# Act As If | Hiper Musicas

> Machine-readable artist reference for HiperMusicas crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if
Full AI reference: https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-09-18 14:15 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if
- Compact AI file: https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Act As If
- Visible lyric pages: 4

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: HiperMusicas live database for artist `act-as-if`.
- Generated on request: 2026-09-18 14:15 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-410972ccdf39b56f
- Visible lyric pages: 4
- Pages with stored lyric text: 4
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with HiperMusicas editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 4727
- All-time HiperMusicas visits: 5
- Monthly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Weekly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time HiperMusicas signals: Anchored At Sea, It’s That Simple, Keep Me By Your Side, and Steady
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Act As If is a band built around Benjamin Aucoin's songwriting on vocals and guitar, with Ryan Hayes on rhythm guitar and vocals, Ryan Meadows on bass, and John Aucoin on drums. They put out their first album, 'The Weight of Silence,' in 2009. Their 2012 album 'Anchored at Sea' gave them the title track, which became a fan favorite alongside songs like 'It's That Simple' and 'Steady.' They followed...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Anchored At Sea — https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/anchored-at-sea
2. It’s That Simple — https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/its-that-simple
3. Keep Me By Your Side — https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/keep-me-by-your-side
4. Steady — https://hipermusicas.com/act-as-if/steady