 Hicken played some tracks for a friend, Michael Chambers, former drummer in NYC combo, the Phoids, and one of the founders and owners of Artemis Records who liked what he heard and pushed Hicken to further his musical experiments.Burnt out from years of bartending, Hicken decided to take a shot.In May 2002, he finished a five-song demo and soon found himself with the very thing he'd been waiting for his whole life