State of the Industry

The 20th century was good to the recording industry, bringing about new technologies, high profits, and an abundance of top notch music catalogs. The 21st century however, has not been so kind. The advent of peer-to-peer file sharing in 1999 marked the beginning of what has now become a full fledged industry crisis for music as a whole. Since 1999 the industry as a whole is down more than 50 percent reporting record lows across the board. At Restoring Music, our love for music and our passion for innovation and problem solving has led us to devote our time to solving as many of the problems as we can.

Mission

We strongly believe that change begins with service and community. The music industry has suffered a serious blow. But just as an olive tree can grow again following a fire, so can our industry. At The Restoring Music Foundation, we attempt to analyze the industry through a new scope and together begin the re-growth process. We are simply musicians and music lovers joined for change in the name of art and our right to pursue it.

The Restoring Music Foundation's mission is to restore the value of music in the minds of the consumers by providing realistic and relevent solutions to each of the major issues proposed in the Problems section. We are firm believers that a new paradigm in music is rapidly approaching. We have made a commitment to be a part of that change and to see the music industry through to a new age in which the Internet & music finally converge. We believe in the notion of change and unity. Unite to restore, thats our motto.

Under crisis the solutions must be easy for everyone involved in the transition to understand. The solutions must present a radical change from normal patterns. They must be loud enough to force everyone to turn their heads and take notice because it is going to take everyone agreeing on the notion of change to truly make a difference. Most importantly, we must all learn to be servants as well as capitalists and consumers. We truly believe that in the end, it all boils down to that.

Please take a moment and Sign The Declaration. Join us in our commitment for change.