Last week, David and I were walking in Amesbury and we ran into Sacha and Zach Field. Sacha was wearing the Arrow Dangles and she looked stunning. She is a tall girl, just like me, and I tend to make earrings for tall girls, just like me. I often have to remind myself that not everyone has the neck real estate that we do, gotta remember to make things smaller + daintier. So when I saw my friend in my show-stopper earrings and a beautiful smile, I was struck by how gorgeous the pairing was, Sacha + the Arrows. You wear those earrings SO well! I texted her later. Will you be my As Seen On??

I met Sacha and her husband Zach a few years ago, both Amesbury residents and business owners. They own Zach Field Drums + Music and recently opened up The Space @ ZFDM for live musical performances. David and I always talk about what Amesbury is missing, what would make this almost-perfect city perfectly-perfect…a great live music venue was always on our list. Noodle bar too.

I can remember when I saw Zach + Sacha’s posting about the band Tall Heights coming to perform at The Space in January. Tall Heights is playing in Amesbury!?! I told David. A few years before, we had seen Tall Heights open for and then play with Ben Folds in Boston. I just couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that they were playing in our little city. We bought tickets, we walked in winter cold through the Amesbury mills to The Space, had a beer from Barewolf, bought a record and listened in awe with about 100 other people as one of our favorite local bands played just a few feet away from us. Their song Spirit Cold is one of my melancholy songs. If anyone knows anything about me, I am a song-on-repeat kind of girl, and Spirit Cold is one of those songs.

Sitting in The Space, listing to Tall Heights sing Spirit Cold, filled with so much gratitude to Sacha + Zach for bringing this to Amesbury…Check. Still looking for that noodle bar though…

Sacha, could you please start by telling us a little bit about yourself.

I grew up in West Newbury and graduated from Pentucket but have lived in Amesbury for the last 18 years and consider it home. I met my husband, Zach Field, in high school although we didn’t start dating until I was in college. We have been together for 21 years and married for 18. Our greatest joy (and stress haha!) is our 11 year old daughter, Marlie. She is a whirling dervish of pure love and creativity and keeps us on our toes every waking moment.

Our family loves to camp! We recently bought a small teardrop camper which will allow us to extend our outdoor adventures all the way through the winter. I would consider myself a bookworm and can get lost for hours on end in a good book - I loved The Art of Racing in the Rain and The Red Tent. Entertaining family and friends and concocting new, fun cocktails is another one of my favorite ways to spend time - here’s a yummy winter punch recipe that’s always a hit. I have an addiction to bootcamp classes at CrossFit Amesbury and try to get in at least 5-6 days of working out each week. I love Christmas (and all holidays, really) with a childlike fervor and count down the seconds until the holiday season begins with its long list of yearly traditions. Some would consider me bossy but I like to say I have a strong, goal-oriented personality ;)

I’d love to hear a bit more about your business with your husband, Zach. Can you tell us a bit about how ZFDM got started? How has it evolved?

Zach started as a small, one-person drum teacher in the woods of West Newbury, about 23 years ago. When he maxed out the number of students he could physically teach, he hired a second teacher and moved into a slightly larger space. Over the years, he kept expanding to larger spaces and hired additional teachers. In 2010, Zach Field Drum Studios moved into the Tannery and 3 years later, we purchased The Musical Suite, an established music school down the hall from the drum studio that taught all instruments, except drums. I was always peripherally involved in the business as I was working as a child life specialist at MassGeneral Hospital up until 2019. At that point, I left my hospital job to work alongside Zach as we opened up a second location in the Trades Mill in Amesbury and combined all entities into what is now known as Zach Field Drums & Music. At this point, we have 2 locations, 31 teachers, 600 weekly students and a performance/rental space!

Tell us about The Space! What is your mission with The Space? Why did you pick Amesbury? What have been some of your favorite live-show moments?

The goal of The Space, the intimate live music venue at our ZDFM music studio, is to bring national and semi-national acts to our community and to make music accessible to everyone. The majority of our shows have a daytime, all-ages performance where kids and families are welcome to attend. One of my favorite memories is from the very first show we had, featuring Tall Heights. I looked around the room and couldn’t believe how many children were up dancing, truly mesmerized by the music. It was such a beautiful moment to see people of all ages, brought together by the emotion of what they were hearing and experiencing together. Our partnership with Barewolf Brewery has allowed us to serve drinks before and during the 21+ shows, further enhancing the “night out” vibe for adults coming to The Space. We have our next Live @ The Space show, Billy Keane and the Waking Dream, coming up on Friday, 10/20. Doors/drinks at 6pm, show at 7pm. If you haven’t been to a show yet, this is one not to miss!

How did you and Amy first meet? And how have you and Amy supported each other as friends and business-owners?

I first met Amy at the Amesbury Farmers Market at Barewolf several years back. I had seen her beautiful jewelry at the Mother’s Day Market previously and was so excited to finally meet the creator! Amy and I continue to run into each other at various shows and events all over the city. I admire her ability to make conversation so effortless; she is a wonderful listener and a kind, empathetic person with a big heart. I consider myself a walking advertisement for AVE since I have one of her pieces on almost daily. Any compliments I receive, I immediately tell them about Amy and where they can purchase their own beautiful jewelry. I buy as often as possible for presents as they make the BEST gifts! And Amy and her lovely partner, David, have become avid supporters of The Space. They have been one of our greatest supporters from day one, before we had any credibility as a performance venue.

How important is building a community or connections when it comes to running your own business?

Community is everything to us; it’s literally the entire reason we opened a location in Amesbury. With our daughter in the Amesbury school system and having lived here for almost half my life, it was very important for us to bring more musical opportunities to people in our own city. Connecting with other small business owners, supporting each other’s endeavors and figuring out meaningful ways to collaborate really feeds my soul. It can be isolating, owning your own business, but the love and support we feel from the community at large lifts us up daily!

What pieces of Amy’s can you be seen wearing? How do you typically style these?

Arrow Dangles, Mina Hoops & some discontinued hammered hoops that I snagged during her annual Archive Sale. I wear her pieces with everything: to dress up a casual outfit of leggings/t-shirt and to finish off my “going out” outfits, jumpsuit, jeans, etc. Dressed up or down, they work with everything because of their elegant simplicity. I cannot count the number of compliments I receive every time I wear them!

Is jewelry the first thing you think about or the last thing you adorn with when it comes to outfitting for the day?

I plan all my big events around what jewelry I am going to wear. Nothing in the world makes me feel more put together and beautiful than my AVE Arrow Dangles. No matter what I am wearing, I know that I look presentable with those on!

Thank you so much for reading our latest installment of As Seen On. You can learn more about Sacha + Zach + ZFDM HERE. And you can grab tickets to Billy Keene and the Waking Dream on October 20 at The Space in Amesbury HERE, where you will definitely see me + David, and Sacha + Zach.

And ASO readers, please enjoy 20% off of Sacha’s favorite AVE styles, the Arrow Dangles + the Mina Hoops. Discount is automatically taken at checkout.

If you or someone you know wears AVE jewelry and is interested in being featured in our “Ode to the Wearers", please reach out to us. We’d love to learn more about you and what you wear.

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