{"name":"Aaron Shust","title":"Aaron Shust","id":5230,"slug":"aaron-shust","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/5230/?format=json","bio_short":"<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Aaron+Shust\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Aaron Shust</a> grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied music theory at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia. While there he studied <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Wolfgang+Amadeus+Mozart\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Johann+Sebastian+Bach\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>. He also became influenced by <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/U2\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">U2</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Marley\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Bob Marley</a>. He began performing at churches and coffeehouses while at college.  Shust began leading worship at Perimeter Church, Duluth, Georgia in 2000 and recorded his album, <a title=\"Aaron Shust - Anything Worth Saying\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Aaron+Shust/Anything+Worth+Saying\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Anything Worth Saying</a> in 2004 with producer Dan Hannon who delivered the album along with a stack of others along to <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/label/Brash+Music\" class=\"bbcode_label\">Brash Music</a> for consideration. Brash Music signed Shust shortly thereafter. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/AaronShust.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":9042,"title":"Forevermore","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/forevermore/"},{"id":9046,"title":"Give it All Away","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/give-it-all-away/"},{"id":9043,"title":"Matchless","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/matchless/"},{"id":9045,"title":"My Hope Is In You","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/my-hope-is-in-you/"},{"id":9044,"title":"Risen Today","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/risen-today/"}]}