10 Things You Don’t Know About SonS

Who doesn’t like a few Fun Facts™️? 

Usually, there is so much more than meets the eyes with art and music. That’s why we are sharing 10 things you probably didn’t know about us and where you can find more information about each thing! Let’s go!

1. We are 100% DIY
   • We don’t have any backing, label, pr, or assistance in creating or marketing our music. We’ve learned how to do all ourselves.
   • We self fund our music (along with help from our Patrons) from our own money. We’ve yet to personally pay ourselves even a dime.
   • We write, record, produce, mix, and master all our songs
   • Check out a 3-Part article we wrote about what it’s like to be an Indie Musician:
     • Being an Indie Musician: What does it REALLY mean?
     • Being an Indie Musician: Part 2
     • Being an Indie Musician: Part 3
2. Trevor and Bethany are married
   • We actually have a whole video talking about how we met, got married, and got into music.
     • Watch: Our Story (Trevor & Bethany) Part 1
     • Watch: Our Story (Trevor & Bethany) Part 2
3. Wade and Trevor have been friends since they were 8
   • A lot happens when you’ve been friends for over 20 years. Check out everything that’s gone on in our lives:
     • Trevor & Wade’s Story Part 1
     • Trevor & Wade’s Story Part 2
4. We are all self-taught not only musically, but with music recording and producing. None of us have had formal training other than online courses or lessons
   • Curious about our backstory? Read about each of us:
     • Bethany’s Story
     • Wade’s Story
     • Trevor’s Story
5. We don’t have a physical drummer but our drums are real
   • This is the one we get asked about the most. There’s no short answer so read “THIS is why we don’t have a drummer“
   • We use something called Get Good Drums for our drumming. Find out how here: Gear Dump: What we use and why
6. Bethany is from the USA while Wade and Trevor were both born and raised in Canada
   • Bethany moved to Canada after she and Trevor got married, so she currently considers herself an “American-Canadian”, which is why in early biographies of the band, we referred to ourselves as “An American-Canadian Band”.
7. The art for our debut album BLOOM was inspired by our failed business
   • Something good can come from anything if you let it. Hear the whole story:
     • BLOOM Album Art Inspiration
8. Our unique band name is actually from the Bible
   • Read how it came to be: Naming the Band
9. We don’t believe in doing live shows unless we have an audience to play for
   • We believe the future of music is in building a fan base that can support us on tour, not going into debt to open for bigger bands, or doing bar gigs till we get “discovered” (because that doesn’t really happen anymore).
   • We focus our energy on reaching new fans, like you, so we can get closer and closer to hitting the road as soon as is feasible for us and giving YOU a kick-@$$ show
     • Watch us answer some of our fan’s personal questions, like this one, here: You Asked, We Answered! Our first ever Fan Q&A
10. We have an exclusive Fan Club! 
    That’s right, we share tons more stuff with our Gem’s Family including regular chats through our Discord, videos about how we wrote and recorded both our albums, how we produce music, what we do when the cameras aren’t on, and so much more! In fact, there is so much more stuff that we have a whole page dedicated to it! Find out about all the perks YOU can get access to here:
    
    • Gem’s Family Fan Club




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