Name: Astonish Me Creative
Price range: $$$

Hi, my name is Bryce. I grew up designing and building things. I enjoy the challenge of balancing visual appeal and function.

I spent 15 years following my heart performing my original music all over New Zealand and Australia. Being an independent singer/songwriter artist requires grit, solid marketing and communication skills. For many years I worked as a web designer for record labels and festivals in Australia and USA which I enjoyed very much.

I completed my BA/B Tch (double degree) majoring in Visual Arts, Graphic design and Education and within the first year I was teaching classes at Uni and had my own business building custom art canvas frames.

I have always worked in the creative lane. Prior to Uni I was a qualified Boat Builder, which required me to think creatively every day and this has influenced my approach to building websites, helping clients, writing music, producing/editing videos and problem solving in general.

I love teaching my clients how to use their websites to get the maximum return on their investment.

A website that’s not being regularly updated is like having a shop with the lights turned off. By using the powerful blog features for feeding out new information significantly helps your website get seen.

The personal touch

The New Zealand based hosting I use is brilliant and my clients love it. I work closely with Slightly Different Ltd which offer the best tech support, technical advice and smooth hassle-free hosting. We enjoy regular mountain bike adventures. He has become a great friend and mentor to me over the years.

The local N.M.I.T Visual Arts and Digital Media Department invited me to serve on the Curriculum advisory panel, which I enjoy giving back to my local community by helping the tutors deliver industry-relevant course content.

Often they ask me to come in and inspire the students with my story and teach a few classes, or play guitar at student exhibitions.

When I’m not working online I’m out mountain biking in the hills above Nelson. On the weekends, I enjoy hitting the gym and making new music in my recording studio. Why don’t you have a sneaky listen? www.brycewastney.com

Stephen is my other sidekick. A brilliant and experienced web designer who owns Slightly Different Ltd. We work in together and pic shows him enjoying the view at the Old Ghost Road Mountain bike trail. We rode it in winter and had a epic time.

Testimonials

“Engaging Bryce to work with me on refreshing and updating my new website was a great decision. Not only does he know the techie stuff, he could explain it to me so it made sense! Creatively, he was brilliant. He understood my brand and how I was wanting to portray that through my website. He went above and beyond to deliver and exceptional product, and he’s fun to work with too. I will happily sing his praises to anyone needing a website.”

Lynda Moore

“Astonishingly excellent! Astonish Me Creative does the most amazing work which helps keep our business humming along online. We now have an up to date, and fast website that gets many great comments and bookings. Nice work, Bryce.”

Dean and Tomoko

“If you are looking for amazing quality of service, communication and creative input…Bryce ticks all the boxes. He is experienced at his craft and take personal pride and care in creating a masterpiece that caters for individual business needs. Highly recommend.”

Debbie Wastney

“Anyone with the relevant skills can offer a service, but rarely do you find someone who is so easy to talk to, so encouraging and generous with their time and knowledge as Bryce.”

Jessica Johnstone

“Bryce is the ultimate ‘Can Do’ person. His skills are second to none and we are so very grateful for all he has done, and continues to do for our advertising needs as they evolve over time.”

Andrea Hughes

“Bryce is such a pleasure to work with, great concepts. He was very professional and super talented. Always happy to recommend him.”

Jo Hender

“I cannot recommend Bryce enough for your website building or updates. He upgraded my 2 websites and they are both now super flash and getting much more traffic. Bryce is a great guy to work with and it took the pressure off me to do this, definitely 5 stars”

Jo Ragg

“To be honest, I can’t thank you enough for what you’ve created. The journey has been uber smooth and exciting. We really didn’t need to say a lot to each other, because Bryce seemed to have grasped exactly what I wanted and needed in a website…and the magic simply ‘happened’. Thanks a million, and I’m looking forward to working with you on an ongoing basis to keep the site sharp and updated. Brilliant stuff!”

Rhett May

“The board asked me to thank you for your work and help with this, as do I of course. You have been a star all the way and the site is a stunner.”

Angela Fitchett

“They say talent hits the target and genius hits the target others cannot see);

I did not see the class and quality in the pics I sent to Bryce; for him to create a masterpiece of my album artwork, and so quickly is pure genius. Thanks Bryce!”

Darrell