{"id":51,"date":"2025-04-03T21:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:24:48","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51\" class=\"elementor elementor-51\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59fdb582 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59fdb582\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba6a66b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ba6a66b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"370\">I am a second-year music production student at Futureworks, Manchester, with a deep passion for music and its storytelling power. My diverse influences range from Run-DMC and Kate Bush to Jay-Z and Guns N\u2019 Roses, shaping my unique creative direction. A self-taught guitarist, I am also learning piano to expand my compositional skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"757\">Previously, I studied at the School of Electronic Music, where I built a foundation in production, sound design, and recording. Now, I work with artists on mixing, mastering, and songwriting, as well as offering studio time to independent musicians. Live music heavily influences my production style, and I aspire to collaborate across genres, forging lasting creative relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"984\">My goal is to contribute to the creative industries through music production, sound design, and composition. I am open to both paid and unpaid projects to grow my portfolio\u2014feel free to reach out if you\u2019d like to collaborate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cafdbca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cafdbca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d42b411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d42b411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Daz-Website-Image-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-22\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a second-year music production student at Futureworks, Manchester, with a deep passion for music and its storytelling power. My diverse influences range from Run-DMC and Kate Bush to Jay-Z and Guns N\u2019 Roses, shaping my unique creative direction. A self-taught guitarist, I am also learning piano to expand my compositional skills. Previously, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrensumner.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}