“Being in music, I’m taking the things I love and finding a new way to use it to help people,” he said. “But within 10 days of praying and meditating, Munky (James Shaffer) from Korn texted and said, ‘You want to come play with us?’”. To illuminate and describe more about what the organization does, we spoke to guitarist Sonny Mayo who is the Rock to Recovery Program Administrator and Rock To Recovery Founder/CEO Wesley Geer. “I had come home, and my roommate was snorting something. “I got off meth, but I turned into a really heavy drinker, and my work ethic suffered,” he said. Wesley Geer is a professional guitar player, songwriter, recording artist, and producer who signed his first record deal with Jive Records with the band he founded, Hed PE. For a while there, I was doing really well, applying myself and having some success, all the while having these bands that were crappy but were getting a little more real.”. It has been used on social media by a number of celebrities including Jessica Biel to her husband Justin Timberlake, Brooklyn Beckham to his girlfriend Chloe Moretz, Romeo Beckham to his mother Victoria, and Courtney Love to … Drawing on his own experience in rehab, he realized that there was a need for a music component to addiction treatment. "So, I grabbed a peach and I tried, and I have to say—it works." We pick a topic that’s tangent to the type of recovery program we’re dealing with — adolescent behavioral disorders, mental health, addiction, wounded warriors — and we use that for lyrics, then we write a song, perform it and record it in each session.”. “I had gone from drinking back to drugs, meth and heroin, because I was depressed,” he said. In his darkest hours, it was always there, and it took unraveling it from his drug use to understand and appreciate its purity. #theoceanismyxanax . “I picked up my guitar and I just started strumming, and that simple act of strumming a few chords had an impact on me like never before.”. Omar Elwafaii Europe;Ukraine. What do you say when someone does something fantastic that blows you away? A child of divorce, his upbringing was a decent one, he said; his relationship with his mother was solid, and while he’s done work on his father’s absence, he can’t point to that as a source of visceral emotional pain that caused long-term harm. The following years found Wes as an instructor at Fusion Academy and Learning Center, an alternative school where he taught music to sixth through twelfth graders. In 2012, wanting to create something that could help people who struggled the same way he had, Wes founded Rock to Recovery (R2R), a nonprofit organization designed to provide the cathartic, uplifting, healing experience of connectivity through music for people in various treatment and recovery programs. Wesley was born May 4, 1958, in Columbus, Mississippi. Mr. Geer was born April 1, 1920, in White County, to Erastus Geer and Lillie Randolph Geer. vocals: Divina . Samuel Wesley Geer, 91, of Sparta, passed away Oct. 14, 2011, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. He understands addiction and recovery from his personal experiences and realized how big of an impact music therapy has on people in recovery. Only a leader who leads with a loving and unifying voice, despite opposition, someone who is a role model for compassion and communication can unite Americans again. He still makes time for the work that’s most rewarding — the day before his Ties That Bind Us interview, he spent time at an adolescent treatment program — and he keeps his personal recovery separate from his organization’s mission. “I just though that’s what you did,” he said. He recalls that, during his stay in rehab, music was his “most intimate friend” during his darkest days, allowing him to cope with the roller coaster of emotions that consumed his early days in treatment. I was smoking weed all day every day, leaving school, and I started playing guitar about the same time. But then I saw this TED Talk about ‘Why We Do What We Do,’ and I started thinking. Constance Scharff, PhD is an internationally recognized speaker and author on the topics of addiction recovery and mental health. Unknown to most people at the time, while Wes was masterminding and leading his band to their first-ever record deal, he was a full-blown drug addict, using alcohol, methamphetamines, and other drugs daily, for years. We are sad to announce that on August 30, 2020 we had to say goodbye to Shawn Wesley Geer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. seems an unusual pairing but the track delivers with every breath of Divina's love inspired lyrics. “What happened was that I would pitch it to people, and they would say, ‘Oh, that sounds great!,’ and then when I would tell them it was my idea and ask them to hire me, they would say, ‘Eh, no,’” he said with a chuckle. “I did that for six months, but I didn’t go back to rehab, because I knew what to do. Through his Rock to Recovery organization, Wes now combines his gifts of music and recovery to give back and help others. Cheers! Geer serves as the program’s administrator, ensuring that despite its growth as an awareness advocacy organization, it remains dedicated to the core principles that inspired him in the beginning. He is the son of the late Odie W. Geer and Naomi Faye Adkins Geer. #freediving #kelpforest #pacificocean #scuba #ocean #selfcare #lagunabeach That ended me up in rehab, and introduced me to a 12 Step program that taught me all about the disease I suffered from. Here is Shawn Wesley Geer’s obituary. “Looking back to my time in rehab, there was no music,” Geer told The Ties That Bind Us recently. “I got kicked out by my dad, and when I turned 18, I was running amok — living in my car, working for Domino’s, until I got a job working at an insurance company with my mom. For the first three years, he threw himself into an active and health-conscious lifestyle, earning his scuba diving certification and mentoring children around Southern California. “Take a company like Apple, for example. I went back to the 12 Step rooms.”. And that’s when the idea of Rock to Recovery came to me.”. Music, Geer knows, has transformative powers beyond conventional therapy. Wesley Geer founded Rock to Recovery, a nonprofit organization, in late 2002. What are you doing to give back to yourself today? https://masterspodcastclub.com/2021/01/04/wesley-geer-rock-to-recovery For a period, he resigned himself to the idea that he wouldn’t be able to play music again. It’s funny because it’s so obvious now. Wesley was born May 4, 1958, in Columbus, Mississippi. On March 3, 2017, in an appreciation of the work Wes and Rock to Recovery do with the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, the USAF Thunderbirds offered him a ride in an F-16 fighter jet—a privilege few people ever get. Shawn Wesley Geer Obituary. “I didn’t know I could just be nice to people, and they would be your friends for some reason; I thought I had to win them over,” he said. But like a lot of recovering addicts, he slacked off in his recovery, and the insanity returned, he said. Nino Muñoz/OUT As it turns out, Guadagnino wasn't the only person to make love to a pitted … Answer: The Bible has a great deal to say about love. “I took to it like a duck to water; I was stoned all the time, and I got kicked out of high school for smoking weed,” he said. Wesley started it after being a professional musician for over two decades. Over all, Nice job bro. Talks with Wesley Geer June 24, 2019 By Deiona Monroe Leave a Comment As the founding member of the band Hed P.E., Wesley “Wes” Geer has been a professional in the music industry for the past 20 years. and standing for Higher Education Planet Earth — rose up out of the Southern California punk scene in 1994, they drew equally from bands like Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails and the Beastie Boys, and Geer found a darker muse that helped contribute to the band’s original sound. “But I didn’t quit; I just went to move in with my dad. “With 22 guys in the center, it gets very cliquey, and that would bring us together and tear down those walls and unite us. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. I would get drunk, chase women and repeat.”. It wasn’t always an easy road. His family moved a lot, which added to his insecurities, he said; every time he changed schools, he fell in with the outsiders — “the rebels, the screw-ups,” he added — and once he discovered weed, it became a steady source of comfort. I Want to Live! “I remember being so raw, newly sober,” Wes says. They don’t just say, ‘Buy our computer!’ They tell you why you should buy it — because it does this and that and this. Not sure what to say? Loren is survived by his children Gregory (Patricia) Geer, Gretchen (David) Craft, Michael (Karen) Geer, Lorna (James) Verbridge, and Wesley Geer. “I did a lot of praying and meditating about getting back into music, but there was no way I could start a ‘baby band’ and go back to touring in a van again. Did I write as much music or practice as much guitar? And he stayed sober the entire time, he added. I didn’t care what it was; I had to snort it too, and suddenly I was no longer drunk. His love of teaching blossomed as he noticed that the students’ level of engagement and buy-in were much greater than in a typical music lesson: they were transformed with hope and self-esteem. After being introduced by former KORN guitarist Wesley Geer and SNOT/ex-SEVENDUST guitarist Sonny Mayo, a visibly emotional Corey began by telling the crowd, “I don’t really know what to say,” before pausing and attempting to regain his composure. . I remember they would be annoyed and thinking on a deeper level, ‘Gosh, all I want you to do is like me! “We were doing yoga and drawing pictures, but I had my acoustic guitar in the treatment center, and I would play these silly grooves — boom-chaka-boom-chaka — and we would get silly and dance around, and that stuck with me. “Right around the time I overshot the mark on a Sunday, I got way too drunk and had to go to rehearsal,” he said. In 2010, Wes decided he wanted to get back into music and started praying and meditating on what that would look like. That it remains our measure of our stability, because it measures our sense of loyalty." Nita Dawn Geer-Weisberg, a loving mother, sister and partner in life, age 50 of Dayton, passed away August 15, 2017 at 4:15 pm at her home. See what Wesley Geer (w_geer) has discovered on Pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas. It might even suck in the beginning, but I’m not going to give up on you, because I believe in it.’ And he gave me that chance.”. Family and friends can light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. “My brother tried to tell me, ‘Man, you went farther than 90 percent of people; now you just have a normal life,’ and I tried to buy into that, but I wasn’t happy,” he said. “We form a band with the clients; that’s kind of our shtick. He is the son of the late Odie W. Geer … Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences. She was born January 30, 1967 in Dayton to the late Charles Wesley Geer, Sr. and Laura Ann Bolen-Geer. I wasn’t destined to be a broke musician who hates his life and is sober; I knew I was supposed to help people and make a living at it. Although the band — often stylized as (hed) p.e. Loren's favorite titles were father, grandfather, and friend. He finally stepped back in 2003 for a “lifestyle change” that ultimately landed him in rehab in 2004. The organization hosts an annual concert every year and presents both Service and Icon awards to musicians who have made a difference — deejay/producer Moby, for example, or this year’s Service Award winner, Tommy Vext of the band Bad Wolves. The group signed with Jive Records, which released Hed PE’s first three albums — a self-titled debut, 2000’s “Broke” (featuring the band’s highest charting single, “Bartender,” which peaked at No. And it all started when Wesley Geer, the founder of the cross-genre rock fusion outfit Hed PE and a touring member of the nu-metal group Korn, started playing some “silly country riffs” as a patient in a drug and alcohol treatment center. “They aren’t the same, and I learned early on to separate the two,” he said. Solving the healthcare problem won’t heal our divided nation. Eventually, his ensembles graduated from the garage scene to area clubs, and when he established Hed PE, he and his bandmates began cobbling together a sound that drew from a number of different genres. SIGN UP TO RECEIVE MASTERS PODCAST UPDATES. My program is me, and what I do. Interviewed by Winn Claybaugh, this real-life rock star shares his personal story of “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” that led to full-blown addiction and eventual recovery. “Once I got the record deal, I lowered my expectations of myself to meet my using. I went to rehearsal and wrote two songs, and that (meth) became my muse for a long time. In 2003, Geer left the band as it seemed to be imploding; the relationship with the band’s other co-founder, Jared Gomes, was damaged beyond repair, he said, and his addiction was slowly killing him. “I would lie about things or whatever, and as a teenager, that caused me to get the reputation of being cocky, which meant that people didn’t like me. While many addiction treatment centers offer therapeutic sessions involving painting or yoga, former Korn guitarist Wesley Geer's Rock to Recovery puts music to work. Today we’d like to introduce you to Wesley Geer. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wesgeer, SEE ALL OF OUR PAST PODCAST GUESTS & EPISODES. He is also preceded in death by his son, Robert W. Geer and brothers, Eugene Geer and Larry Geer. I love you to the moon and back is said between parents and children, romantic partners, friends, and even to pets. In Wes’s own words, “No gig has been more enjoyable, no high better, than the work we get to do with Rock to Recovery.”. Wes toured the world for nearly a decade, the band sold over 1 million records worldwide, and their music was featured on MTV and radio stations, as well as having numerous placements in popular feature films, TV, and video games. After nearly a decade of touring the world with the biggest names in rock, Wes realized his life was imploding. “Being in music, I’m taking the things I love and finding a new way to use it to help people,” he said. I was the mastermind of Hed PE, and I’ve always been somebody who loves to teach music to people.”. Dobrev takes the chance to clear the air. With only two weeks to prepare, he was suddenly faced with turning his dream into a reality — and the challenges that entailed. View Wesley Geer’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. “Something bad would happen, and I would use. It’s a therapy Geer himself turned to after years of abusing drugs and alcohol. It’s World Hijab Day, an annual celebration of the headscarf traditionally worn by Muslim women. Credits. He traveled the world with the multi-platinum stars, performing in more than 40 countries and appearing in numerous live televised and studio recording sessions. At shows, he felt a palpable and powerful yearning to still be up on stage, and despite the success he’d enjoyed with Hed PE, he couldn’t figure out a way to let that desire go. In the spring of 2013, he got his first opportunity to put Rock to Recovery into action. “I was an out-of-work musician who’s sober, so I went back to the teachings, which say to pray for yourself if others are to be helped,” Geer said. Students who had struggled in traditional academic settings often succeeded in Fusion’s adaptive, one-on-one learning environment, where Wes would write and play songs with one student at a time. Today, Rock to Recovery is spread out across Southern California and is making inroads into other parts of the country. They’re going to fight over the lyrics and everything!’” he said. Good job is a popular choice for teachers, parents, and bosses alike, but you’ve probably noticed that sometimes the phrase, well … doesn’t quite do a good enough job of conveying how you truly feel. It’s just that Geer has found a way to combine his passion for rock ‘n’ roll, his personal sobriety and his vocation into a mission that helps others find a way out of the darkness with which he’s familiar. Rock to Recovery certainly counts as a component of his service work, however. "Hey, you know, I never got to tell … Wesley, This is Wesley Geer, I would like to say that i liked your website and thought you did a nice and thorough job. I started writing music that was really good for band, and we started selling out clubs and got a record deal.”. He was a member of Big Springs Church of Christ. What does World Hijab Day look like in Ukraine? She currently serves Rock … Why is this not going so well?’ It wasn’t until I got into recovery and got out of self that I began to understand all of that.”. "Hey, Nina," Wesley says, giving his on-screen love interest a hug. Happy Saturday. Immigration policies won’t heal our country. That’s who I’ve always been. I never stop working on what I need to do for myself.”. “My same smart brother pointed out, ‘How are you going to write a song with a bunch of non-musicians? Share . Website: https://www.rocktorecovery.org Not long after, and only because he was sober, he was offered the gig as a guitarist with the legendary rock band Korn. I would go into these weed holes and come out four hours later, and in that sense, I loved it, and it worked for me.”. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there. Economic policies won’t bring us together. Produced by Wesley Geer, (Korn, Hed P.E.) A group of activists from the Ukrainian Association of Muslim Women used the occasion to bring awareness to the hijab in the center of Kiev, Ukraine. January 10, 2021 10:41 am. Established on Dec. 12, 2012 — 12-12-12, Geer proudly points out — Rock to Recovery has had a profound impact on the Southern California treatment population, and Geer’s team recently expanded its work to Nashville. And so later on I got to thinking, why don’t I bring music into treatment centers? I bought into the solution and the promises that were told to me would happen. Thanks for sharing your story with us Wesley. Sharing your condolences lets them know you care and offers comfort in one of the hardest times they'll ever experience. However, when original Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch opted to return to the fold, Geer found himself out of a job. It’s just that Geer has found a way to combine his passion for rock ‘n’ roll, his personal sobriety and his vocation into a mission that helps others find a way out of the darkness with which he’s familiar. And that made me realize that instead of worrying about the outcome — the why — I just had to bring the idea. This is not my program. is a 1958 American biographical film noir directed by Robert Wise, and starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, and Theodore Bikel.It follows the life of Barbara Graham, a prostitute and habitual criminal who is convicted of murder and faces capital punishment.The screenplay, written by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz, was adapted from … He pitched his idea to a number of centers around Southern California, and while the reception was positive, it often didn’t translate into any firm commitments, he said. Videos. seems an unusual pairing but the track delivers with every breath of Divina's love inspired lyrics. July 12, 2017. I kid that moved a lot, struggling to fit in. Produced by Wesley Geer, (Korn, Hed P.E.) The second release from the young super talented Divina harkens back to a place in 70's soul, with moments of energy that remind of Michael Jackson in his youth and a soul beyond her years. What does past history say awaits Dolphins after 10-win playoff miss? Wesley: I feel like life just goes so much better when I do. No. I feel better and I feel like and this almost sounds selfish but I feel like God and the universe help me and smile on me a lot more when I make it my mission to help other people so I stay on that mission. Get email updates for this page ... Wesley Geer Friend. I like the quantity of pages and the fact that you included lots of classmates in your page titled ''CLASSMATES''. Rock to Recovery, with Wes and his staff of nine fellow sober musicians, now partners with over 60 treatment programs across Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties, providing nearly 400 sessions each month to at-risk youth, wounded warriors, and others struggling with addiction, mental health, and eating disorders. ... All academic content and poetry written by me are the sole property of Steven Wesley Geer. In fact, the Bible says that “love is of God” and “God is love” (1 John 4:7–8); in other words, love is a fundamental characteristic of who God is. Sadly, by the 1940s, it had closed and became overgrown and unrecognizable. “It’s an honor, because there’s always somebody who’s sicker or worse off, and they find that there’s a way to a better life.”, ROCK TO RECOVERY: Founder Wesley Geer pushes back against addiction's darkness with rock 'n' roll. I got the results, and I’ve been a big fan ever since.”. Adding alcohol to the mix gave him a certain sense of bravado that helped him overcompensate for his smaller stature; his teenage years were spent partying on nights and weekends and seeking validation through relationships, until he eventually started experimenting with cocaine, he said. “I had these conversations with God, and it felt like I was preordained to be a musician. It's a loving gesture that means a lot. Along with numerous nieces and nephews. Despite his efforts to quell his addiction and control this progressive disease, things continually got worse. There, he learned the tools for recovery and latched onto the stories of others who had overcome their addictions—people who were far down a deadly hole but somehow got sober and achieved great things. Wesley H. Geer, 61, of Milton, passed away November 25, 2019, at the VA Hospital. Geer Cemetery was established in 1877 for members of the African-American community in the Durham area. Poet Haniel Long said, "So much of what is best in us, is bound up in our love of family. Internally, however, something yearned for a connection, he added. It is frequently used on social media. In six years, Rock to Recovery has grown into an organization with 12 full-time employees conducting 450 music therapy sessions a month in roughly 100 treatment programs, mostly around Southern California. “The Rock to Recovery sessions are designed for non-musicians to access the healing powers of playing music,” he said. From a wonderful household, that was full of music, and love… “I pitched it to everybody I could get connected with until finally I just thought, ‘This isn’t going anywhere.’ Finally, I went to one of my friends from back in the day, the club days, and he said, ‘I love it.’, “He said, ‘I want to give you a chance to do it, and I’m going to stand behind you in this concept. WESLEY H. GEER, 61, of Milton, passed away November 25, 2019, at the VA Hospital. That was in 2010; for the next four years, he toured and performed with the band around the world, playing in 42 countries at almost 200 live shows. Copied. “I knew I couldn’t drink, but then I started believing that I could again, and I went insane again,” he said. Share this article 488 shares share tweet text email link Kyle Crabbs. Website: http://www.wesgeer.com In the loving memory of a wonderful... May the love of friends and... Grief can be so hard, but... Add a photo . The nonprofit arm is funded by the for-profit entity, and Geer spends much of his time as the administrator, organizing events and overseeing the behemoth that began as an idea by a rock guitarist who was determined not to let music go. Artistically, it was doing something for me. So I went in and said, ‘I’m here to bring music to you guys, and I don’t know how it’s going to go, but how rad is it that there’s going to be music, and that we’re going to do this together?’ And they said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it!’ The first sessions went pretty well, and that told me this thing would work.”. “I got so scared, I almost didn’t do it, and I kept trying to figure out how it was going to work. Question: "What does the Bible say about love?" Wesley has 7 jobs listed on their profile. He is also survived by his sister DeeDee Kniffin and brother Ira (Cindy) Geer. 23 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart) and 2003’s “Blackout.” However, disappointing sales left the group in debt to Jive for the advance the label gave the band to cut the first record, and Geer found himself spiraling down a black hole. “I know a guy who was working in the treatment center I was in back in 2004 die, so intellectually, I get it.
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