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Leeny and Steve are a couple of middle-aged rockers who took career advice from Leeny’s persuasive four-year-old nephew and released their debut children’s music CD, "Be Nice." Ilene (Leeny) Altman and Steve (still Steve) Equi met at Berklee College of Music back in the day, but this is their first collaboration. "Be Nice" has garnered several honors including a Parents’ Choice Award and a Children’s Music Web Award as Best Recording for Preschoolers, and was named to the Best Music of 2008 Recommended List for Your Family from Common Sense Media. Leeny writes corporate music and scripts and lives in Gloucester, MA with her big bald husband Nick. Steve recently started a new career as a winemaker in Lehigh Valley, PA where he lives with his helicopter pilot wife Stacia and an inordinate number of animals.