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Military Macaw Rita finally made her way to Nick from www.FreedomandForgiven.net. This sweet macaw is only 12 years old and has endured abuse that no being should. Nick, you are a saint for what you’ve done for Rita! We are sure this video will make any compassionate person sob: Interestingly enough, Nick is a musician, who happened to rescue Rita. He seems like a pretty cool and compassionate guy, producing guitar music that ranges from vocal trance songs with heavy metal guitar riffs to chill out with flamenco guitars. Nick not only saved Rita from a putrid existence, but also gives a portion of his proceeds to support the Epilepsy Foundation.  It’s often a tough thing for people involved in animal welfare to hold compassion for other people. We hear all the time nasty comments like, “People suck,” or “I’m ashamed to be part of the human race.” Does a negative attitude towards humans really help the problems? It reminds us of prisoners turning on each other. Frustration grows, but little is resolved. We encourage our readers to share your stories and how you feel we can better the world. If we could all be just a little bit more like Nick, what a wonderful world this would be. Kudos to military macaw Rita and her newfound friend and savior.” - Michaela Kennedy

Parrot Shop article on Nick of FreedomAndForgiven

I think what you do is amazing and weather you know it or not you give hope to kids that it is still possible to live your dream with this disease.”

— Epielpsy Fighters

FreedomAndForgiven donates a portion of all proceeds to The Epilepsy Foundation. Not only from sales on the website, but Itunes, Amazon, and the many other places you can find the music of FreedomAndForgiven. It also includes a portion of all money made at the many shows FreedomAndForgiven plays. FreedomAndForgiven is an Experimental outfit that is from Ofallon, Missouri. The sound of Freedom And Forgiven is truly experimental. Ranging from vocal trance songs with heavy metal guitar riffs to chill out with flamenco guitars. FreedomAndForgiven pushes the term of Experimental Rock, and Experimental Electronica to new levels, and combines both of them. Each song by FreedomAndForgiven tells a story. The story the music tells, and the music itself will open your mind to new and unknown things. FreedomAndForgiven was created after Nick had to take a short break from playing the guitar after burning both of his hands several months apart in two seperate freak accidents, and breaking his back in a car accident. Freedom And Forgiven was originally just an electronica music project to pass the time until Nick's hands healed. In 2005 Freedom And Forgiven released the album Tears Of Rain which spanned many genres of electronica music. At the start of 2010 after dealing with many issues with several bands Nick committed to FreedomAndForgiven full time. Being truly committed to just FreedomAndForgiven Nick has been able to create truly deep songs that each tell a story in themselves. These stories that the songs tell all come from the life experiences of Nick who has had an unusual life.” - SX 2014

SX 2014 Music Blog Article