Please excuse the jagged thought changes.   This manifesto is still under construction.

Polyvibe started in 2005, when four friends got together to form the label.  A  musician, a web nerd, an internet savvy marketing specialist and a seasoned business mind seemed like the perfect combination.  A company was formed, and Polyvibe Entertainment Group entered the world with high hopes and bold goals.  Albums were released.  Tours and shows were put together.  Merchandise was made.  Time moved and the core of Polyvibe found themselves pulled in different directions, to new businesses, projects, and careers.  A few artists gained momentum or moved on, but most stayed.   Some artists worked hard to promote themselves, and some became projects of the past.   Polyvibe went almost dormant.  The blog continued to operate in bursts, and Polyvibe slid into becoming another stagnant catalog in the post-capitalism era of the music business.  The artists who remained active began to move away form Polyvibe, and soon Polyvibe found itself drifting listlessly with no engine to drive it.  The rest of the story until now is unrelated to music.

One thing has stayed true,  Polyvibe Records is a group of individuals who are in love with music.  Music is the water they swim in.

Which brings us to now.

We are creating a social music experiment, blending the sounds of today with our musical heritage.  An environment that is both entertaining abd educational.

We live in an era where the palette of music we can paint onto the canvasses of our lives is a rich spectrum. Any sound we are looking for can be found and heard. The experience of listening has no price, and the soundtracks of our lives are personal. We listen to music with a focus and generosity we give few other things, for music only lives in the moment.   It moves with us through life, pulsing as we breathe, massaging the pressure points in our eardrums..    Life is a song that plays all the time: running water, the hum of an air conditioner or computer, traffic, the soft breath of our loved ones while they sleep.

It is our policy not to interfere with our artists visions, and to support them in fully realizing their potential as musicians and as people. Polyvibe is a vehicle for the message that our artists are speaking into the world.

listening is the act of being touched, not the act of consuming.

Music is not a commodity. It’s not something that people buy, or consume. It’s not a revenue stream, or a career choice. It’s an expression of the depths of peoples’ humanity. It’s an experience.And music touches, moves, and inspires people. It defines cultural movements, joyous occasions, painful break ups – music evokes powerful memories and responses in us. A song can forever bring us back to specific moments in our lives, to sights and smells of times that have passed us by. Music transcends time, and walks with us through our lives.

We can break down music to an academic concept or a product, and we can break down the people who listen to it as statistical information. In the end, we listen to music because it moves us. It touches our hearts. It adds a richness to our life experiences, and expands the intensity of our lives. We are not numbers on a sheet, and we are not sales figures. We are human beings, and the music we listen to is one of our most intimate and personal experiences. Even in a crowded room or concert, it speaks to us directly.