SUPPLEMENT DATED AUGUST 6, 2004

TO MAY 1, 2004, PROSPECTUS

for

Variable Life Select

Issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in New York and Puerto Rico

and MML Bay State Life Insurance Company in all other jurisdictions

Product is no longer available for sale

Effective August 6, 2004, the Sub-Adviser for the following MML Series Investment Funds has changed its name from “David L. Babson & Company Inc.” to “Babson Capital Management LLC”. The lines for the affected MML Series Investment Funds in the table of investment funds located in the “Investment Choices” section of the above-referenced prospectus now read:

Investment Funds in Which the Divisions Purchase Shares	Investment Fund’s Adviser and Sub-Adviser	Investment Objective
MML Series Investment Fund
MML Blend Fund	Adviser: MassMutual Sub-Adviser: Babson Capital Management LLC	Seeks to achieve as high a level of total rate of return over an extended period of time as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital.
MML Equity Fund	Adviser: MassMutual Sub-Advisers: Babson Capital Management LLC and Alliance Capital Management L.P.	Seeks as its primary objective to achieve a superior total rate of return over an extended period of time from both capital appreciation and current income. Its secondary objective is the preservation of capital when business and economic conditions indicate that investing for defensive purposes is appropriate.
MML Managed Bond Fund	Adviser: MassMutual Sub-Adviser: Babson Capital Management LLC	Seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with the preservation of capital.
MML Money Market Fund	Adviser: MassMutual Sub-Adviser: Babson Capital Management LLC	Seeks to achieve high current income, the preservation of capital, and liquidity.
MML Small Cap Equity Fund	Adviser: MassMutual Sub-Adviser: Babson Capital Management LLC	Seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital and income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of smaller companies.

There are no other changes being made at this time.

July 1, 2004 Li4008-04-1