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The New York City-based non-profit Musicians on Call, a group that already brings live music to the bedside to help cheer up patients, is now reaching out to the siblings of young cancer patients through what they call the "healing power of music."

At the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in Norwood, Bronx, these siblings of cancer patients share their emotions by penning songs in the "Project Playback" program.

"When a child gets sick, it affects them of course, and it affects the whole entire family. And their brothers and sisters are still kids, and they're right along beside them and going through it step by step," says Montefiore music therapist Charlotte Pharr. "So our hope is that this gives the kids the chance to express how they are feeling, and see that they are not alone, and to see that there are other brothers and sisters out there that are experiencing the same thing."

It is the outlet that fifth-grader Neyda Guillot says she needed. Her older brother, Miguel, just finished chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer last summer.

"I feel like I'm breathing more when I express my feelings," says Guillot.

Her fellow singer partners and composers agree.

"My family pays a lot of attention to my brother. And since Talia, the child specialist, mentioned this group, I felt like I should probably come," says participant Tony Amankwah. "So when I come, it really helps me a lot, because not only one person has all the attention."

"People are listening to you, and through your song they are going to be able to understand what you are going through. And some people might relate to it," says participant Irma Cruz.

It is a lyrical outlet that these children will be able to hold onto, as the program culminates with a CD release party.