MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

"Sincerity" is the musical performance outlet for the poem-songs of English writer, poet, activist, guitarist and singer-songwriter Alan Morrison. (See more of his song lyrics / poems at www.sinceritymusic.com , www.myspace.com/sincerityfrance & his campaigning website www.forsomeoneschild.com based on the award-winning anti-war song "Anthem for Someone's Child").

Sincerity have a style all of their own, although firmly rooted in the folk / folk-rock tradition. It has been described by one music critic as "contemporary folk with touches of country and progressive rock".

Although Sincerity will play in solo format (Alan on guitars and voice) and as a duo (Alan on guitars and voice, accompanied by Catherine on cello), additional musicians play according to the songlist and venue. Sincerity will play concerts of all sizes and venues, as well as for special occasions. Although based partly in France and partly in the South of the UK, they will travel any distance in the world to fulfil their musical mission.
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WE ARE LOOKING FOR GIGS IN THE UK, SCANDINAVIA AND OTHER ENGLISH-SPEAKING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. TRAVEL IS EASY AND CHEAP FROM HERE. WE WILL GO ANYWHERE! SOLO, DUO OR FULL-BAND FORMAT. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS. THANKS!
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Sincerity was originally formed as a duo in 2003 to create a blend of fine-lined melody and urgent thought-provoking lyrics. Their first public performance was a Benefit Concert for Amnesty International in Perpignan, France, in June of that year. Since then, these emotionally-charged live perfromances have been heard across the South of France, and they are now hoping to play in the UK and across the rest of Europe.

"This is music from the heart - poetry set to harmony - love songs for the soul", explains Alan. "I want to reach people with music by encouraging them to delve deeply into a well of emotional experience and, as a result, to be enriched and even changed".

In line with that desire, one of the missions of Sincerity is to promote "songs of conscience" as a valid art form. (They used to be called "protest songs" - although the word "protest" doesn't really do justice to the genre, as "protest" can be seen as merely negative). All songs which are written from the heart are love songs in one form or another. "Songs of conscience" (which may sometimes be actual "songs of protest") are simply love songs of an altruistic kind, written out of passion to further a noble cause. They serve as rallying points to bring people together for the purposes of change. In this way, music can be revolutionary - even subversive - as well as being inspiring and beautiful.

Although such "songs of conscience" form only a part of Sincerity's output, all their songs - written and arranged by Alan - aim to make people think, to inspire them to live, feel and to love and to stimulate social and personal change. Sincerity sings songs of love and conscience.

As Alan puts it: "I dreamed a metaphorical motto - a syllogism, if you will. It goes like this: 'If music be the food of love and love makes the world go round, therefore music can change the world'".

Their 65-minute, 12-track CD, "A Trace of Sky", came out in January 2007 and is now available for sale from www.sinceritymusic.com . Please sample some of the songs from the CD in the two players on the Sincerity MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/sincerityfrance .

Finally, and most importantly, for the childrens' sake please also view Alan's activist website at www.forsomeoneschild.com , the dedicated website for the award-winning song, "Anthem for Someone's Child", in memory of all the child victims of the wars in the Middle-East.

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