Columbia Records announces the release of A Cherry Cherry Christmas, the new Neil Diamond holiday collection, available in stores and online Tuesday, October 13.

The title song, “Cherry Cherry Christmas,” is filled with references to many of Diamond’s greatest hits. Newly written and recorded by Neil Diamond for Christmas 2009, it is destined to become a new Christmas standard.

Newly included with the re-mastered classics are a transcendent “Amazing Grace”; another new Neil Diamond original, “Christmas Dream”; and a party-time version of Adam Sandler’s comedic “The Chanukah Song,” produced by DJ Ashba (Guns N’ Roses).

Neil Diamond – A Cherry Cherry Christmas

Tracklisting:

• Cherry Cherry Christmas
• Sleigh Ride
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• White Christmas
• Christmas Dream
• The Christmas Song
• Deck The Halls / We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• Jingle Bell Rock
• You Make It Feel Like Christmas
• Winter Wonderland
• Joy To The World
• Amazing Grace
• Meditations On A Winter Night (Instrumental)
• The Chanukah Song

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Budding stars that would leap at the opportunity to make it in the “American Idol” world now have their chance. Beginning Friday, October 23rd The Church at Rancho Bernardo will host wMw Academy of Vocal Flight’s first program for professional and amateur singers.

Professional singers hailing from Los Angeles to South Africa will offer instruction to hundreds of singing hopefuls at an intensive “For Singers Only” workshop. Aspiring vocalists interested in enrolling in the three-day course should register now because the highly coveted spaces are limited.

Classes will focus on strengthening vocal technique, improving live performance, navigating through the music industry, and will conclude with a concert featuring some of the students and well-known professionals.

Enrollment is already underway for “FOR SINGERS ONLY, Finding Your Voice, The Path to Enjoyment and Success in Music. wMw Academy of Vocal Flight is accepting registration online at www.wmwacademy.com for the $149.00, three-day course up until day one of the program. Attendees may also register by calling (858) 592-2434, or emailing info(at)wmwacademy.com. The workshop runs from Friday, October 23rd, 5:30 p.m. to Sunday, October 25th, 11:00 p.m. Tickets for the final Sunday evening concert, which is open to the public, are on sale now for $15.00, at www.wmwacademy.com.

Unsigned and independent musicians now have a new way to get their music heard by the masses. The World’s Stage is a new website where artists can upload videos of themselves performing. Users of the site can rate and comment on videos. Artists with the most votes can rise to the top of the ranks and be featured prominently on the home page.

If you’re an artist, musician, band, or just have talent and your looking to get some exposure, just create an account and submit a video. The World’s Stage will broadcast your music for free. The best videos make it to the “Video of the Day” section and get front page exposure.

The World’s Stage has a wide variety of music genres. Everything from punk to pop is included. User submissions range from a young girl on her bed with an acoustic guitar, to video of a band playing a live show. The World’s Stage accepts any video as long as it is an “original” or a “cover” by an unsigned artist.

The World’s Stage is committed to helping unsigned and independent musicians get heard on the internet. Users of the website have positively praised The World’s Stage. Many of the artists featured would not otherwise have this type of exposure.

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Snowsports and Music festival, London FREEZE has launched an innovative online communications hub at www.londonfreeze.com/lg/. FREEZE Connect, the brainchild of official event sponsor LG Electronics, is the place for all the latest official and backstage news, coupled with an array of interactive and exclusive ‘Life’s Good’ competitions for followers of this iconic event.

Live today, FREEZE Connect links directly to the event’s popular Facebook and Twitter pages where exclusive messages will be created by the FREEZE Connect team consisting of UK Olympic snowboard hopeful Ben Kilner and the widely downloaded Snowfix Podcast presenters Tim & Jools via their LG social networking handsets (GW520).

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ROCKPIT.COM, the new music website dedicated to all things rock, will celebrate its official launch LIVE with CREED from the Cynthia Wood Mitchell Pavilion in Houston to kick off the High Definition Live Webcast Concert Series along the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning rockers’ Full Circle tour. Be a part of the action as it happens for FREE at Rockpit.com starting Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. CST.

The highly anticipated Rockpit.com website and High Definition Live Webcast Concert Series will be a music industry first. Rockpit.com features an exclusive, comprehensive rock band database of over 500 rock bands and artists, editorial blogs, fan-driven content and community, and the largest full-length rock concert catalog available online. The catalog will feature A-list artists in heritage, alternative and top 40 rock.

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