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"Well oddly enough, the song was originally written as a gift to my girlfriend for our 1 Year Anniversary! Since I'm not much of a singer I had asked Nick if he could lend me his vocal talent for a recording I was going to send to her. Nick immediately fell in love with the song and so we sent it to the rest of our team. Turns out they loved it too! So we ran into the studio, Will and Nick added some great parts to the song and it made it on to Top 40 Radio!" - RAFE

Nick, Rafe, and Will also lend their support to Rock Out Autism founded by member Rafe. A humanitarian benefit that raises money for the Fay J. Lindner Center which offers Autism services throughout Long Island.

Rafe founded Rock Out Autism, which is extremely admirable. Is humanitarian and charitable work another passion of yours? Would you or have you tried combining your music with the benefit?

• "I like to consider myself a humanitarian for the countless hours I devote to Rock Out Autism, and I'm always looking for new ways to utilize my music as a means to help those in need. The Power of Music is constantly surprising us all!" - RAFE

• "My favorite part of it all is when we get to go down to the autism centers and meet with all of children and young adults there. We can just sit there and talk with them. We'll also perform for them, but eventually they begin performing for us! I always invite them onto the stage and they literally take over! It's the best thing in the world! They all sing the songs or maybe some of them will ask if they can play