{"id":196,"date":"2025-10-11T13:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:49:42","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/?page_id=196","title":{"rendered":"Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3597%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93\" style=\"border-width: 3px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ed-111-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.6403%;\">I am a 56-year-old hobby musician, guitarist, and amateur songwriter. I\u2019ve been playing in bands since I was 13, but I\u2019ve now (temporarily) put live performances on hold.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve spent my entire life working as a teacher in primary school, and also as a principal. A few years ago, I felt completely drained and wanted new challenges.<br \/>\nA position opened up at Balsfjord School of Music and Performing Arts, and it was a perfect fit. I initially worked as a teacher in guitar, bass, and band.<br \/>\nEventually, the position as head of department became available, as well as the principal role at the school.<br \/>\nI applied and got the job, so now I have a combined position involving leadership and teaching at the school, as well as an ICT role in adult education in Balsfjord\u2014plenty to do, but I truly enjoy both roles.<br \/>\nIn the fall of 2024, I began further studies in music at the Norwegian Academy of Music, which I completed in the spring of 2025. Now I enjoy working with young people and try to make them love music as much as I do.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a 56-year-old hobby musician, guitarist, and amateur songwriter. I\u2019ve been playing in bands since I was 13, but I\u2019ve now (temporarily) put live performances on hold. I\u2019ve spent my entire life working as a teacher in primary school, and also as a principal. A few years ago, I felt completely drained and wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramp.malangsveien.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}