{"id":21,"date":"2021-02-20T00:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2023-02-17T04:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:26:22","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been composing music since the late 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After attempting to break into the British pop\/rock music scene, I left it many years before I sat down at a keyboard again, this time composing a number of ambient drone soundscapes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have just started writing pop\/rock songs again, working with the same guitarist I worked with in the 1980s. This time we are separated by distance; I am in Adelaide, Australia and my friend John is in Wales, Britain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lee-Hopkins-Oct-2021-20-1200px.jpg?resize=580%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lee Hopkins\" class=\"wp-image-874 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lee-Hopkins-Oct-2021-20-1200px.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lee-Hopkins-Oct-2021-20-1200px.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lee-Hopkins-Oct-2021-20-1200px.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lee-Hopkins-Oct-2021-20-1200px.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 580px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 580\/387;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lee Hopkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/best-of-the-early-years-1987%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8b1992\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"45\">Best of the early years: 1987\u20131992<\/a> (pop\/rock) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/music-for-darker-soundtracks\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"47\">Music for darker soundtracks<\/a> (ambient) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/teratophobia\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"49\">Teratophobia<\/a> (ambient) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/a-quantum-of-physics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"51\">A quantum of physics<\/a> (ambient) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"53\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/mortalitas\/\">Mortalitas<\/a> (ambient\u2014my favourite album) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wabi-sabi\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"55\">wabi-sabi<\/a> (ambient) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/resigned\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"706\">Resigned<\/a> (ambient)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been composing music since the late 1980s. 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