eatsleepmusic.com Launches Internets Biggest Music Download Contest

Market Wire, March, 2000

eatsleepmusic.com, a leading Internet entertainment company that delivers high quality, interactive music to consumers, has launched the Internets biggest ever music download contest.

For a ten-day period beginning at 9am EST on Monday March 6, visitors to eatsleepmusic.com will be able to download a different Karaoke song every half-hour, for 250 consecutive hours. The fifty people that download the most songs will win prizes valued at $10,000, including thousands more songs and hardware from Logitech (LOGIY, NASDAQ).

"We ran a small-scale version of this in February and were overwhelmed by the response. A lot of contestants stayed up through the night downloading every hour, and our winner got an amazing 95% of the available free songs. Traffic on our site tripled instantly and song downloads over the week were up close to 4000 percent," said Trevor McGuire, President and CEO of eatsleepmusic.com. "Interestingly, sales also increased during this period. It seems the more you give, the more you get."

All of the music files at eatsleepmusic.com are high quality, legally licensed Standard MIDI Files with Lyrics. Theyre also small typically about 50kb making them fast to download on even the slowest modem. The songs can be played in eatsleepmusic.coms Karaoke software, which can also be downloaded freely from the website. This Karaoke software transforms the average PC into a Karaoke machine and includes melody, tempo and pitch controls, as well as sound effects, to create the true effect of being onstage.

"For most of this century, weve been a population of music listeners that have enjoyed the experience delivered by records, tapes, CDs and concerts," explains McGuire. "But with the advent of high quality multimedia PCs, the Internet and downloadable music, were on the brink of a new era in mainstream music enjoyment. "

McGuire continues, "Karaoke, or "i-music," as we call interactive music on the web - provides an opportunity for millions of people to transform themselves from inactive listeners to performers and stars for an evening, or forever. This massive free song giveaway contest is our way of accelerating the growth of this fun, interactive form of entertainment, and will further entrench eatsleepmusic.com as the leader in interactive music and Karaoke on the Internet."

About eatsleepmusic.com

eatsleepmusic.com is an Internet entertainment company that delivers high quality, fun, interactive music to consumers. Whether youre an aspiring artist or want to liven up a party, eatsleepmusic.com has everything you need to turn your PC into a Karaoke center - great software, thousands of downloadable songs from popular artists, products, information, discussion and resources. Established in 1996, the company has longstanding license agreements with popular artists and record labels including, EMI, Warner/Chappel, Sony/ATV, BMG, Chrysalis Music and Polygram. These agreements enable eatsleepmusic.com to provide users with the highest quality content from the widest range of artists.

The companys growing online catalog includes thousands of songs made famous by popular artists such as Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Shania Twain, The Backstreet Boys, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Queen, Marvin Gaye, Abba, Madonna, and many more.

By leveraging the explosive international growth in multi-media PCs, Internet and broadband access, eatsleepmusic.com is fulfilling the demand for compelling, interactive music entertainment. The eatsleepmusic.com network of websites includes eatsleepmusic.com (Karaoke) and audiodreams.com (MP3).