{"id":56,"date":"2020-12-16T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:24:37","slug":"a-short-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"A SHORT BIOGRAPHY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A SHORT BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnjcote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JOHN.jpg?resize=488%2C445&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnjcote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JOHN.jpg?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnjcote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JOHN.jpg?resize=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1974, having moved from Quebec City to Toronto, Ontario, I entered the Royal conservatory of music and remained there for 5 years. After learning as much as I could, I became interested in jazz and all that goes along with that art form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I came to Vancouver BC in 1988 with a friend and never left. I started out teaching guitar at a private school and did so for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teaching guitar more than anything taught me that showing a man how to fish is infinitely more important than feeding him. The implied meaning of the metaphor being that fostering a love of music is infinitely more important than the logistical content of weekly lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have always loved music for it\u2019s own sake but used it to express how I was feeling about my own experience of life in the early part of this century. The resulting work culminated in the release of my first album titled \u201cPeculiar\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to play the songs I had written at open mics, coffee houses, on radio stations and just about anywhere I was welcomed in the city of Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lately, I have been focusing more on instrumental music and plan to release an album which should be ready by summer 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JJC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SHORT BIOGRAPHY In 1974, having moved from Quebec City to Toronto, Ontario, I entered the Royal conservatory of music and remained there for 5 years. After learning as much as I could, I became interested in jazz and all that goes along with that art form. I came to Vancouver BC in 1988 with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"bizzleblocks_gb_metabox":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":true,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":true,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjcote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}