Est. 12 · 12 · 12 // 501(c)(3)

The Sound OfTransformation

We amplify the power of music to fuel emotional recovery.

Music is the medicine · Since 2012

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Founded by Wes Geer — Hed P.E. · former touring guitarist, Korn

Donor-funded. Sessions at reduced or no cost to the people who need them.

// Songs written in treatment

// Sessions funded every month

// Care programs served

// The mission in three moves

A flywheel. Each stage feeds the next.

01
Create Awareness
We turn the volume up on mental health.
PR, speaking, advocacy, and press — putting the crisis in the spotlight and the answer in people's hands.
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02
Host Community Events
We stage high-energy gatherings that connect the scene.
Our annual benefit and community events bring the recovery community, industry, and donors into the same room.
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03
Facilitate Music Sessions
We provide the rhythm to help you find your groove.
The core program donations fund — a professional JAM Master leads a group to write, play, and record an original song, start to finish, in a single session.
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↻ Each stage feeds the next — awareness fills the events, events lead to sessions, and sessions create the stories that build more awareness.

// Backstage

Three focus areas. Wherever healing has to be real.

A 501(c)(3) delivering peer-led music groups in the country's toughest rooms — donor-funded, at reduced or no cost.

Addiction & Mental Health Recovery
Music groups inside treatment for substance use, mental health, eating disorders, and co-occurring conditions.
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Veterans & Wounded Warriors
VA hospitals, spinal injury and TBI units, and the Air Force Wounded Warrior program.
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Youth & Schools
School partnerships, juvenile justice, foster care, and community shelters.
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// Voices from the room

Zine cuts. Real words.

“Since being involved in Rock to Recovery, my life has been so awesome. I have over 5 years sober, I have a home and my son living with me, plus I have purpose now.”

Luis

Program participant

“Rock to Recovery has provided a supportive and healing program. Working with them has been one of the best therapies I've experienced in the recovery spectrum.”

Amber

Program participant