{"id":31,"date":"2023-09-04T16:41:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2023-11-13T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T10:11:09","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/adrian-clarke-music\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div role=\"img\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-134 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(http:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Adrian-1984-2-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-b8028ee7 wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:18.18%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:219px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-1980-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:48.49%\">\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">I&#8217;ve played guitar on and off for 40 years, but never been a serious musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">And yes, I did actually look like this once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">All the songs\/tunes were written around this time.  In most cases the words came along a bit later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-503x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.4908759124087591;width:186px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-503x1024.png 503w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-147x300.png 147w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-768x1565.png 768w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-754x1536.png 754w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-1005x2048.png 1005w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-500x1019.png 500w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-800x1630.png 800w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3-1280x2608.png 1280w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian1983-3.png 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stage-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:288px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stage-1.png 768w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stage-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-731x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7138671875;width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-768x1076.png 768w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-1096x1536.png 1096w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-500x701.png 500w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2-800x1121.png 800w, https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Adrian-2023-2.png 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">I&#8217;d like to use this space to also give a big thank you to a group of YouTube folk who, through their dedication to providing training videos on many aspects of audio production, have taken me from a completly incapable new starter to being able to make a passable attempt :- <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Ableton tutorials :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color\">The videos that go from the very basics through to some very complicated techniques are fantastic. Ableton is such a huge product that going through right from the basic moving around the screen and the differences between Session and Arrangement views really helps to get the most out of it.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Mike (Creative Sauce):   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color\">The Record,Mix,Master,Release series is basically a bible.\nSo very useful to break down the process stages , and put them in a proper sequence  <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Geoff Manchester, Johnathan Wyner (Izotope) :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color\">Tutorials on Ozone, Neutron etc. are completely invaluable, both the overview and detailed  'every button' videos.  You can do so much with these Plugins that  these guides are a godsend<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Michael from In The Mix :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color\">mixing mastering videos are so useful as are the walkthroughs on products<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Alessandro and Ari Winters from Heavyocity :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color\">The detailed walkthroughs of the Mosaic engine and products are invaluable.  \nAlso the 'Are you Listening' series was great to watch and highly informative<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Sage Audio :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color\">The whole mixing and mastering techniques series are way above my capability\n but really show you how to progress towards something more professional<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/440"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrianclarkemusic.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}