Recording Begins for Legendary Platinum Songwriter/Producer Gardner Cole's Greatest Hits


PHOENIX, Jan. 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Viastar Holdings Inc. (OTCBB:VISH) announced today that recording for Gardner Cole's new release entitled "Gardner Cole, Past to Present" has commenced at the Company's A.V.O. Studios in Mesa, Arizona. As previously announced (see December 18th, 2003 press release), the album will include top 10 singles such as "Open Your Heart," the number one hit originally recorded by Madonna, "Everything" originally recorded by Jody Watley which charted at No. 3 on Billboard's top ten and "Another Lover," the title song from the hit Tri-Star release, "Loverboy". The company will begin retail solicitation second quarter of 2004 and is planning for an early July street date.

As a former Warner Brothers recording artist, Mr. Cole was named "Number 2 Songwriter for 1988" by Billboard Magazine and has in excess of 150 of his songs recorded worldwide on over 35 million albums by artists such as Tina Turner, Amy Grant, Tom Jones and Madonna. Mr. Cole's songs also appear in many feature films including "French Kiss," "Grand Canyon," "Days of Thunder," "Coming to America," "Gremlins 2" and the Britney Spears film, "Crossroads."

For more information on Gardner Cole visit Mr. Cole's web site at http://www.gardnercole.com.

For more information visit Viastar's web site at http://www.viastarcorp.com.

About Viastar

Viastar Holdings, Inc. is engaged in development, production and distribution of entertainment related media for film, television, music and publishing interests. The Company's portfolio currently includes ownership of Viastar Distribution Group, A.V.O. Studios, Moving Pictures International, Viastar Records, Quadra Records, Light of the Spirit Records, and Viastar Classical.

Except historical matter contained herein, matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties, which may affect the Company's business and prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.



            

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