I ka makahiki 2008, i ka wā e hana mau ana ʻo Roland ma ke ʻano he ʻenekinia ʻenehana i loko o kahi hui ʻoihana kaumaha, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi ulia pōpilikia puʻuwai. Ua hoʻopā loa kēia hanana iā ia a ua hoʻomaopopo iā ia i nā hopena koʻikoʻi e hiki ke loaʻa i ka palekana a me ka palekana. Ma ke ʻano he kanaka kahiko, ua ʻike ʻo Roland i nā manawa ola-a-make a hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia e pono i kēlā me kēia ola ke palekana maikaʻi loa. No laila ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia e hana i kāna ʻāpana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana o ka hana.

I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, haʻalele ʻo Roland i kāna ʻoihana paʻa e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana palekana a me ka pale hana a me nā lako hana. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole e maʻalahi ke ala, akā me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke koa a me ke akamai o ka ʻenekinia, ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia e hiki iā ia ke kalai i kahi niche nona iho, a no laila ua hānau ʻia ʻo SONICE, ʻaʻole ia e lawe wale. ʻO ka ʻike pilikino o Roland, akā ʻo ka makemake o nā limahana lehulehu no ka palekana.

I nā lā mua o ka hui, ua kū ʻo SONICE i nā pilikia he nui. ʻO ka hoʻokūkū ma ka mākeke, nā bottlenecks ʻenehana, ka nele o ke kālā ...... Akā ʻaʻole i haʻalele ʻo Roland. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hui, e lanakila pinepine ana i nā pilikia, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā huahana a hiki i ka wā e hiki ai iā lākou ke hālāwai a ʻoi aku paha ma mua o nā kūlana ʻoihana.

No SONICE, ʻo kēlā me kēia kauoha, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻaelike he kuleana koʻikoʻi, ʻike ʻo Roland a me kāna hui e pili ana kā lākou huahana i ka palekana o ke ola o kekahi, no laila ua mālama lākou i kēlā me kēia kaʻina e like me ke kaua, ʻo SONICE, ua lilo i mea like no ka palekana a me ka hilinaʻi.

I ka wā e hiki mai ana, manaʻo ʻo SONICE e lilo i alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka honua i nā ʻōnaehana palekana hoʻohui, a e hoʻomau ʻo Roland a me kāna hui e ʻimi i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i nā hana ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana i nā huahana palekana kūpono, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea hoʻohana a puni ka honua me ka ʻoi ʻO ka palekana kūpono, a ʻo SONICE, ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Roland, ke hele nei i kahi ākea ākea a lele lele.