kinds of music and influences, and that's where the
universalism in my own music comes from," said Smith. Peterson at Fox Fine
Jewelry for a free poster signing at 210 E. "American
Idol Underground 's new way of highlighting original artists will help
introduce even more amazing undiscovered music to the world.

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venturaartwalk.com). FremantleMedia North
America is one of America's foremost producers of reality-based entertainment
programming for television, and has produced the IDOL format in more than
30 countries worldwide.

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He's one of two Hip Hop artists selected as a semifinalist.com/music .

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 51. 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 Summer
ArtWalk, set to be the largest event held to date and the best way to check
out Ventura's thriving art scene, will be held on Saturday, August 20 from
3-9 pm.

The public can meet Featured ArtWalk Artist Linda F.

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ventura. Executive producers are Simon Fuller
and Nigel Lythgoe for 19TV and Cecile Frot-Coutaz and Ken Warwick for
FremantleMedia North America .

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com/callingallbands. The day of free events also includes 20 live
outdoor musical performances and kids' activities.

This release is available on the City of Ventura website at
www. 19 also manages such leading musical artists as
Annie Lennox, Will Young, Kelly Clarkson, and Fantasia.

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com /callingallbands) from more than 4,000 bands across all
musical genres.com.verizonwireless.
"CD Baby has long been a pioneer in the movement towards the
democratization of music," said Bob Buch, co-founder and COO of Fluid Audio. Founder and musician Derek Sivers followed the success of
selling his own CD online in 1997 with sales for friends which grew to a
network of more than 98,000 artists.

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