Updated Recording of Greener's 1 Million Download "Christmas Song" to Benefit Lifebeat, The Music Industry Fights Aids Organization

Indie rock band, Greener, today announced that a portion of proceeds from sales of its popular Christmas Song, downloaded 1 million plus times since its release ,will go to benefit Lifebeat, The Music Industry Fights Aids Organization.

Wantagh, NY (PRWEB) November 16, 2006 --

Indie rock band, Greener, today announced the release of two fresh recordings of its popular Christmas Song, downloaded 1 million plus times since its release.

The demo version of "Christmas Song (http://www.greenermusic.com)" was initially released five days before Christmas in 2004. The recording drew an enthusiastic response, to the tune of over 100,000 downloads by Christmas Day. Demand for the song grew rapidly, and by summer 2005, Christmas Song was downloaded over 1,000,000 times. This year, Greener, an unsigned band with a diverse catalog of songs, returned to the studio to put a professional polish on the demo arrangement of "Christmas Song" and to produce an acoustic rendering.

Greener (http://www.greenermusic.com) band members Troy Polsley (vocals/bass), Jason Cohen (guitars), Jeff Oddo (guitars), and Chris Wall (drums) have pledged a portion of the proceeds from "Christmas Song" sales to LIFEbeat, a music industry charity dedicated to reaching America's youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention.

According to Cohen, "Greener is proud to contribute to LIFEbeat's mission--mobilizing the talents and resources of the music industry to raise AIDS awareness and provide support to the AIDS community."

LIFEbeat Executive Director John Cannelli added, "We are grateful and touched by Greener's generosity. It's heartening to see a young band on the rise relate to the message of HIV/AIDS education and prevention deeply enough to take an action of this kind and we thank them. And, we love 'Christmas Song!' It's a fresh and original approach to holiday music."

Greener is promoting the reworked and the acoustic version of the song via the viral internet and offering their fans the opportunity to make a video for the song as part of a "Christmas Song" video contest. "Much of the success of the song is due to our fans' passion for it. We think this will be a fun way for them to express themselves and help promote the song and LIFEbeat," says Polsley. Cohen adds, "We hope the industry, as a whole, will get behind our DIY effort, so that we can really be a part of something substantial for LIFEbeat."

Currently available at Greenermusic.com (http://www.greenermusic.com), both versions of "Christmas Song" will also be offered on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and other online digital music retailers in time for the holiday season.

For more information on LIFEbeat (http://www.lifebeat.org), visit http://www.lifebeat.org, or call 212-459- 2590.

For more information on Greener (http://www.greenermusic.com) and their music, please visit http://www.greenermusic.com , or contact Jason Cohen at jay@greenermusic.com.

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