stofer was the touring bassist for denver-based piano rock band the fray, for three years. the fray had never had an official bassist, and in 2004, stofer was employed as their touring bassist. stofer's talent became evident to "the fray" on the local scene. at the time, stofer was the bassist for the hip hop group flobots and funk rock band bop skizzum, while he was attending the university of colorado at boulder "the fray" came calling for a bassist. stofer and the fray amicably disbanded in 2007, and he focused his attention on his own bands (including dualistics and the commentary. he made an appearance in the music video for "over my head (cable car)"