FORM OF NOTE--KES HOLDINGS, LLC

                          YOUTHSTREAM ACQUISITION CORP.

              8.0% SUBORDINATED SECURED NOTE DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2015

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$19,000,000

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, YOUTHSTREAM ACQUISITION CORP. (herein
called the "COMPANY"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to KES Holdings, LLC, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of NINETEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($19,000,000)
(or such lesser amount as may then be outstanding) on February 28, 2015 with
interest (computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360)-day year of
twelve (12) thirty (30)-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at the
rate of eight percent (8.0%) per annum from the date hereof until the principal
hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law
on any overdue payment (including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any
overdue payment of interest, payable semiannually (or, at the option of the
registered Holder hereof, on demand), at a rate of twelve percent (12%).

     1. Note Purchase Agreement. This Note is one of a series of Subordinated
Secured Notes (herein called the "NOTES") issued pursuant to the Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2005 (as from time to time amended, the
"NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), between the Company and the respective Purchasers
named therein. Each Holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance
hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in
Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) to have made the
representations set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase Agreement. This Note
is secured by a YSTM Pledge Agreement (the "PRIMARY SECURITY DOCUMENT"). In
addition, as provided in Section 9.9 of the Note Purchase Agreement, this Note
may, in the future (as contemplated by Section 9.9 of the Note Purchase
Agreement), be secured by a Security Agreement, a Pledge Agreement, a Fee
Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing
and an Assignment of Rents and Leases (the "SECONDARY SECURITY DOCUMENTS").

     2. Interest Payments. The Company shall pay accrued interest on the Note on
the first day of January, April, July and October (each such date, a "QUARTER")
in each year, commencing with the Quarter next following the date of the Note.

     3. Scheduled Principal Payments. To the extent that the principal amount of
this Note is not earlier paid in accordance with the terms hereof, the Company
shall make the following scheduled principal payments within ten (10) days after
the end of the applicable payment date; provided, however, that (i) in no event
shall any payments made pursuant to Section 4 of this Note relieve the Company
from making any scheduled payments of principal under this Section 3 except to
the extent that as a result of such payments under Section 4, the aggregate
amount outstanding under the Note as of a



scheduled payment date is less than the scheduled payment pursuant to this
Section 3 and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments made by the
Company pursuant to Section 4 below with respect to the Company's 2005 or 2006
fiscal years shall reduce the amount of the payment due under paragraph (a)
below by the amount of such payments. All such payments shall be applied first
against all then outstanding interest and the balance of such payments shall be
applied against all then outstanding principal.

          One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,900,000) as of February
          28, 2007;

          Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($950,000) as of February 28,
          2008;

          Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($950,000) as of February 28,
          2009;

          Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($950,000) as of February 28,
          2010;

          Two Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,850,000) as of
          February 28, 2011;

          Two Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,850,000) as of
          February 28, 2012;

          Two Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,850,000) as of
          February 28, 2013; and

          Any principal and interest remaining outstanding under this Note as of
          February 28, 2015 shall be paid on such date.

     4. Additional Principal Payments. In the event that the Company has Free
Cash as of the end of any Quarter, the Company shall use such Free Cash to make
additional payments of principal; provided, however, that no such payment will
be required if the total annualized amount of Free Cash as of the end of such
Quarter is equal to or greater than Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000); and
provided, further, that in the event that no payment is required pursuant to the
first sentence of this Section 4, and as a result, the Company uses Free Cash to
redeem Series A Preferred Stock under the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, no default shall be deemed to have occurred hereunder by virtue
of such payment. For purposes of this Section 4, the amount of total annualized
Free Cash as of the end of any Quarter shall be determined by multiplying (a)
the aggregate amount of Free Cash for the current and all preceding Quarters of
the Company's current fiscal year by (b) the appropriate Annualization Factor.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Annualization Factor for any Quarter
shall be determined as follows: (w) for the first Quarter of the Company's
fiscal year the Annualization Factor shall be four (4); (x) for the second
Quarter of the Company's fiscal year the Annualization Factor shall be two (2);
(y) for the third Quarter of the Company's fiscal year the Annualization Factor
shall be four-thirds (4/3); and (z) for the fourth Quarter of the Company's
fiscal year the Annualization Factor shall be one (1). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, after the Company has redeemed all of its shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, all Free Cash shall be used by the Company to make additional



payments of principal at the end of each Quarter, regardless of the amount of
the Free Cash available as of the end of any Quarter. Any payments shall be made
to all Holders of the Notes, pari passu, and applied against the outstanding
principal balances of the Notes.

     5. Currency; Place of Payments. Payments of principal of and interest on
this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at such
place as the Holder shall have designated as provided in the Note Purchase
Agreement referred to below.

     6. Acceleration. If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreement, the Primary Security Documents, or if executed and delivered, the
Secondary Security Documents, occurs, and, if applicable, is continuing, the
principal of this Note may, as set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement,
automatically become immediately due and payable or the Holder of this Note may
declare the principal amount of this Note to be immediately due and payable.

     7. Governing Law. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of the issuer and Holder hereof shall be governed by, the
law of the State of Delaware excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of
such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction
other than such State.

                                        YOUTHSTREAM ACQUISITION CORP.


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