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Wednesday, 04/03/2002 8:32:24 AM

Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:32:24 AM

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.04 PDSE news..Paradise Adds Willis to Management Team
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NEW YORK, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PDSE), a producer of Sponsor Targeted Entertainment welcomes Mr. Winston "Buzz" Willis to its management team as Senior Music Marketing Manager.

Winston "Buzz" Willis was the first African American VP at RCA records in any division and the youngest at age 23. He was the Sr. VP of Operations for Phillips Electronics and spearheaded the purchase of the Mercury Records and MGM/Verve catalogs. He was the Executive VP and General Manager of CTI Records -- the most successful and largest jazz label -- with the first jazz record to achieve platinum status (Mister Magic by Grover Washington Jr. 1 million in sales). He produced two Presidential Inaugural Balls. For 24 years he was the manager of one of the most successful R&B groups in history, Kool and The Gang, and is still the partner of Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool and The Gang have sold over 70 million records). He is the manager of Nokio a member of Dru Hill's group and a producer of Dru Hill's music (a leading R&B Pop act). Nokio is also a major producer in his own right for several other groups. Mr. Willis is a consultant to Russell Simmons' Rush Communications, BMG Distribution, RCA Records, Amtrak and now Paradise Music. He's on the Board of the newly formed National Black Sports and Entertainment Foundation and was the Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Commission of Jersey City New Jersey.

"Buzz is great addition to our management team, said Mr. Kelly Hickel, Paradise Chairman and CEO. He brings many valuable contacts as well as knowledge to Paradise. I believe Buzz will be instrumental in the success of Paradise. His relationships in the music industry will propel our music- centered sponsor-targeted entertainment strategy"

For further information please contact: Kelly Hickel of Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc., +1-212-590-2207, khickel@aol.com; or John Lefebvre, Shareholder Relations, +1-303-457-2852, john@shareholder-relations.net, for Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc.

About Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc.

"PDSE" (www.pdse.com) is an award-winning music and entertainment company, dedicated Sponsor-Targeted Entertainment, i.e., leveraging integrated creative services and global corporate client relationships to develop unique entertainment products that deliver corporate clients' branding messages to targeted demographic audiences. PDSE consists of the Festival & Events Group and the Music Group. The newly formed Festival & Event group will produce and own music festivals and events and execute branding campaigns for corporate clients


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