{"id":523,"date":"2025-07-25T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manukartist.mindyourgap.es\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:20:22","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manukartist.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"523\" class=\"elementor elementor-523 elementor-83\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c13a6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c13a6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d3466a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d3466a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c371dd\" data-id=\"6c371dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-742938c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"742938c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>function Marquee(selector, speed) {\r\n  const parent = document.querySelector(selector);\r\n  const clone = parent.innerHTML;\r\n  let i = 0;\r\n  parent.innerHTML += clone;\r\n\r\n  setInterval(() => {\r\n    i += speed;\r\n    if (i >= parent.children[0].clientWidth) i = 0;\r\n    parent.children[0].style.marginLeft = `-${i}px`;\r\n  }, 0);\r\n}\r\n\r\nwindow.addEventListener('load', () => Marquee('.marquee', .3));\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5280b89 marquee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5280b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>About me<\/strong> \u00b7 \n<em>About me<\/em> \u00b7  <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4cc9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce4cc9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d5add e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26d5add\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf5e2df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf5e2df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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 fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/manukartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manuk-about-2-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-489\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manukartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manuk-about-2-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/manukartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manuk-about-2-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/manukartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manuk-about-2.webp 735w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ae02a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8ae02a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f9808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f9808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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<div><strong>I wasn&#8217;t born into a musical environment, but music was always within me.<br><\/strong><\/div><div> <\/div><div><p>I grew up in a large family, where there was little space\u2014literally and symbolically\u2014for something as abstract as dreaming. Singing was that pleasure that I lived in silence, like something that shouldn&#8217;t be a bother.<\/p><p>Years passed, life took its course, and like many, I first sought stability before daring to find myself.<\/p><\/div><div><p>It wasn&#8217;t until my thirties that I could allow myself to truly begin: I took my first vocal technique class and felt, for the first time, that I wasn&#8217;t starting late, but at the exact moment when I felt ready to say something real.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Music changed me from the inside out. And when something transforms you like that, you can&#8217;t go on living the same way. I quit my job, changed the script, and released my first songs not to \u201cgo far\u201d, but to return to myself.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Today I write, compose, and sing with a simple conviction: there are truths that can only be told by singing. And if you&#8217;re here, maybe some of them are yours too.<\/p><\/div><div><em>\u2014 Manuk<\/em><\/div>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About me \u00b7 About me \u00b7 I wasn&#8217;t born into a musical environment, but music was always within me. I grew up in a large family, where there was little space\u2014literally and symbolically\u2014for something as abstract as dreaming. Singing was that pleasure that I lived in silence, like something that shouldn&#8217;t be a bother. 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