Music has always been my passion. I've been studying, learning, performing, and building musical projects since I was young enough to have a curfew and hear my parents calling me home for dinner. I attended some of the most prestigious…

Saturday was long, hot, and thick with anticipation. We were at Hard Truth Hills for our second Battle of the Bands of the year: Rumble on the Rocks. Coming off our 3rd-place win at the ABATE of Indiana competition back…

Some songs you write. Others show up already alive.
“Born With The Horns” was one of those—but we still had to fight to make it what you hear now.

Of the five tracks on our debut EP Horseshoes, Handgrenades, and…

Before we ever released Patriarchy, I was afraid of it.

Not the music. 
Not the stripped-down vocal. 
Not of the first chord hitting like a fist through the speakers.

I was afraid of what it would require from me.

…

This past January we jumped on a plane buzzing with electric excitement for our California tour. I was ready to look beyond the glamour and discover if being on the road was everything I thought it should be. Maybe we…

From a Dream to the California Stage—Here We Go!

So how did we get here? How did a band from Indiana find ourselves gearing up for a mini California tour?

It all began with a Women’s Rock & Roll Fantasy…

Winning a competition is an exhilarating way for a band to earn some high end dividends.  The stakes are usually opening slots at festivals and venues we couldn’t otherwise get, cash prizes, and a lot of publicity to new fans.…

Currently we're in the studio working diligently on the ever illusive perfection of our next album.  As recording musicians we go to great lengths to get it just right. We want that lightning in a bottle.  We practice endlessly, use…

Every year during the holidays, my family religiously watches “A Christmas Story.”  We can laugh and recognize ourselves in it.  (Spoiler alert… If you’ve never seen this!)  

But at the end, just before the neighbor’s hounds rush the house and…

Once again SUSTAYN made the trek to Anaheim, CA to experience “Disneyland for musicians” or the National Association of Music Manufacturers Show (NAMM).  If you’ve never been there it is truly a sight to see. There are over…

If you work hard at honing your skills and making incredible music won’t it just be heard?  Won’t the world just build a golden path to your door because you are so good?  And if they don't, doesn't that just…

In the spring of this year, we became finalists for the International Singer Songwriter Association  (ISSA) Awards. We were surprised and excited, but really didn’t know what to expect. Jared had already been down this road previously when he won…

A few months ago I was admiring the custom woodburned guitar of a friend of mine, Steve Hickman. He plays it out at all his gigs, and it gets a lot of love and attention. (He also writes some damn…

Let me introduce myself, Amanda Webb, the megaphone of this band.  

My nickname is Face after the character “Face” from the TV show “The A Team.” Appropriately named for fronting this band, my love for putting on a great show,…

Let me introduce you to Brian Webb, the glue that holds this band together.  

Brian owns several t-shirts advising his position as the Fixer with slogans like “I’m here because you broke something” and “That’s what I do. I know…

Let me introduce you to Nicohl Asher, the bassist and grounding point of this band.  

We call Nicohl "the Brain" because of her exceptional intellect. She has a degree in biology, and began her adult life as a chemist. Her…

Let me introduce you to Jared Asher, the heartbeat of this band. 

Jared is aptly nicknamed Animal. A throwback to the wild, barbaric character “Animal” from The Muppets, who played drums for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. But although…

Awards are something that are hard-won and only given to the best of the best. Sure, there are always outliers, like when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Grammy. (We don’t speak of that.) But…

Over the last 2 months we have had the privilege of releasing our first EP and our first video.  And although there are 5 tunes on this EP, our most notable is “Born With The Horns”.  As of today, it…

Considered the highest honor by some and a total scam by others, the Grammy Awards always get a lot of buzz.  And rightly so, because even if it’s not your preferred measure of excellence, it’s still a huge collection of…

If you’re into gear this is the place to be my friend!  

The National Association of Music Manufacturers Conference and Expo.  For 4 days, thousands of people descend on the Anaheim Convention Center with music in mind. There are over…

Los Angeles has been the epicenter of the music business for the last couple of weeks. 

We were there! And the first place we started was with the She Rocks Awards.  

This was the 11th annual She Rocks Awards started…

It's finally here!  Our first release!
      After weeks of writing, rehearsing, preparation, recording, re-recording, note taking, mixing, remixing, and editing- we are finally able to share our new sound with the world.  
It's been a journey.  If you've ever built…

It's amazing to me to look back on certain situations in my life and realize how incredibly important timing is.  For many things there is usually a small window of time where something can either come together or be lost…