Rock to Recovery

We bring light and hope to people early in their recovery process, through the healing power of music. Through our music programs, we show people how capable they are to write, express, perform, challenge themselves, and find true inner happiness. In the process, they also find increasing measures of wellness like: hope, joy, positivity, connection, self-esteem & increased motivation.

At present, we provide direct music program services to more than 2500 people each month, in 100+ treatment facilities in 4 states. We also have a contract with the Department of Defense to serve the Air Force Wounded Warrior program (AFW2). Through direct services, the connection of our 15 "rock stars" to the individuals we work with, we form bands and write songs together.

We have a catalogue of 19,000 songs, written in the past 8 years.

We expand services to nonprofit organizations as funding is available to do so.

We have a broad market reach through our 8 years of service to substance abuse and mental health recovery communities. All of our musicians are in recovery, and bring not only top-notch musical ability, but also true empathy for and experience with recovery.

In addition to our deep networks, we have an annual sold-out Rock to Recovery Award Show and Concert. This concert, while a fundraising event, is also an opportunity to grow our reach, exposure and revenue. Nearly 60% of the people who attend the show are in rehab. They come as an outing to have fun and hear a message of hope, to experience that recovery can be great fun!

We have also added a Rock to Recovery Radio show, and podcast that is bring more visibility to our founder and the organization as a whole.

Since the org inception in 12/12/12 by our founder, Wesley Geer, we have grown to staff 15 program administrators who deliver 500+ sessions monthly, in California, Oregon, Washington, and Tennessee. We also work with the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) program through a contract with the Department of Defense. We serve more than 100 facilities, helping approximately 2500 people each month. We have also written more than 19,000 songs.

We started concert fundraisers in 2016 and have had four sold out shows honoring people like Mike Ness (singer, Social Distortion) Wayne Kramer (guitarist, MC5 and Founder of Jail Guitar Doors) and Corey Taylor (singer, Slipknot, Stonesour). We've honored Moby, Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, Married with Children), and John Feldman (Goldfinger). In Austin, we have honored Kathy Valentine (GoGos) and Bob Schneider. Performers have included Chester Bennington, Fred Durst, Steve Stevens, members of Stone Temple Pilots, Chris Chaney, Franky Perez, and Shavo Odadjian, to name a few. Celebrity event supporters have been Drew Carey, Jamie Pressly, Tito Ortiz, Andy Dick, Idina Manzel, Jason Wahler, Brandon Novak, Eden Sassoon, etc.

The concerts have been sober events and proven very unique and highly valued part of the recovery communities, offering unique experiences for people in recovery and sponsor partners as well. These vents run in the fall, each year. 2016's event raised $20,000. In 2018, we raised more than $80,000. Each year, the show raises a bit more.

Our unique business model of having a for-profit entity as well, gives us the ability to offset 95% of the admin costs, by absorbing them by the for profit entity. This lets most of our revenue go strictly to program revenue.

Our strategic goals are to double the number of nonprofit program partners that we serve in the next three years. We want to bring services to more people in need, including youth, veterans, women, and others who want to have a song returned to their lives.