ADVISORY/Starbucks and HP Launch Innovative Digital Music Experience.

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (March 16)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:    Starbucks Coffee Company chairman, Howard Schultz; and HP
        chairman and chief executive officer, Carly Fiorina

WHAT:   Starbucks and HP will host a press conference to launch
        an innovative music experience that allows customers to create
        personalized CD compilations from a comprehensive digital
        music library. This digital music experience will make it
        easier for customers to discover, acquire and enjoy music at
        Starbucks.

        Following the press conference, the public will be invited to
        experience this innovation and watch performances by Sarah
        Harmer and Rufus Wainwright on the Santa Monica Promenade.

WHEN:   Tuesday, March 16, 2004
        Press Conference: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Doors open at 9:30 a.m.)
        Public Open House: 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.
        Live Performances: 6 p.m. (Sarah Harmer) and 7 p.m. (Rufus
        Wainwright)

WHERE:  Hear Music Coffeehouse
        1429 3rd Street Promenade
        Santa Monica, CA 90401