Culture 2 min read By Alice Ashford
Matt Sorum Releases Sound & Vision Live to Fund Arts Education
Drummer Matt Sorum has released the charity album Sound & Vision Live, dedicated to the memory of Paul Rodgers and Jeff Battle and supporting arts education through his charity Adopt the Arts.
Drummer Matt Sorum has presented a new charity album, Sound & Vision Live, which is released in support of arts education and is dedicated to the memory of two musicians important to his creative path. The project is connected to the activities of the charity Adopt the Arts, which Sorum founded to help young people who aspire to pursue music and other forms of art.
The album is dedicated to vocalist Paul Rodgers and bassist Jeff “Gizer” Battle. Sorum says the release is a way to honor their contributions to rock music and, at the same time, to raise funds for programs that help children and teenagers gain access to creative education. The charitable component of the project remains a fundamentally important part of his work on the recording.
Adopt the Arts works to make art more accessible to those who would otherwise have no opportunity to study music, painting or theater. Sorum talks about his motivation, noting that early access to instruments and mentors itself shaped his career. Through the album's release, the organization gains an additional opportunity to draw attention to the problem of shrinking funding for school arts programs.
The sources on which this material is based do not contain details about print runs, release dates in individual countries, the lineup of participants in the recording, or the exact sum planned to be directed to the fund. For this reason, these details are not included in the text. Additional details about the project and its charitable component will likely be published by Sorum himself and by Adopt the Arts.
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